Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery

Faculty of Medicine

Rodrigo  Romao, MD, MSC

Associate professor

Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery , Department of Urology

Email: rodrigo.romao@dal.ca
Mailing Address: 
Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery:
IWK Health Centre
5850 University Avenue, P.O. Box 9700
Halifax, NS, B3K 6R8

 
  • Assistant Professor - Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery; Department of Urology; Division of Pediatric Urology
  • Staff surgeon - IWK Health Centre
  • Program director - Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery Training Program

Education

  • MD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • General Surgery Residency, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Pediatric Surgery Residency, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Neonatal Surgery Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
  • Pediatric Urology Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
  • MSc Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University (currently enrolled)

Research interests

  • Pediatric surgical oncology – treatment of Wilms tumour, neuroblastoma and fertility preservation
  • Epidemiology of complex genitourinary and gastrointestinal congenital anomalies: causes/prevention, treatment and long-term outcomes/transition
  • Intersex conditions (DSD)
  • Multidisciplinary treatment of severe constipation