Biography
Dr. Marlise Santos is an associate professor with the Department of Radiology at the University of Ottawa. She is a member of the neuroradiology and neuro-interventional sections at The Ottawa Hospital and practices diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. She is an FRCPC in Diagnostic Neuroradiology and Neurology. She also completed a Masters of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology from Harvard University. She is a clinician investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in the Neurosciences Program and a Scientist at the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute.
Dr. Santos has been the principal investigator for several studies endorsed by The Ottawa Hospital and the Brain and Mind Research Institutes. She was the recipient of the Best Radiology Teacher Award for the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education program in 2012, The Ottawa Hospital’s Patient Safety Star Award in 2014, and the Neuroradiology Teacher of the Year Award in 2023.
Her list of publications can be found here PubMed
Subspecialty: Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Residency: Internal Medicine and Neurology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil and University of Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
Fellowship:Clinical Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, , Clinical Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship, University of Toronto ,Clinical Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship, University of British Columbia.
Clinical Interests: Acute stroke; neuro-angiography; endovascular surgery of brain, head & neck & spinal vascular lesions (i.e., arteriovenous malformation, dural fistula, aneurysm, dissection, vasospasm, etc.); percutaneous sclerotherapy of vascular malformations or "angiomas"; embolization of head & neck & spine or ENT vascular tumors (pre-operative embolization, intralesional chemotherapy); ENT imaging; Neuro CT/MRI.
Language(s): English, Portuguese