Vice-Rector
Caxias do Sul University
Caxias Do Sul, Brazil
Asdrubal Falavigna
Graduated from Medical School at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) in 1989. Neurosurgery specialization at Santa Casa Misericórdia de Porto Alegre from 1990-1994. Fellowship at Columbia University; Presbyterian Hospital – New York in 1995 and 1996. M.Sc. in Neurosurgery from the Federal University of São Paulo (1999) and a Doctorate in Neurosciences from the Federal University of São Paulo (2005). Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) since 1997.
Current positions are:
• Chairperson of the AO Spine International Board.
• Vice-President at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS).
• Coordinator of the Laboratory of Spinal Cord Diseases and Cellular Therapy since 2016.
• International Liaison of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves since 2016.
Prominent past positions are:
• Director of the Health Science Area from 2018-2022.
• Dean of the Medical School at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) from 2008-2016.
• President of the Caxias do Sul University Publishing House from 2020-2022.
• Coordinator of Health Science Post-Graduation Program in Medicine at UCS from 2016-2020.
• AO Spine Research Chair in Latin America from 2012-2015.
• AO Spine Regional Chair in Latin America from 2016-2019.
• Councilor of the Regional Council of Medicine of Rio Grande do Sul from 2013-2018.
• Member of the Ethics Committee of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery from 2014-2016.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine from 2015-2019
Awards and Acknowledgments received:
•International Lifetime Recognition Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). on April 30, 2022
• UCS University President Virvi Ramos Medal - Scientific Merit from the University Council of the University of Caxias do Sul on July 22, 2017.
• Order of Merit from the Council of Presidents of Brazilian Universities on October 2, 2017.
• José Correia Pincanço Medal for a relevant contribution to Medical Education in Brazil from the Brazilian Society of History of Medicine on October 27, 2017.
• Award from the City Council of Caxias do Sul for Services rendered to Health in the Municipality in May 2011.
Radiation Safety in Spine Surgery
Friday, April 21, 2023
8:03am – 8:18am PST
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(SS#VI) Negotiating a Second Contract
Saturday, April 22, 2023
3:57pm – 4:10pm PST
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