Marcio A Fagundes, MD
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About Marcio A Fagundes, MD
Marcio Fagundes, M.D., is a Board-certified radiation oncologist with Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida. He has extensive experience in proton therapy - the most advanced cancer treatment in the world – and has conducted significant research.
Dr. Fagundes has presented research results showing the advantages of proton therapy for prostate cancer, breast cancer and head and neck cancer at numerous meetings of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group and the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncologists – two professional associations to which he belongs. He also has published dozens of articles in peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Clinical Oncology, International Journal of Particle Therapy and International Journal of Radiation Oncology.
Dr. Fagundes received his medical degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and completed a radiation oncology residency at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
He also completed a fellowship in radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston. He gained teaching experience as an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and currently trains his peers on an innovative treatment protocol for prostate cancer.
Before joining Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute, Dr. Fagundes was medical director of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology Director of International Outreach
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Adults (65+)
Baptist Hospital of Miami
South Miami Hospital
Education & Training
Brigham and Women's/Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Fellowship, Radiation Oncology, 1994
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Residency, Radiation Oncology, 1993
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine At Jackson Memorial Hospital
Internship, Internal Medicine, 1990
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Medical School, 1988
Radiation Oncology
American Board of Radiology, 1994
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4.9 / 5
