Identification
Name: Aléxei Volaco
Sex: Male
Birth Date: July, 01, 1974
Phone/ Whatsapp: (55-41-999**-****
Skype: avolaco
e-mail: *******@*****.***.**
Adress
Professional
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155
Prado Velho
80215-901 - Curitiba, PR - Brazil
Phone: (55-41-327*****
Homepage: http://www.pucpr.br
Residencial
Av. Iguaçu, 2960, AP. 131-A
Água Verde
80240-031 - Curitiba, PR - Brasil
Phone: (55-41-327*****
Education
2013 – 2016
Doctorate in Health Sciences
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUC-PR, Brazil. Title: Neck circumference and its correlation to other anthropometric parameters and Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC).
Orientator: Prof. Doctor Dalton Bertolim Précoma.
2005 - 2007
Master Degree in Internal Medicine
Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Brasil.
Title: Leptin levels in obesity in association with risk factors from metabolic syndrome. Orientator: César Luiz Boguszewski.
Schollarship from Coordenacao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) 2002 - 2003
Specialization in Diabetology.
Universitat Heinrich Heine – Duesseldorf - Germany Orientator: Prof Dr. Michael Berger.
Schollarship from Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD). 2000 - 2002
Specialization – Medical Residence.
Hospital Santa Marcelina. São Paulo. Brazil. Medical Residence in: Endocrinology and Metabology
Schollarship from Ministry of Education (Brazil)
1998 - 2000
Specialization – Medical Residence.
Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Brazil. Medical Residence in: Internal Medicine Schollarship from Ministry of Education (Brazil)
1992 - 1997
Graduation in Medicine.
Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Brazil.
Profissional Positions
2018 – 2019
President of the Brazilian Society of Diabetes - Paraná 2007 - Currently
Job: Adjunct Professor in Endocrinology/ Diabetes - Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná. Curitiba – Brazil.
Outpatient Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity 2006 – Currently
Public Health Secretary – Curitiba – Brazil.
2003 - Currently
Private Consultations
Languages
English - Advanced
German - Advanced
Portuguese – Native language
Spanish - Intermediate
Titles
2001
Title of Specialist in Endocrinology by the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology. 2000
Title of Specialist in Internal Medicine by the Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine. Scientific Papers and Book Chapter
1. Volaco A; Farias ACRA; Santos LDE. Prediabetes. In: Siqueira RA. Diabetes Melito. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Rubio; 2020. P. 15-24.
2. Volaco A; Ercolano CR. Alcohol Consumption and its Relationship to Diabetes Mellitus: Friend or Foe? Endocrinology and Metabolism International Journal. 2018 Jan; 6(1):00150. 3. Volaco A; Cavalcanti AM; Pecoits Filho R; Précoma DB. Socioeconomic status: The missing link between obesity and diabetes mellitus? Current Diabetes Reviews. 2017 [Epub ahead of print].
4. Volaco A; Martins CM; Soares JQ; Cavalcanti AM; Moyses ST; Pecoits-Filho R; Baena CP; Précoma DB. Neck circumference and its correlations to other anthropometric parameters and Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC). Current Diabetes Reviews. 2017 [Epub ahead of print]. 5. Pecoits-Filho R, Fortes J, Volaco A, Vencio S, Sposito AC. Current management of diabetic patients with kidney disease: a renal-cardio-endocrine perspective. Panminerva Med. 2017 Mar;59(1):67-75.
6. Paz-Filho, Gilberto Jorge da ; Volaco, A ; Suplicy, Henrique Lacerda ; Radominski, Rosana Bento ; Boguszewski, Cesar Luiz. Decrease in leptin production by the adipose tissue in obesity associated with severe metabolic syndrome. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2009; 53: 1088-1095.
7. Volaco, A; Chantelau E. Outcome of Critical Foot Ischaemia in Longstanding Diabetic Patients: a Retrospective Cohort Study in a Specialised Tertiary Care Centre. VASA. Journal of Vascular Diseases, 2004 Nov;33(4):205-10.
8. Chantelau, E; Volaco, A ; Meyer-Schwickerath, R. . New insights into the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy hormonal rather than metabolic factors are important. VASA. Journal of Vascular Diseases, 2004 Feb;33(1):36-41.
9. Volaco, A . Câncer de Tireóide: Estudo Retrospectivo de 84 Casos. Revista Médica do Paraná, v. 5, n.1-2, 1998.