Sergio Mies

Sergio Mies is a Brazilian physician and researcher who served as a professor of surgery at the Universidade de São Paulo from 1976 to 2023.

Early life and education Mies was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He graduated with a degree in medicine from the Universidade de São Paulo in 1968. Later, he completed a medical residency in surgery from 1969 to 1970. He earned his Ph.D. in medicine in 1973 at the medical school of the Universidade de São Paulo and his thesis focused on the hemodynamics of liver transplantation.

Research Mies was instrumental in developing the living-donor liver transplantation technique, in which a segment of the liver is transplanted from a living donor to a recipient. Following the procedure, the livers of both the donor and the recipient regenerate.

Selected publications

Awards and recognition Mies is the receipent of the following awards and recognitions: 1979: Fernando Vaz Award 1988: Jorge Toledo Award 1996: Alfredo Monteiro Award 1996: Francisco Javier de Balmis Award 2000: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation award for organ transplantation 2004: Oswaldo Cruz Award 2007: Honorary Citizen of Sorocaba, City Council of Sorocaba 2008: Honorary Citizen of Maceió, City Council of Maceió 2009: Honorary Doctor of the Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital