Marcelo Queiroga
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{{short description|Brazilian cardiologist, Minister of Health of Brazil}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marcelo Queiroga
| image = Marcelo Queiroga July 2021.jpg
| caption =
| office1 = Minister of Health
| term_start1 = 23 March 2021
| term_end1 = 31 December 2022
| president1 = Jair Bolsonaro
| predecessor1 = Eduardo Pazuello
| successor1 = Nísia Verônica Trindade Lima
| birth_name = Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|12|1}}
| birth_place = João Pessoa, Brazil
| spouse =
| children =
| alma_mater = Federal University of Paraíba
University of Porto
| occupation = Cardiologist
| party = PL (Since 2023)
}}
Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes (born 1 December 1963) is a Brazilian cardiologist, who served as minister of health of Brazil, from 23 March 2021 to 31 December 2022. He was appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro to replace outgoing Minister Eduardo Pazuello.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/2021/03/15/quem-e-o-cardiologista-marcelo-queiroga-que-se-reuniu-com-bolsonaro-sobre-saude|title=Quem é Marcelo Queiroga, médico que aceitou o convite de Bolsonaro para a Saúde|website=CNN Brazil|date=15 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K8525252P1|title=Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes|website=Lattes CNPq}} Queiroga is the fourth minister of health since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.{{cite web|url=https://noticias.r7.com/brasil/pazuello-se-soma-a-mandetta-e-teich-que-cairam-na-pandemia-15032021|title=Pazuello se soma a Mandetta e Teich, que caíram na pandemia|website=R7|date=15 March 2021}}
Education and early career
Born on 1 December 1963 in the city of João Pessoa, Queiroga holds a degree in medicine from Federal University of Paraíba (1988). He completed his medical residency at the Hospital Adventista Silvestre (1991) and the Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa (1993). In 2010, he completed a doctorate in bioethics at the University of Porto.
Career
He is currently Director of the Department of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology at Hospital Alberto Urquiza Wanderley and interventional cardiologist at Hospital Metropolitano Dom José Maria Pires, both in the state of Paraíba. He also served as a Director of the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology between 2012 and 2013. He is a member of the Regional Council of Medicine of the state of Paraíba.
Queiroga currently{{when?|date=January 2023}} is serving as president of Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC).{{cite web|url=https://noticias.r7.com/prisma/blog-do-nolasco/medico-marcelo-queiroga-sera-o-novo-ministro-da-saude-15032021|title=Médico Marcelo Queiroga será o novo ministro da Saúde|website=R7|date=15 March 2021}}
Minister of Health
Queiroga was appointed minister of health on 16 March 2021 to succeed outgoing minister Eduardo Pazuello, who served as a minister since April 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.istoedinheiro.com.br/marcelo-queiroga-aceita-convite-e-sera-o-novo-ministro-da-saude|title=Marcelo Queiroga aceita convite e será o novo ministro da Saúde|website=IstoÉ|date=15 March 2021}}
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Category:People from João Pessoa, Paraíba
Category:Ministers of health of Brazil
Category:Brazilian cardiologists
Category:Federal University of Paraíba alumni