Marcelo Martinez-Ferro
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Marcelo Martinez-Ferro was born in Buenos Aires and graduated from the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed his residency in pediatric surgery at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital[1] and in 1988, joined the staff of Garrahan national Children`s Hospital.[2] In 1992 he completed a fellowship at the Fetal Treatment Center of the UCSF[3] where he confirmed his interest in fetal treatment and video surgery.
In 2001 Dr. Martinez-Ferro along with the CEMIC Surgical and Obstetrical Team performed the first fetal surgery[4] in a patient with myelomeningocele in Argentina.[5]
In 2001, Martinez-Ferro worked with pectus carinatum patients, providing a nonsurgical treatment of their condition using dynamic compression braces, building on work of Brazilian orthopedist Sydney Haje and coworkers.[6]
Dr. Martínez-Ferro is currently the professor of surgery and pediatrics, Chief Division of Pediatric Surgery, at the Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital in Buenos Aires.[7]
He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. He is also part of the editorial board of other journals indexed in Index Medicus as "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy[8]" and the "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques[9] ".
He is the recent past-president of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group.[10]
He is the author of the book "Neonatologia Quirurgica[11]" (Surgical Neonatology), published in 2004.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez-Buenos Aires-Argentina". Guti.gov.ar. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. "Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan". Garrahan.gov.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Our Fellows | UCSF Fetal Treatment Center". Fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org. 2009-11-24. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Página/12". Pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Diario La Nacion". lanacion.com.ar. 2001-07-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Martinez-Ferro M, Fraire C, Bernard S (2008). "Dynamic compression system for the correction of pectus carinatum". Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 17 (3): 194–200. doi:10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.03.008. PMID 18582825.
The Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum introduced a paradigm shift by demonstrating that the thoracic wall is a very elastic and malleable structure in children. Following this idea, early in the year 2000, we started a protocol with the objective of treating PC patients using the same concept but with the advantage that, in these patients, there was no need for an implant as the protrusion could be compressed externally. At this time, except for the pioneer papers of Haje and coworkers, no other authors supported a non-operative approach for the treatment of these patients.
, page 198. - ^ Fundación Hospitalaria. "Novedades del Hospital Privado de Niños". Novedadeshpn.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy". Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques". Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "International Pediatric Endosurgery Group". IPEG. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Neonatologia Quirurgica". Retrieved 2011-06-07.