Positions and Honors
• PhD degree in Medicine – Clinical Medicine (Child and Adolescent health) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2018)
• Master’s degree (MSc) in Medicine – Clinical Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2009)
• Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (1999)
• Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine – Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, Brazilian Intensive Care Medicine Association (AMIB/AMB)
• Visiting fellowship/observership – pediatric ICU Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital – Stanford University, CA, USA (2005)
• Permanent Professor of the Maternal and Child Health program at IPPMG / UFRJ
• Assistant Coordinator of the Postgraduate program in Maternal and Child Health at UFRJ- IPPMG (since 2019)
• Physician at the pediatric ICU and the Teaching and Research Division at IPPMG- UFRJ
• Member of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies WFPICCS since 2020
• Social Media Editor – Critical Care Science Journal (Since 2023) – criticalcarescience.org.br
Main research areas:
- Pediatric intensive care
- Pediatric Sepsis
- Sepsis and biological biomarkers
- Gender equity in Pediatric Intensive Care/Medicine
Main publications
1. Fernández-Sarmiento J, Sierra-Zuñiga MF, Salazar González MP Lucena N, Soares Lanziotti V, Agudelo S. Association between fluid overload and mortality in children with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2023;7(1):e002094.
2. Fernández-Sarmiento J, De Souza DC, Martinez A,et al. Latin American Consensus on the Management of Sepsis in Children: Sociedad Latinoamericana de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos [Latin American Pediatric Intensive Care Society] (SLACIP) Task Force: Executive Summary. J Intensive Care Med. 2022;37(6):753-763.
3. de Souza DC, Gonçalves Martin J, Soares Lanziotti V, et al.; SPREAD PED Investigators and the Instituto Latino Americano de Sepsis Network. The epidemiology of sepsis in paediatric intensive care units in Brazil (the Sepsis PREvalence Assessment Database in Pediatric population, SPREAD PED): an observational study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021;5(12):873-881. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00286-8.
4. Lanziotti, V. S., Dewan, M., Behrens, D., Bulut, Y., Miller, J., Ong, J. S., & Kudchadkar, S. (2021). Gender Equity and Diversity in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: We Must Do Better. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735871
5. Lima-Setta F, Magalhães-Barbosa MC, Rodrigues-Santos G, Figueiredo EADN, Jacques ML, Zeitel RS, Sapolnik R, Borges CTDS, Lanziotti VS, Castro REV, Bellinat APN, Silva TPD, Oliveira FRC, Reis BCSD, Castro NAASR, Macedo JHGC, Scarlato ACCP, Riveiro PM, Mota ICFD, Lorenzo VB, Lucena NML, Azevedo ZMA, Cunha AJLA, Prata-Barbosa A; Brazilian Research Network in Pediatric Intensive Care (BRnet-PIC). Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil: a multicenter, prospective cohort study. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2021;97(3):354- 361. doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2020.10.008.
6. Prata-Barbosa A, Lima-Setta F, Santos GRD, Lanziotti VS, de Castro REV, de Souza DC, et al; Brazilian Research Network in Pediatric Intensive Care, (BRnet-PIC). Pediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Brazil: a prospective multicenter study. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020 Sep-Oct;96(5):582-592
7. Souza DC, Oliveira CF, Lanziotti VS. Pediatric sepsis research in low- and middle-income countries: overcoming challenges. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2021;33(3):341-345.
8. Kache S, Chisti MJ, Gumbo F, Mupere E, Zhi X, Nallasamy K, Nakagawa S, Lee JH, Di Nardo M, de la Oliva P, Katyal C, Anand KJS, de Souza DC, Lanziotti VS, Carcillo J. COVID-19 PICU guidelines: for high- and limited-resource settings. Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov;88(5):705-716. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020- 1053-9.
9. Lanziotti VS, Salluh JIF. Pediatric Sepsis: Subphenotypes to Enrich Clinical Trial Entry Criteria. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020;21(10):930-931. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002422.
10. Lanziotti VS, Póvoa P, Prata-Barbosa A, Pulcheri LB, Rabello LSCF, Lapa E Silva JR, Soares M, Salluh JIF. Patterns of C-reactive protein ratio response to antibiotics in pediatric sepsis: A prospective cohort study. J Crit Care. 2018;44:217-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.018. 11.
11. Lanziotti VS, Póvoa P, Soares M, Silva JR, Barbosa AP, Salluh JI. Use of biomarkers in pediatric sepsis: literature review. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2016 Oct-Dec;28(4):472-482.