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Dr. Cintia Kimura is a third generation Brazilian-Japanese and a medical doctor from São Paulo, Brazil. She completed her training in general surgery and colorectal surgery at Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo (Brazil) and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Surgery at Stanford (United States).
Dr. Kimura is member of the Brazilian Society of Coloproctology and Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery. She is also a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Young Surgeons Committee since 2022.
Her current research focuses on the effect of different diets on the gut microbiome of patients undergoing colorectal surgery and how those diets can affect surgical recovery.
Dr. Kimura’s main professional and scientific interests focus on surgical education and on the intersection between surgery and public health.