Luis Teodoro Da Luz
Surgeon
2075 Bayview Ave Room H171 Toronto Ontario, M4N 3M5About
Luis Teodoro Da Luz, MD, MSc, is a leading General Surgeon currently serving patients as Staff Surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre as well as Associate Scientist in Evaluative Clinical Sciences in the Trauma Emergency & Critical Care Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. da Luz's clinical research is focused on the early resuscitation phase of severely injured patients, with a special interest in severely bleeding trauma patients and management of early endogenous trauma coagulopathy. He is a member of Sunnybrookâ??s trauma research group, which has completed two randomized controlled trials, both addressing early resuscitation and hemostasis of patients with massive bleeding. After earning his medical degree in 1996 at Faculdade de Medicina da Fundacao do ABC in Brazil, he completed his general surgery specialization with the same educational venue, followed by a trauma surgery fellowship (2008â??2010) trauma and general surgery research fellowship (2010-2011), adult critical care medicine fellowship (2011-2014), acute care surgery fellowship (2014-2016), and Masterâ??s Degree of Science (2015) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. Additionally, in order to stay up to date on all medical advancements in his field, he maintains a professional membership with the Brazilian College of Surgeons, the Ontario Medical Association, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Provider Details
Internships
- General Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
Fellowships
- Trauma Surgery, Saint Michaels Hospital; Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Acute Care and Trauma Surgery, University of Toronto
Professional Society Memberships
- Brazilian College of Surgeons, Ontario Medical Association, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Trauma Association of Canada, Canadian Medical Association, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de S£o Paulo
Articles and Publications
- Published, New England Journal of Medicine
- . Principal Author. Da Luz LT, Estrada J, Alqattan S, Tien H, Nathens A, Nascimento B: Do field triage criteria correctly identify patients suitable to be transferred to a trauma center? A systematic
- . Principal Author. Da Luz LT, Strauss R, Abelhady A, Perez PG, Tien H, Nathens A, Nascimento B: Do higher transfusion ratios of FFP:RBC, PLT:RBC or FFP:PLT:RBC improve outcomes in trauma? A systemati
- Co Author. Olarte R, Da Luz LT, Tien H, Nathens A, Nascimento B: Heterogeneity of truncal hemorrhage in trauma. Trauma Association of Canada Annual Conference, Halifax 2016
Hobbies / Sports
- Crossfit
Favorite professional publications
- Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Luis Teodoro Da Luz's Practice location
Sunnybrook Research Institute
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