
Emanuela Silva Alvarenga, MD, earned her medical degree at the Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiai, in Sao Paolo, Brazil, where she also, completed her General Surgery and Coloproctology residencies. In the US, she retrained and accomplished her General Surgery Residency at the Florida State University, the ACGME accredited Colorectal Surgery Residency and Colorectal Surgery Research Fellowship Programs at Cleveland Clinic Florida, in Weston. She is Board certified by the American College of Surgeons and the American Board of Colorectal Surgery.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, Dr. Alvarenga was a Colorectal Surgeon Clinical Associate at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, in Weston and Faculty Member with Ross University School of Medicine, in Miramar. She was also on Faculty of the Florida State University College of Medicine. She holds professional memberships in the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Colon, and Rectal Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the Brazilian Society of Coloproctology.
Selected publications from PubMed
A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of the Impact of Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy on the Outcomes of Stage II and III Mucinous Rectal Carcinoma.
Emile SH, Horesh N, Freund MR, Silva-Alvarenga E, Wexner SD
Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 May 1;67(5):655-663 doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003081.
Surgical outcomes and predictors of overall survival of stage I-III appendiceal adenocarcinoma: Retrospective cohort analysis of the national cancer database.
Emile SH, Horesh N, Freund MR, Silva-Alvarenga E, Garoufalia Z, Gefen R, Wexner SD
Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb;52:102034 doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2024.102034.
Gracilis Muscle Interposition: A Valuable Tool for the Treatment of Failed Repair of Post-partum Rectovaginal Fistulas-A Single-Center Experience.
Strassmann V, Silva-Alvarenga E, Emile SH, Garoufalia Z, DaSilva G, Wexner SD
Am Surg. 2023 Dec;89(12):6366-6369 doi: 10.1177/00031348231175481.
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials on the Prevention and Treatment of Pouchitis after Ileoanal Pouch Anastomosis.
Emile SH, Horesh N, Freund MR, Garoufalia Z, Gefen R, Khan SM, Silva-Alvarenga E, Wexner SD
J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Nov;27(11):2650-2660 doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05841-3.
Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials on Long-term Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Perforated Diverticulitis.
Horesh N, Emile SH, Khan SM, Freund MR, Garoufalia Z, Silva-Alvarenga E, Gefen R, Wexner SD
Ann Surg. 2023 Nov 1;278(5):e966-e972 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005909.
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