Dr. Gustavo de los Santos

Dr. Gustavo Philippi de los Santos graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). He completed a medical residency in General Surgery at Hospital Regional de São José (SC) and then in Head and Neck Surgery at Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine (USP), in São Paulo. Since then, he has dedicated his professional career to the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck diseases, with an emphasis on diseases of the thyroid, salivary glands, larynx and pharynx.

He has been a surgeon at the UFSC University Hospital since 2010, where he also contributes to the training of new professionals as a volunteer professor in the Medicine and Speech-Language Pathology programs, in addition to serving as a preceptor in the General Surgery medical residency. He is currently a master’s student in Medical Sciences at UFSC.

He is a national reference in radiofrequency ablation of the thyroid and, since 2020, has worked as a proctor (instructor) training physicians to perform ablative procedures on thyroid nodules. In 2025, he completed an advanced training program in thyroid ablation at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, one of the world’s leading centers in this field.

His practice includes conventional and minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as video-assisted thyroidectomies and other ultrasound-guided procedures in the neck region. In laryngology, he performs laryngeal microsurgery, as well as thyroplasties and chondroplasties for gender affirmation, focusing on individualized treatment and the needs of each patient.