Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG), Porto Alegre , Brazil
Gustavo Werutsky, MD, is the Chairman of Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) and Medical Oncologist of the Breast Cancer Program, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre Brazil. He is also preceptor of Medical Oncology (2012-to date and Investigator of the Oncology Research Centre at Hospital São Lucas PUCRS. He is the member representative of LACOG in the Breast International Group (BIG), Belgium and SWOG Cancer Research Network, US. Werutsky is member of the breast cancer Faculty of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO). Former medical research fellow at the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 2008-2011 working in the breast and gastrointestinal cancer groups. Also, past fellow of the Flims workshop on cancer research (EORTC – NCI - AACR), Flims, Switzerland and of the ESMO translational research unit visit, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Graduated in Medicine at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (2003), specialization in Internal Medicine (2006) and Medical Oncology (2008) at Hospital São Lucas PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil and PhD (2021) in Medicine at Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Clínica (SBOC). Areas of interest are breast cancer research, collaborative groups, drug development and methods in clinical trials.