Marianne Regina Silva Potengy de Mello
MD, Surgical Oncologist and General Surgeon
Marianne Regina Silva Potengy de Mello is a Surgical Oncologist and General Surgeon at Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She earned her medical degree from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), completed General Surgery residency at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, where she served as Chief Resident in 2022, and completed Surgical Oncology residency at A.C.Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo.
Her clinical background includes oncologic surgery with a focus on abdominal and pelvic procedures, as well as emergency and intensive care medicine. She completed an observership in Gynecologic Oncology at Houston Methodist Hospital and has research experience at FIOCRUZ involving occupational cancer burden and oncology assessment instruments. Her academic work also includes publications on symptom patterns in colorectal cancer.