Prof. José Pinhata Otoch

Position: Permanent faculty, full professor of the Surgical Technique’s Discipline, Department of Surgery, FMUSP (since 2018). He is responsible for the disciplines Hospital Stage in Surgery II; First Aid and Survival; Surgical Methodology; and Internship in Surgical Technician at FMUSP. He is a surgeon at the University Hospital of USP. Medical surgeon at the Regional Hospital of Baixo Amazonas (since 2010).

Specialties: Medicine: Surgical technique, General surgery and Thoracic surgery.

Fields of interest: Medical education; Cachexia, cancer and adipose tissue; Interventional endoscopy.

Healthcare units: Universitary Hospital

h-index: 19 (Google Scholar); 14 (Scopus)