Rui Ribeiro
Rui Ribeiro
Director
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Department of obesity and diabetes surgery
Clínica Rui Ribeiro
Portugal

Education

Graduation in “Medicine University of Lisbon
General Medical Residency (2 years) and a General Surgery residency Hospital de São José, in Lisbon

 

Biography

Dr. Rui Ribeiro completed is course In Medicine in Lisbon, Portugal, 1986. General surgery resident in the Lisbon Civilian Hospitals since 1988 performed his first cases of laparoscopic cholecistectomies in 1992 with particular interest in hernia surgery, gastroesophageal reflux surgery, colorectal surgery and, lately in 2001, bariatric surgery. In 1998 he pioneered the “SILS” approach in Portugal performing about 200 cases mostly in bariatric surgery (bands, sleeve, and gastric bypass)
Dr. Rui Ribeiro organized annual courses in laparoscopic and bariatric surgery for the “Hospital de São José”, for the Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Mini-invasiva, for the Universidade de Lisboa and in cooperation with Tyco, J&J and Bard. Between 2008 and 2011 participated as faculty in the European Masterclasses in Bariatric Surgery in the European Training Center in Elancourt. Also in Spain is a regular faculty in courses organized in the CCMIJU, the training center in Caceres.

Regularly since 2003 Dr. Rui Ribeiro participates in different National & International conferences, live operation demonstrations & events on laparoscopic & Bariatric treatment and published several articles in National and International journals. He performed about 2500 cases obese people including almost all the techniques. Since 2010 adopted Minigastric Bypass or the variation which is called “diverted Minigastric bypass” as his main techniques with excellent outcomes. He was a former member of the IFSO Information Committee and he is the actual President of the Portuguese bariatric and metabolic society (Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia).

 

Research Interest

  • Inguinal and abdominal hernia treatment
  • Breast surgery,
  • Thoracic and abdominal trauma
  • Oesophageal and gastric surgery
  • GERD, morbid obesity and metabolic diseases.
  • Cholecistectomies, appendectomies, gastric bands and sleeves

 

Professional Activities:

• President of the Portuguese Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery since March 2010
• Member of the Editorial board of the Videosurgery journal
• Member of the Editorial board of the BMI (Bariatrica y Metabolica Ibero-americana)
• Honorary member of the “Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery”
• Member of the Sociedade portuguesa para o estudo da obesidade (SPEO)
• Member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia (SPC).
• Member of the European Hernia Society (EHS),
• Member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES),
• Member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO).
• Member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Mini-invasiva (SPCMIN)
• Member of the International Bariatric Club (IBC)
• Former Member of the IFSO Communication Committee

Publications

  1. “Rotura Traumática da Aorta”; Rev. Port. Cardiologia, (6(4):435-440, 1987);
  2. J. Gorjão Clara, A. Nunes, J. F.Esteves, A.Ventosa, L.Carvalho, Rui Ribeiro, A. Diniz da Gama
  3. “Caso clínico de divertículo do duodeno e pancreatite aguda”; Rev. Gastroent. e Cirurgia, (XIII:79-85, 1996); António Araújo, Novo de Matos, Rui Ribeiro
  4. “Ingresso no Internato Complementar de Cirurgia Geral”; Rev. da ordem dos Médicos, Março 97, 32-33. Rui Ribeiro
  5. “Materiais de sutura em cirurgia”; Boletim Clínico dos H.C.L., Jan.-Jun. 1997, Vol.51 - n.º 1-2; Ribeiro R., Timóteo A.T., Noronha C., Novo de Matos J.M., Mendes Araújo A.
  6. A utilização da anestesia local em cirurgia geral; Boletim Clínico dos H.C.L., Jun.-Dez. 1997, Vol.52 -  Maria J.Sabbo, Rui Ribeiro, C.Noronha, Novo de Matos, A. Araújo,
  7. Síndroma do compartimento abdominal da fisiopatologia à terapêutica. Arquivos Portugueses de Cirurgia, Maio,Agosto, Novembro 2001, Vol. 10, n.º 2-3-4; Nuno Carvalho, Victor Farricha, Rui Ribeiro, Marques da Costa
  8. Perda de cálculos na colecistectomia laparoscópica. Uma complicação inócua?; Revista de Gastroenterologia & Cirurgia, Set.-Out. 2001, Vol.XVIII, n.º 97; Nuno Carvalho, Victor Farricha, Rui Ribeiro, Rui Lebre, Marques da Costa
  9. Temática Herniária – um volver de olhos; Boletim Clínico dos Hospitais Civis de Lisboa, Jul.-Ago.-Set. 2001, Vol. 53, n.º 3; Rui Ribeiro e Coutinho Miranda
  10. A cirurgia no limiar do Séc XXI; Medi.com, Ano 6, nº 86; Mar 2005; 14 e 15 Rui Ribeiro
  11. Cirurgia do Timo num Serviço de Cirurgia Geral; Acta Méd Port 2005; 18: 267-270
  12. Bypass gástrico; Rev. Portuguesa de Cirurgia; Mar 2008; II Série, 4; 69-78; Rui Ribeiro
  13. Bariatric SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery); Chirurgia; Vol 104, Supl.2, 2009; S75
  14. “Single Port Access” for bariatric surgery; IBC newsletter; Vol. 1, Apr 2012; 15-17; Rui Ribeiro
  15. Single port access for bariatric surgery; Bariatric news; Issue 12; June 2012; 26
  16. Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Remission: the Role of Mini Gastric Bypass / One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy at 1 Year of Follow-up. A European survey; Mario Musella1 & Jan Apers2 & Karl Rheinwalt3 & Rui Ribeiro4 & Emilio Manno5 & Francesco Greco6 & Michal Čierny7 & Marco Milone1 & Carla Di Stefano8 & Sahin Guler2 & Isa Mareike Van Lessen3 & Anabela Guerra4 & Mauro Natale Maglio5 & Riccardo Bonfanti6 & Radoslava Novotna7 & Guido Coretti1 & Luigi Piazza8; OBES SURG; DOI 10.1007/s11695-015-1865-6
  17. What’s the best REDO?: Paredes B; Guerra A; Manaça, L; Pereira J; Ribeiro R; Viveiros O.; BMI 4.5.10 (600-609)
  18. Ophthalmic Complications of Bariatric Surgery; Rui Azevedo Guerreiro & Rui Ribeiro; OBES SURG DOI 10.1007/s11695-014-1472-y
  19. The advantages of MGB, Diverted-MGB and banded-MGB; Bariatric news; issue 26; Dec 2015; 6

 

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