Ricardo Mingarini Terra, MD, MPH, PhD
BACKGROUND
M.D. – University of Sao Paulo Medical School ( 1994 – 1999)General Surgery Residency – University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2000-2001)Thoracic Surgery Residency – University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2002-2003)Chief Resident of the Thoracic Surgery Division – University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2004)Ph.D. – Thoracic Surgery Graduate Program, University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2005-2008)MPH – Harvard University (2010 – 2012)MBA – Imperial College London (2012-2014)Staff Surgeon – Thoracic Surgery Division, University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2006 – 2013)Chief of the Thoracic Surgery Divison at Sao Paulo State Cancer Institute – University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2009 – )Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery – University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2013 – 2015)Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery – University of Sao Paulo Medical School (2015 – )Scientific Director – Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (2015 – 2021)Coordinator of the Center of Excellence in Thorax at Albert Einstein Hospital (2022 – )
OTHER INTERESTS
Lung Cancer
Robotic Surgery
Thoracic Oncology
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Thoracic Infections
RESEARCH
Robotic Surgery
Lung cancer – surgical outcomes
Pleural diseases – Treatment of malignant pleural effusion
Minimally invasive surgery – databases and experimental research
Airway diseases – Tracheobronchial surgery and stents outcomes
Thoracic infections – Treatment and its physiologic consequences
EDUCATION & TRAINING
AFFILIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
CTSNET CONTRIBUTIONS
- Robot-Assisted Left Upper Lobectomy After ImmunotherapyApril 23, 2026
- Robotic Right Upper Lobe Anterior Segmentectomy (S3)April 23, 2026
- Robotic Right Upper Lobe Apical SegmentectomyApril 23, 2026
