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Fernando Santos, MD - Cancer - Brain and Spine (Neuro-Oncology)
Orlando Health Cancer Institute
Address: 1400 S. Orange Ave.
2nd Floor
Orlando, FL 32806
Call: (321) 841-1869
Fax: (321) 843-6285
Bio
Dr. Fernando Santos Pinheiro is a board-certified neuro-oncologist at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute. He specializes in brain and spine tumors – benign and malignant – as well as tumor-predisposing syndromes, and his expertise includes:
- Astrocytoma
- Brain metastasis
- Ependymoma
- Glioblastoma
- Low-grade glioma
- Leptomeningeal disease
- Meningioma
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2
- Neurologic complications of cancer and cancer therapies
- Oligodendroglioma
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Vestibular schwannoma
Dr. Santos joined Orlando Health after several years in academic faculty positions in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
Dr. Santos’ Training
Dr. Santos received his medical training at Faculdade de Medicina da Fundação Santo André in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He completed his residency in neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio, followed by fellowships in clinical neurophysiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire, and in neuro-oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
About Dr. Santos
Dr. Santos is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in neuro-oncology by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, His professional memberships include the American Academy of Neurology, Society for Neuro-oncology and Association of American Medical Colleges. He also served as associate program director of a neurology residency program in Wisconsin.
He has delivered numerous lectures, workshops and presentations on neuro-oncology and neurosurgery. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has written book chapters about neuro-oncology.
Outside of work, Dr. Santos engages in professional advocacy and provides volunteer medical services to minority groups such as the Latinx and LGBTQA+ communities. He also enjoys tennis, traveling and playing the piano.
He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
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