Dario Fauza | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- Portuguese
Dario Fauza | Education
Medical School
University of Sao Paulo
1985, Brazil
Internship
Hospital of Clinics of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School
1986, San Paulo, Brazil
Residency
Hospital of Clinics / Children's Hospital of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School
1991, San Paulo, Brazil
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
1997, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
2000, Boston, MA
Dario Fauza | Professional History
Dario Fauza received MD and PhD degrees from the University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil, where he also attended internship and residencies in general and pediatric surgery. He then moved to the United States, over 25 years ago, where he completed his training in different clinical and postdoctoral fellowships, all at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. He is currently a staff member of Boston Children's Hospital’s Department of Surgery and Advanced Fetal Care Center, as well as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
He has an extensive bibliography and is the recipient of multiple awards and honors in the United States and abroad. He has pioneered a number of cell-based strategies for the treatment of congenital anomalies, including the principles of fetal tissue engineering in parallel to gestation and of transamniotic stem cell therapy (TRASCET). He has an extensive history of mentoring surgical trainees who went on to successful careers in Pediatric Surgery.