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Fernanda Lage Lima Dantas, MD, MPH FACS

Society Memberships

  • Coll Brasil de Cir

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Pediatric Surgery

Alameda das araras, 405. Chacara Ipe

Rio Branco, AC 69917542

Brazil

Biography

The only Pediatric Surgeon of Acre, a state at Brazilian Western Amazonia. Works for the Public Health System in the Children's Hospital, a pediatric tertiary care center. Mainly working with congenital malformations and newborn surgery. Master in Public Health, Professor of the Federal University of Acre. Awardee of the "Community Surgeon Travel Award 2018"of ACS. Councilor of the Brazilian Chapter of ACS.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Neonatal Surgery

  • congenital anomalies
  • newborn surgery

Pediatric Colon & Rectal

  • anorectal malformations
  • Hirschsprung disease
  • imperforate anus
  • Pediatric Colon & Rectal

Pediatric Abdomen & Digestion

  • abdominal pain
  • bile duct surgery
  • feeding tubes
  • gastric tube
  • gastroesophageal reflux
  • gastroschisis
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • hernia
  • Hirschsprung disease
  • inguinal hernia
  • intussusception
  • intussusception
  • jejunostomy tube
  • jejunostomy tube
  • malrotation & volvulus
  • Meckel diverticulum
  • Nissen fundoplication
  • peritonitis
  • pyloric stenosis
  • pyloric stenosis
  • pyloromyotomy
  • umbilical hernia

Pediatric Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • Pediatric Hernia Procedures
  • umbilical hernia

Pediatric Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas

  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder removal
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Pediatric Thoracic (lungs,chest,esoph)

  • achalasia
  • congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • empyema
  • esophageal surgery
  • hiatus hernia repair
  • lobectomy
  • myotomy
  • pleural effusion
  • pneumothorax

Pediatric Urol (kidney,bladder,gentls

  • chordee
  • cryptorchidism
  • hydrocele
  • Pediatric Urol (kidney,bladder,gentls
  • testicular torsion
  • undescended testes
  • vericoceles

Pediatric Vascular Surgery

  • venous access

Hospital Appointments

Hospital da Crianca e Maternidade

Rio Branco, AC

Chief

03/2005—Present

Hospital das Clinicas do Acre

Rio Branco, AC

Chief

03/2006—Present

Academic Appointments

Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC)

Rio Branco,

Associate Professor

03/2009—Present