Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes (born 1 December 1963) is a Brazilian

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, who served as

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of Brazil, from 23 March 2021 to 31 December 2022. He was appointed by President

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to replace outgoing Minister

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. Queiroga is the fourth minister of health since the beginning of the

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in the country.

Education and early career

Born on 1 December 1963 in the city of João Pessoa, Queiroga holds a degree in medicine from

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(1988). He completed his medical residency at the Hospital Adventista Silvestre (1991) and the Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa (1993). In 2010, he completed an doctorate in bioethics at the University of Porto.

Career

He is currently Director of the Department of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology at Hospital Alberto Urquiza Wanderley and interventional cardiologist at Hospital Metropolitano Dom José Maria Pires, both in the state of

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. He also served as a Director of the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology between 2012 and 2013. He is a member of the Regional Council of Medicine of the state of Paraíba. Queiroga currently is serving as president of Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC).

Minister of Health

Queiroga was appointed minister of health on 16 March 2021 to succeed outgoing minister Eduardo Pazuello, who served as a minister since April 2020. His term ended on 31 December 2022.

References

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