Expected Dec 2026
Medical training
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Final-year clinical training with a principal interest in anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, and care of critically ill patients.
Curriculum Vitae
Felipe de Carvalho Figueiredo
Final-year medical student at UFMG with clinical interests in anesthesiology and experience across evidence synthesis, cohort and preclinical research, medical education, and health technology.
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Education & clinical experience
2026
International clinical clerkship
CHU Lille — Lille University Hospital · Lille, France
Completed a 10-week clerkship in Burn Anesthesia and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at a tertiary academic referral center.
2025 — present
Assistant Editor and Healthcare Consultant
Afya · Brazil
Develops evidence-based educational content, reviews AI-generated clinical materials, and contributes to a clinical-AI evidence tool for physicians and medical students.
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Research experience
2024
Research Assistant
Instituto Alfa de Gastroenterologia, UFMG · Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Supported a prospective microbiome cohort involving liver transplant recipients.
- Coordinated patient recruitment and informed consent.
- Processed, catalogued, and archived biospecimens under standardized biobanking protocols.
2022
Research Assistant
Hypertension Laboratory, UFMG · Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Contributed to preclinical cardiovascular research on blood-pressure regulation using MRGPRD-knockout mouse models.
- Performed tail-cuff plethysmography and analyzed cardiovascular physiology data.
- Conducted spectrophotometric assays and vascular-reactivity experiments involving almandine-mediated responses and arterial stiffness.
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Manuscripts under review
Menezes CRB, Saffi M, Vendrusculo C, Figueiredo FC, Viana DC, Machado A, Sampaio GM. Septal Myectomy Combined with Mitral Valve Repair vs. Replacement in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 2026. Under review.
PROSPERO CRD420261416319
Figueiredo FC, Machado A, Marques MEG, Saffi M, Pinheiro LF, Menezes CRB, Sousa L, Sampaio GM. Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate (HTK/Custodiol) Cardioplegia Versus Blood Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection in Adult Valve Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2026. Under review.
PROSPERO CRD420261416550
Figueiredo F, Guio AMS, Lele AV. Cerebral Autoregulation-Guided BP Targets in Neurocritical Care. 2026. Under review.
Figueiredo F, et al. Durability, Discontinuation, Rebound Progression, and Rechallenge After MAPK-Pathway Inhibition in Pediatric BRAF V600E-Mutant Low-Grade Glioma. 2026. Under review.
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Abstracts & presentations
Figueiredo FC, et al. Remimazolam as a Novel Sedative Agent in Adult Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. 71st Brazilian Congress of Anesthesiology, 2026.
Conference abstract
Figueiredo FC, et al. Snakebite Emergencies: A Review. III National Congress of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, 2024.
Review presentation
Figueiredo FC, et al. Myocardial Bridge in Athletes: A Case Study. 35th Brazilian Congress and 29th Pan-American Congress of Sports Medicine, 2023.
Case presentation
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Selected project
active
Clinia
An open-source workspace for organizing clinical notes and case logs during medical internship rotations.
Approximately 200 users across multiple Brazilian medical schools.
Brazilian software registration BR512025003190-4.
Open-source project06
Teaching & service
2022
Student Tutor, Systemic Anatomy
UFMG
Designed weekly review sessions and supervised cadaveric dissection for a cohort of 16 medical students.
2025 — 2026
Volunteer Medical Student
Caminhos do Trabalho
Supported occupational-health assessments and preventive-health education for underserved workers.
2025 — 2026
Volunteer Medical Student
Brazilian Red Cross
Supported community health education, humanitarian outreach, and disaster-relief initiatives.
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Skills & languages
Research
- Systematic reviews
- Pairwise and network meta-analysis
- Screening and data extraction
- Risk-of-bias assessment
- GRADE
- Biostatistics
- REDCap
- Patient recruitment
- Biobanking
Languages
- Portuguese — native
- English — C2
- French — B1
- Spanish — B1