Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior

@unifor.br

School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Public Health Graduate Programs
Universidade de Fortaleza

Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior
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
7941

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

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Pathophysiological aspects of nephropathy caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    GNC Lucas, ACC Leitão, RL Alencar, RMF Xavier, EDF Daher, GB Silva
    Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 41, 124-130 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 376
  • 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
  • Leptospirosis-associated acute kidney injury
    EDF Daher, KLS Abreu, GB Silva Junior
    Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 32, 408-415 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 153
  • 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