Physician, graduate at the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza city, Northeast of Brazil. He has undertaken Medical Residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital Geral Cesar Cals and Nephrology at the Walter Cantídio University Hospital, both in Fortaleza city. He has done Master and PhD studies in Medical Sciences at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil; Post-Doctoral study in Public Health/Epidemiology at the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador city, Northeast of Brazil; MBA in Management, Innovation and Health Services at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Currently he is Full Professor at the University of Fortaleza in the Medical School and the Public Health and Medical Sciences Graduate Programs. Specialist Physician of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará, Brazil.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Ciências Médicas.
Universidade Federal do Ceará,
Master in Ciências Mé
Universidade Federal do Ceará (2010)
Specialization in Gestão, Inovação e Serviços em Saúde (MBA).
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS (2022)
Specialization in Nefrologia (Residência Médica). (Workload: 5760h).
Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Universidade Federal do Ceará (2010)
Specialization in Clínica Médica (Residência Médica). (Workload: 5760h).
Hospital Geral César Cals (2008)
Graduation in Medicina.
Universidade Federal do Ceará (2005)
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nephrology, Health Professions
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Scholar Citations
50
Scholar h-index
181
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Kidney and endothelial injury biomarkers as predictors of complications and mortality in patients with malaria: a systematic review JCL Nasserala, FNC Leitão, AVR dos Santos, AMC Martins, GC Meneses, ... Malaria Journal , 2026 2026
WCN26-5780 Epidemiological Analysis of Management of Kidney Stone Disease in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) between 2015 and 2025 D Pierre, MG Maranhão, JV Feitosa, D Magalhães, R Odon, S Belisário, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-5677 NOVEL KIDNEY, ENDOTHELIAL, AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN AIDS-ASSOCIATED DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS MA de Lima Mota, KM dos Reis Araújo, VHHN de Aquino, AMC Martins, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-5550 NON-TRADITIONAL KIDNEY BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH FABRY DISEASE IM de Almeida, GB da Silva Junior, DO da Costa Lino, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-7816 ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY STAGE 3 IN AIDS-ASSOCIATED DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY MA de Lima Mota, GB da Silva Junior, MM Sousa, LM de Araújo, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-336 NEPHROLOGY TRAINING AND DIGITAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF THE RENAL HEALTH PROJECT GB da Silva Junior, JGR de Oliveira, YNS Fontes, M Askari, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-5690 INCIDENCE AND SEVERE OUTCOMES OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN HAFF DISEASE: A BRAZILIAN COHORT STUDY R de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, HB Oliveira, GR Lopes, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-334 IMPACT OF CALORIC-PROTEIN SUPPLY ON RENAL FUNCTION OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY PATIENTS ON ENTERAL NUTRITION MIL Vasconcelos, RIL Vasconcelos, RM Uchôa, TU Passos, SS Santos, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4), 103942 , 2026 2026
WCN26-5028 Epidemiological Analysis of Acute Kidney Injury Treatment in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) D Pierre, D Magalhães, R Odon, S Belisário, L Osterno, B Pinho, A Libório, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-5632 SUBCLINICAL HEART DISEASE AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN FABRY DISEASE: A FAMILY CASE SERIES DO da Costa Lino, CJM de Lima, AJ de Sousa Vasconcelos, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-7793 IL-33 AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER OF HEMORRHAGIC AND KIDNEY COMPLICATIONS IN BOTHROPS SNAKEBITE ENVENOMING RS de Souza Santos, GC Meneses, NC Lopes, GB da Silva Junior, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
WCN26-5090 Evolution of Mortality and Expenditure in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in the Hospitalar Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease between 2015 and 2024 A Libório, J Félix, C Graça, JD de Assis, MS Bezerra, R Coutinho, ... Kidney International Reports 11 (4) , 2026 2026
Histoplasma capsulatum: a rare cause of interstitial nephritis OMV Neto, EDF Daher, MS Braga, LVP Neto, LABG Farias, ... Kidney International 109 (3), 613 , 2026 2026
Role of Serum IL-33 in Bothrops Snakebite Victims: Linking Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction NC Lopes, RSS Santos, GC Meneses, LM Araújo, BVB Martins, ... Toxins 18 (2), 113 , 2026 2026
Social Media, Health Care, and the Connected Patient JGR de Oliveira, ACS dos Santos Junior, M Askari, GB da Silva Junior Digital Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Vision, 73-87 , 2026 2026
Digital Healthcare Takeoff: Current Landscape and Future Horizons HNF Filho, JFCU Furtado, FC Dias, P Vianna Caldas Ribeiro, M Askari, ... Digital Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Vision, 369-381 , 2026 2026
Digital Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Vision GB da Silva Junior, M Askari, JAS de Oliveira Springer Nature , 2026 2026
WCN26-7793 IL-33 AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER OF HEMORRHAGIC AND KIDNEY COMPLICATIONS IN BOTHROPS SNAKEBITE ENVENOMING R Santos, GC Meneses, N Lopes, G da Silva Junior, P Albuquerque, ... ISN World Congress of Nephrology , 2026 2026
Modelos de tomografia computadorizada baseados em inteligência artificial para a distinção entre tumores de Wilms e não-Wilms: revisão sistemática e meta-análise HN Feitosa Filho, RV Lima, JFCU Furtado, VA Ohannesian, EC Eulálio, ... Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 48, e20250010 , 2026 2026
Experiência do usuário de um aplicativo mHealth para o cuidado dos pés em pessoas com Diabetes Mellitus EF Santana, HMSF Maia, GB Silva Junior, MMBF Cerqueira, MLP Mafra, ... Saúde em Debate 49, e9962 , 2025 2025
Renal tuberculosis in the modern era EDF Daher, GB da Silva Junior, EJG Barros The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 88 (1), 54 , 2013 2013 Citations: 204
Kidney involvement in malaria: an update GB Silva Junior, JR Pinto, EJG Barros, GMN Farias, EDF Daher Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 59, e53 , 2017 2017 Citations: 170
Obesity and kidney disease GB Silva, ACSN Bentes, EDF Daher, SMA Matos Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 39, 65-69 , 2017 2017 Citations: 168
Acute kidney injury due to rhabdomyolysis RSA Lima, GB da Silva Junior, AB Liborio, EDF Daher Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation 19 (5), 721-729 , 2008 2008 Citations: 147
Clinical presentation of leptospirosis: a retrospective study of 201 patients in a metropolitan city of Brazil EF Daher, RSA Lima, GBS Júnior, EC Silva, NNN Karbage, RS Kataoka, ... The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 14 (1), 3-10 , 2010 2010 Citations: 120
Osteoarticular involvement in sickle cell disease GB Silva Junior, EDF Daher, FAC Rocha Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia 34 (2), 156-164 , 2012 2012 Citations: 118
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY CAUSED BY Crotalus AND Bothrops SNAKE VENOM: A REVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND TREATMENT PLMM Albuquerque, C N Jacinto, GB Silva Junior, JB Lima, MSB Veras, ... Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 55, 295-301 , 2013 2013 Citations: 111
Risk factors for acute kidney injury and 30-day mortality after liver transplantation AGC Barreto, EF Daher, GBS Junior, JHP Garcia, CBA Magalhães, ... Annals of hepatology 14 (5), 688-694 , 2015 2015 Citations: 101
Acute kidney injury after trauma: Prevalence, clinical characteristics and RIFLE classification KLS de Abreu, GBS Júnior, AGC Barreto, FM Melo, BB Oliveira, ... Indian journal of critical care medicine: peer-reviewed, official … , 2010 2010 Citations: 99
Acute renal failure after massive honeybee stings EDF Daher, GB Silva Junior, GP Bezerra, LB Pontes, AMC Martins, ... Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 45, 45-50 , 2003 2003 Citations: 95
Acute kidney injury complicating bee stings–a review GB Silva, AG Vasconcelos, AMT Rocha, VR Vasconcelos, J Barros, ... Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 59, e25 , 2017 2017 Citations: 88
Acute kidney injury in an infectious disease intensive care unit-an assessment of prognostic factors EF Daher, CN Marques, RSA Lima, AS Barbosa, ES Barbosa, RMS Mota, ... Swiss medical weekly 138 (0910), 128-133 , 2008 2008 Citations: 82
Risk factors for mortality in patients with dengue: A systematic review and meta‐analysis GCL Chagas, AR Rangel, LM Noronha, FCS Veloso, SB Kassar, ... Tropical Medicine & International Health 27 (8), 656-668 , 2022 2022 Citations: 81
Kidney involvement in leishmaniasis—a review GB Silva, EJG Barros, EDF Daher Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 18 (4), 434-440 , 2014 2014 Citations: 81
Risk factors for death among critically ill patients with acute renal failure GB Silva Júnior, EDF Daher, RMS Mota, FA Menezes Sao Paulo Medical Journal 124 (5), 257-263 , 2006 2006 Citations: 79
Acute kidney injury due to anabolic steroid and vitamin supplement abuse: report of two cases and a literature review EF Daher, GB Silva Júnior, AL Queiroz, LMA Ramos, SQ Santos, ... International urology and nephrology 41 (3), 717-723 , 2009 2009 Citations: 78
High-intensity aerobic training improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus CA da Silva, JP Ribeiro, JCAU Canto, RE da Silva, GBS Junior, E Botura, ... Diabetes research and clinical practice 95 (2), 237-245 , 2012 2012 Citations: 76
Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure after strenuous exercise and alcohol abuse: case report and literature review EDF Daher, GB Silva Júnior, DM Brunetta, LB Pontes, GP Bezerra São Paulo medical journal 123, 33-37 , 2005 2005 Citations: 76