Gustavo Fernandes Ferreira (BR)

Nephrologist and Director of the Transplant Program at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Juiz de Fora. He earned his medical degree from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in 2001, completed residencies in Internal Medicine (2003) and Nephrology (2006) at the University of São Paulo, and remained affiliated with the Renal Transplant Unit of the Hospital das Clínicas until 2011. In 2014, he obtained a Ph.D. in Medicine from the University of São Paulo, with a focus on kidney transplantation.

He served as President of the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation from 2022 to 2023 and currently chairs its Advisory Board. He was also a board member of the Sociedad de Trasplante de América Latina y el Caribe during 2022–2023. He is currently a member of the Global Data Harmonization Committee of The Transplant Society and was elected as Latin America Regional Councilor for TTS for the 2024–2028 term.

A recognized leader in clinical transplantation research, he has authored more than 80 publications in national and international journals and has delivered lectures at universities in Brazil and abroad. Since 2012, he has coordinated the Nephrology Residency Program at Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora, and since 2014, he has led its Kidney Transplant Program. His expertise is centered on kidney transplantation and transplant medicine.