Saide Jorge Calil


  • Electrical Engineering - Mackenzie University - Brazil (1974)
  • MSc and PhD in Biomedical Engineering - University of London - England (1984)
  • Chapters in books on clinical engineering - 5 chapters
  • Author of 1 book on clinical engineering management
  • Editor of one book on clinical engineering (management and medical equipment)
  • Supervisor of 16 concluded MSc thesis
  • Supervisor of 1 concluded PhD thesis
  • Coordinator of a distance learning course on management of health equipment maintenance with about 3000 students all around Brazil
  • Coordinator of a clinical engineering specialization course (postgraduate level); around 250 clinical engineers already graduated - from 1992 to the present
  • Adviser of the Brazilian Ministry of Health on clinical engineering subjects
  • Adviser of the "Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanit ária" - ANVISA (comparable tasks to FDA n the US) on clinical engineering subjects
  • 14 full papers on international congresses
  • 9 articles published in international journals
  • 7 full papers on Brazilian congresses
  • 11 articles published in Brazilian journals
  • Former project advisor to the United Nations (two projects)
  • Former member of the Program for Medical Equipment in Brazil (PROEQUIPO) that developed the majority of the clinical engineering activities in Brazil, including training activities on clinical engineering (1990 -1995)
  • Former President of the Brazilian Society of Biomedical Engineering

Prof. Dr. Saide Jorge Calil
Deptamento Engenharia Biomédica - DEB
Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz"
Caixa Postal 6040
13.084-971 Campinas
Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
Tel: +55-19-3788 9284
Fax: +55-19-3289 3346
E-mail: calil@ceb.unicamp.br