Associate Professor of Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Meireles serves as the inaugural Vice Chairman of Innovation at Duke University School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery and the Surgical Director of Duke AI Health. He specializes in minimally invasive and endoluminal surgery and leads the Surgical AI and Innovation Laboratory (SAIIL). His collaborative work through SAIIL with prestigious institutions like MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Cologne, and Duke Health is central to pioneering advancements in AI-enhanced surgery, aiming for its integration into surgical practices imminently.
Dr. Meireles earned his medical degree from São Paulo State University in Brazil, completed surgical training at Michigan State University, and pursued a research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University focusing on NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery), robotics, and augmented reality in surgery. He further specialized in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of California, San Diego. After dedicating 13 years to Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a bariatric and foregut surgeon and the Director of SAIIL-MGH, Dr. Meireles joined Duke University in January 2024.
His research is devoted to leveraging artificial intelligence, including computer vision and foundational models, to improve operational efficiency, enhance surgical outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and democratize surgical knowledge. He has made significant contributions to the development and application of minimally invasive techniques in gastrointestinal surgery.
Nationally recognized, Dr. Meireles has chaired the SAGES Artificial Intelligence Task Force Committee and led international efforts to establish standards for the sustainability and scalability of surgical AI.
Dr. Meireles is board certified by the American Board of Surgery.
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Thursday, September 18, 2025
1:10 PM - 2:45 PM ET