Dr. Fernando de Barros is a bariatric and robotic Surgeon and Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil.
Dr. Barros is the current President of the Brazilian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery – Chapter Rio de Janeiro. Completed a Medical Residency in General Surgery (2006 to 2008) and in Videolaparoscopy (2008 to 2009). He has a Master's degree in Medical Sciences (Surgery of the Liver, Bile Ducts and Pancreas) from Fluminense Federal University (UFF 2010). He also holds a PhD from UFF (2016 - Bariatric Surgery).
He is a Full Member of the following societies: Brazilian Society of Videosurgery (SOBRACIL), Brazilian College of Surgeons (CBC), Brazilian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (SBCBM), Brazilian College of Digestive System Surgery (CBCD). He is an official member of the International Federation of Surgery of the Obesity (IFSO).
Holds a degree in videolaparoscopic surgery from the Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, France. Currently Professor and Adjunct Researcher in the Department of General and Specialized Surgery at the Fluminense Federal University and Full Professor of Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUC) of the bariatric surgery department.
Selected publications from PubMed
Long-Term Outcome of Isolated Duodenal Transit Bipartition as Initial Metabolic Surgery: A 19-Year Follow-Up Case Report.
de Melo PRRE, Dib VRM, Madalosso CAS, d'Almeida LAV, de Godoy EP, Chaim EA, de Aquino CGG, Ribeiro RJS, Madalosso CA, Okano Júnior H, Baretta GAP, Kruel NT, Waltrick Junior JJ, Kfouri DS, Dos Santos FAI, Kawahara NT, Abaid RA, de Barros F, Frota Dillenburg C, Sampaio Neto JGM, da Costa RAMB, Goyano GSR, Melo FRE, Braga TC, Caiña DO, Noel P, Yunus TE, Parmar C, Zorron R, Teixeira A, Galvao Neto M, Ramos AC, Torres A
Am J Case Rep. 2026 Jan 12;27:e950650 doi: 10.12659/AJCR.950650.
Gastric Bipartition with Functional Duodenum Exclusion (GBp-FDE) as a Possible Surgical Conversion of Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with De Novo GERD and Obesity Recidivism: Preliminary Results of a Case Series.
Dib VRM, Madalosso CAS, De Melo PRRE, Ramos AC, D'Almeida LAV, Antozzi L, Balibrea Del Castillo JM, Noel P, Galvão Neto MP, Chiappetta S, de Barros F, Teixeira A, Chaim EA, Zorron R, de Godoy EP, de Aquino CGG, Baretta GAP, Kfouri DS, Okano Júnior H, Kawahara NT, Tinoco ACA, Kruel NT, Waltrick Junior JJ, Frota Dillenburg C, Dos Santos FAI, Abaid RA, Da Costa CEA, Scortegagna GT, Silva GF, Taskin HE, Nassar RM, Layani LA, Caiña DO, Avalos MA, Bravo Lópes J, Sotelo JSV, Vilallonga Puy R, Stier CK, Domene CE, Volpe P, García Ruiz de Gordejuela A, Poggi L, Torres A, Carbajo MÁ, Braghetto I, Ribeiro R, Parmar C
Am J Case Rep. 2025 Nov 27;26:e950798 doi: 10.12659/AJCR.950798.
Efficacy of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy on Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis Markers: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
Pereira LH, Bregion PB, Ivano VK, de Barros F, de França GJSM, Scremin GM, de Oliveira Alves JB, de Araújo LZ, Fonseca PEO, Braga JGR, Cazzo E
Obes Surg. 2025 Oct;35(10):4520-4530 doi: 10.1007/s11695-025-08274-w.
Comparative Analysis of the Incidence of Post-bariatric Cholelithiasis in Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
de Barros F, Compres Guichardo E, Monteiro Fonseca AB, Halamy Pereira L, Reyes Encalada DA
Obes Surg. 2025 Aug;35(8):3157-3163 doi: 10.1007/s11695-025-08020-2.
Liver transplantation and bariatric surgery: a new surgical reality: a systematic review of the best time for bariatric surgery.
de Barros F, Cardoso Faleiro Uba PH
Updates Surg. 2021 Oct;73(5):1615-1622 doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01106-3.
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