Christiano C. B. Caldeira, MDDr. Caldeira is the founder of Florida Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery (FACT Surgery). A native of Brazil, he received his medical degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine. He moved to the United States and performed his residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Case Western Reserve University. He then completed his fellowship in lung transplantation, heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Caldeira is an expert in high-risk cardiac surgical procedures, and has a special interest in surgical therapies for the treatment of heart failure. In addition to heart and lung transplantation, Dr. Caldeira is experienced in the use of implantable ventricular assist devices and left ventricular reconstruction surgery. He has mastered minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve repairs, surgical treatments for atrial fibrillation, and procedures for the treatment of aortic pathologies.
Dr. Caldeira is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Since completing his training, he has held numerous appointments including Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon of the Veterans' Administration Office and Case Western Reserve University. He has served as Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. Since moving to Tampa, Florida, in 2005, Dr. Caldeira has been appointed Director of Heart Transplantation and Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at Tampa General Hospital. Dr. Caldeira has served as primary investigator for many clinical research studies and published numerous articles in journals including The Journal of Trauma, Archives of Surgery, Japanese Circulation Journal and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Cristiano N. Faber M.D.Dr. Faber is an accomplished cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon, who joins us from the prestigious Instituto de Cardiologia in Brazil. After graduating from Medical School, Dr. Faber completed his cardiothoracic residency training in Brazil and his Heart Transplantation, Ventricular Assist Device and Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Faber then returned to Brazil to head the Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device programs at the Instituto de Cardiologia do Distrito Federal.
Dr. Faber's expertise includes not only transplantation, but also minimally invasive cardiac surgery, high risk valvular operations and surgeries for the aortic arch.