Besen Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro

I am a critical care physician based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I have a role as attending physician of a large academic University Hospital named Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP. I share my time as attending, as an educator, currently with the role of Director of the Critical Care Medicine program, and as a researcher from translational research to epidemiological and observational studies and up to conducting clinical trials in Critical Care. My main interests are sepsis, acute kidney injury, very elderly patients in the ICU and health services research focusing on how to best provide organ support to critically ill patients. I am also particularly interested in correct utilisation of statistical models to answer clinical research questions, including causal observational studies and predictive modelling research. Finally, I am a strong advocate for evidence based healthcare principles and the need to critically appraise the literature in order to improve the outcomes of critically ill patients.