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  • Flavia Nardes dos Santos MD, MSc, PhD

    Positions and Honors

    – Head of the Department of Pediatrics at UFRJ, 2023-2024

    – Mentoring in Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – Great Ormond Hospital – London/United Kingdom (2023) and in AME at Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy (2023)

    – Professor of Maternal and Child Health Postgraduate Program – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

    – PhD degree in Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) from the Postgraduate Program in Internal Medicine at UFRJ (2018)

    – Master’s degree (MSc) in Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) from the Postgraduate Program in Internal Medicine at UFRJ (2011)

    – Adjunct Professor of the Department of Pediatrics of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (since 2014)

    – Coordinator of the Specialization Course in Child Neurology – IPPMG/UFRJ

    – Coordinator of the Neuromuscular Diseases Outpatient Clinic – IPPMG/UFRJ

    – Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology – Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) and Brazilian Medical Association (AMB)

    – Degree in Medicine and Medical Residency in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology from UFRJ

    Main research areas

    • Pediatric Neurology
    • Neuromuscular diseases in childhood

    Main publications 1. NARDES, FLAVIA. Up da te of the Brazilian consensus recommendations on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA, v. 81, p. 81-94, 2023.
    2. NARDES, FLÁVIA. Ceroid lipofuscinosis type 5: novel pathogenic variants and unexpected phenotypic findings. Journal Of Neurology Neurosurgery And Psychiatry, v. 94, p. 405-408, 2023.
    3. NARDES, FLAVIA; PASTURA, GIUSEPPE. PEDIATRIC ANAMNESIS: REVISING A TRADICIONAL MEDICAL TOPIC. REV. RESIDÊNCIA PEDIÁTRICA, v. 11, p. 1, 2021.
    4. Rodrigo de Holanda MendonçaCiro Matsui JrGraziela Jorge PolidoAndré Macedo Serafim SilvaLeslie KulikowskiAlexandre Torchio DiasEvelin Aline ZanardoDavi Jorge Fontoura SollaJuliana Gurgel-GiannettiAna Carolina Monteiro Lessa de MouraGabriela Palhares Campolina SampaioAcary Souza Bulle OliveiraPaulo Victor Sgobbi de SouzaWladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende PintoEduardo Augusto GonçalvesIgor Braga FariasFlávia Nardes,  et al. ; Intragenic variants in the SMN1 gene determine the clinical phenotype in 5q spinal muscular atrophy. NEUROLOGY GENETICS, v. 6, p. e505, 2020.
    5. NARDES, FLÁVIA; ARAÚJO, ALEXANDRA PRUFER DE QUEIROZ CAMPOS; RIBEIRO, MÁRCIA GONÇALVES ; BITTAR, MAÍTA ; GOMES, HANID FONTES. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) as a Cognitive Screening Tool in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Annals of Child Neurology, v. 28, p. 57-65, 2020.
    6. ARAUJO, ALEXANDRA P. Q. C. ; NARDES, FLAVIA; FORTES,
    CLARISSE P. D. D. et al ; Brazilian consensus on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Part 2: rehabilitation and
    systemic care. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Online), v. 76, p. 481-489, 2018.
    7. NARDES, FLÁVIA; ARAUJO, A. Q. C. ; RIBEIRO, MÁRCIA GONÇALVES . Desempenho Cognitivo através do Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM) e WISC-IV em pacientes com Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE
    NEUROLOGIA, v. 54, p. 5, 2018.
    8. NARDES, FLÁVIA; ARAÚJO, ALEXANDRA P. Q. C. ; RIBEIRO, MÁRCIA GONÇALVES . Mental retardation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Jornal de Pediatria (Impresso), v. 88, p. 6-16, 2012.