About xlung
The Xlung platform provides virtual simulation and teaching material about respiratory support, from physiology to mechanical ventilation. It was designed by pulmonologist and critical care specialist Dr. Marcelo Alcantara Holanda, MD, Ph.D.
Our Mission
Promote respiratory support and mechanical ventilation training excellence through digital solutions with simulation, quality content, and network learning.
Our Vision
A world with patients receiving the best respiratory support available based on deep knowledge, technology, and humanity.
Idealizer
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Prof Marcelo Alcantara Holanda
Idealizer, Director of xlung, Pneumologist and critical care specialist
Prof Marcelo Alcantara Holanda graduated in Medicine at the Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1991. He is a pulmonologist and critical care specialist since 1996, after he finished his fellowship at the Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP- Brazil. He got his PhD in Medicine at the same institution in 1998. He is now an associate professor of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine at the Federal University of Ceará and he is the head of the Respiration Laboratory (Resplab). He also works in private practice being Pulmonologist at the Pulmocenter Institute. He has long experience in teaching mechanical ventilation for more than 20 years. He also has experience in clinical practice by assisting mechanically ventilated and complex patients, either in the ICU or in home ventilation. The xlung platform was created and founded by him in 2012.
Team
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Betina Tomaz
Respiratory Therapist and Xlung Consultant
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Clarissa Peixoto
New Business Analyst
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Fernando Ponte Filho
Systems Analyst, Consultant and Developer
