Dr. Rodrigo Vianna is one of the world’s most experienced multi-organ transplant surgeons. Born and raised in southern Brazil, Vianna earned his medical degree at the Federal University of Parana, where as a student in 1992 he observed the first liver transplant performed in his home city of Curitiba. At the conclusion of the operation, Vianna was on his career path. After completing his general and gastrointestinal surgery training in Brazil, he was selected for two successive fellowships at the University of Miami at Jackson’s transplant program, the first in transplant research and the second in clinical transplantation, which he completed in 2003. He then headed to Indianapolis to expand Indiana University’s liver transplant program and launch its intestinal and multivisceral program for both children and adults. Within nine years, he had contributed with technical modifications that enabled liver transplants to be performed in less than four hours––half the average time at most centers. He has developed expansion of indication for Intestinal/MVT Transplantation and created the largest intestinal and MVT program for children and adults in the United States for the past 2-3 years, performing more than 100 of the individually customized procedures in the past four years and achieving outstanding outcomes. Dr. Vianna is a pioneer in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation. Since his arrival, MTI’s patient survival and volumes for these types of transplants has become one of the highest in the nation. Dr. Vianna is also an accomplished liver transplant surgeon, making MTI’s liver program one of the best in Florida. He performs transplants with shorter operating times and minimal blood loss, which are indicators of better long-term outcomes Accomplishments: · Author and Co-author of a total of 169 articles in international journals · Received the Hospital Pequeno Principe Award (Gala 2017 ) – October 2017 · Received the Andreas G. Tzakis Endowed Chair in Transplant Surgery Miller School of Medicine University of Miami June 2017 · Inducted into Brazil’s National Academy of Medicine, one of the oldest and most exclusive medical academies in the world.- November 2016 · Granted the prestigious Livre-Docência designation by the Department of Surgery at the University of São Paulo after receiving a perfect score from a panel of five reviewers.- October 2016 · He completed his Ph.D. in Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - December 2014 · Vianna is a member of several medical societies, including the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the Intestinal Transplant Society, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the Brazilian College of Surgeons. · Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brazilian College of Surgeons for his contributions in the transplant field -August 2011 · American Liver Foundation- Honor recipient -July 2015 · Names Best Doctor in America from -2009-2014 · Received 2 of the Riley Hospital for Children Red Shoes Award – August 20107 April 2010 · Implemented the Pediatric Living Related Liver Transplant services at the Hospital Infantil Pequeño Principe in Brazil – June 2001 · Received Best Doctors in America Award from 2009 to 2014.