Dr. Hugo Leonardo Doria Netto
MD, PhD — a neurosurgeon devoted to vascular microneurosurgery, combining technical precision, advanced research and deeply human care.
A conversation about technique, judgment and the care given to each patient.
A practice built around highly complex microneurosurgery.
My work is devoted to the relentless pursuit of the development and advancement of treatments and to innovation across every field of neurosurgery and neuroscience, so that life, in its most vigorous form, may be restored to all who need it — in a humanized and individual way, my greatest commitment to my patients.
Doctor (PhD) in Neurology and Neuroscience, with a doctoral thesis on Cerebral Aneurysms from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), the doctoral work published as a scientific article in the international journal World Neurosurgery (2022). My life's purpose is the relentless pursuit of microneurosurgical treatment for my patients, always combining microsurgical technique with humanized care and undivided attention to each patient.
Humanized care is the reflection of long-standing relationships with patients who are, to me, lives entrusted to my responsibility — lives I safeguard with all my consideration and the dignity they deserve.
Far beyond medicine, neurosurgery is my vocation and where I have the opportunity to exercise my passion and bring my technique and my respect to the people who have entrusted me with their health and their lives.
I tirelessly pursue the development and advancement of techniques and innovation across every field of neurosurgery and neuroscience, so that life, in its fullest form, may be restored to all who need it — returning my surgical patients to their families and their daily routines, for the benefit of life in its widest possibility.
Expertise in Medicine, with emphasis on Microneurosurgery, working mainly in vascular microneurosurgery (Cerebral Aneurysms and Cerebral and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations, Cerebral and Spinal Cavernomas, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm and Moyamoya Disease), Brain Tumors and tumors of the spinal cord and spine, microsurgical anatomy. Neurosurgeon and full member of the Sociedade Brasileira de Neurocirurgia – SBN, Coordinator of the Vascular Neurosurgery Department of the SBN 2025-2027, Member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons – CNS and the AANS (American Association of Neurological Surgeons), and Neurosurgeon of the Academia Brasileira de Neurocirurgia (ABNc).
A practice on three fronts
Clinical Practice
Neurosurgeon at BP - A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, Hospital Santa Catarina - Paulista, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Hospital Sírio-Libanês.
Publications and Research
Publications in national and international neurosurgery journals, serving as a reviewer throughout his career and actively taking part in teaching, research and training activities in neurosurgery.
Coordination and Leadership
Coordinator of the Vascular Neurosurgery Department of the Sociedade Brasileira de Neurocirurgia (Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery).
Training at international centers
Advanced Neurosurgical Techniques / Hands-on Cadaveric Approaches
Saint Louis University, SLU, United States
International Fellowship Visiting Scholar — Vascular Neurosurgery and Brain Tumors
Barrow Neurological Institute, BNI, United States
Visiting International Observer Surgeon — Dr. Michael Lawton
University of California – San Francisco, UCSF, United States
Cerebral Revascularization: Hands-on Microanastomosis and Bypass Technique
Saint Louis University, SLU, United States
The professional behind every surgery
Care is not revealed in the final outcome alone. It is revealed in the preparation, grounded in the details.
In decades devoted to study, in published scientific research, in thousands of cases examined in depth, and in the discernment that only time and experience can bring.
When I step into surgery, everything around me ceases to matter.
The focus becomes absolute.
Because, in that moment, knowledge, experience and decision-making must act in perfect harmony.
Neurosurgery demands technical precision, but it also demands something beyond technique: the maturity to weigh complex scenarios, make difficult choices and assume the responsibility that each decision carries.
Perhaps that is the profession's greatest mission.
To draw on everything we have learned over a lifetime to offer the patient what they need most in that instant: safety, care and the chance of regaining their health and moving forward.
In the end, each procedure represents far more than a medical act.
It represents the chance to restore quality of life, preserve stories, reclaim interrupted plans and allow someone to return to their family, their routine and their plans for the future.
And so, at the end of every surgery, my gratitude is always shared — with the patient and their family, for the trust placed in our work.
With the team that walks beside me every day, for the competence, commitment and dedication at every stage of this process.
Neurosurgery is built on knowledge, but results are only possible when there is trust.
Neurosurgery is an art, and it is an honor to be able to practice it. Working in a field of such critical importance to restore patients' lives is far more than a profession — it is a great privilege.