Preceptor - Department of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy / Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo University of São Paulo Medical School
Doctor graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Higher School of Health Sciences (ESCS), specialist in Internal Medicine from the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP). He is currently a preceptor of the Discipline of Hematology at the Medical Internship, a special graduate student at FMUSP and conducts research on Myelodysplastic Neoplasms. He is also an Instructor of the Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) course by Berkeley Educacional endorsed by the American Heart Association in Brazil. He received the Human Dignity Merit Medal from the Secretariat of Justice and Citizenship of Brasilia for articulating and executing medical assistance actions for vulnerable populations in the Federal District. He also received training with honors from Johns Hopkins University in an extension course in Oncology.
EDUCATION
- Physician from the Higher School of Health Sciences, Federal District, Brazil.
- Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil.
- Preceptor of the discipline of the Hematology Medical Internship at HCFMUSP.
- Special Graduate student at the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Internal Medicine / Hematology / Pathology / Epidemiology / Economic Burden of Diseases / Neglected Diseases
Postmortem neuropathology in COVID-19 Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto, João Carlos Geber Junior, Vitor Ribeiro Paes, Paulo Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva, Marisa Dolhnikoff Understanding the Pandemic Pathophysiology Transmission and Treatment of Covid 19, 2024
Beyond intervention: The clinical meaning of non-intervention in serious illness JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e131 , 2026 2026
When the place of dying is lost: Reflections on care, uncertainty, and the limits of intervention M Augusto-Rodrigues, JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e126 , 2026 2026
At the threshold of care: Palliative ethics in severe mental illness CA de Oliveira-Filho, JC Geber-Júnior, T Perissotto, DN Forte Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e119 , 2026 2026
Possible autonomy: Finitude, vulnerability, and the ethical duty of listening JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e111 , 2026 2026
The ethics of staying: Medicine at the limits of intervention JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e116 , 2026 2026
Relational–ethical transformational leadership in palliative care nursing: A conceptual perspective JD de Camargo, ICR de Oliveira, JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e114 , 2026 2026
The fragrance of sadness: Resisting the medicalization of human emotion in palliative care R Milan-Youssef, JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e79 , 2026 2026 Citations: 2
The Therapeutics of Staying JC Geber-Junior Journal of Palliative Medicine, 10966218251398401 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
When pain becomes the teacher: Confronting my own suffering while learning to heal JC Geber-Junior Journal of Palliative Medicine 28 (12), 1691-1692 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
The Anatomy of connection: Rethinking communication beyond the script JC Geber-Junior, DN Forte Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e216 , 2025 2025 Citations: 7
When Autonomy Fails: Ethics, Philosophy, and the Legal Duty of Palliative Care-Reflections on End-of-Life Medicine in the 21st Century JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e200 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Waiting for the biopsy, finding goodbye RC Curatolo, JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e160 , 2025 2025
Caring with time and despite de time: Reflections on prognosis JC Geber-Junior, DN Forte Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e148 , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19 S Chatterjee, AND Neto, M Cascella, S Villapol, A Viswanathan, ... Elsevier , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Chapter 16 - Postmortem neuropathology in COVID-19 AN Duarte-Neto, JC Geber-Junior, VR Paes, PH do Nascimento Saldiva, ... Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of … , 2024 2024
Correlation between the severity and blood alcohol level of traffic accidents victims AC Gonçalves, HS Bombana, AC Canonica, JC Geber-Junior, V Leyton, ... Acta ortopedica brasileira 32 (spe1), e271878 , 2024 2024 Citations: 6
CORRELAÇÃO ENTRE GRAVIDADE E ALCOOLEMIA DE VÍTIMAS DE ACIDENTES DE TRÂNSITO AC Gonçalves, HS Bombana, AC Canonica, JC Geber-Junior, V Leyton, ... Acta Ortopédica Brasileira 32, e271878 , 2024 2024
Osteoporotic hip fracture-Comorbidities and factors associated with in-hospital mortality in the elderly: A nine-year cohort study in Brazil (vol 17, e0272006, 2022) VCU Peterle, MRCG Novaes, PE Bezerra-Junior, JC Geber-Junior, ... PLOS ONE 18 (11) , 2023 2023
Correction: Osteoporotic hip fracture—Comorbidities and factors associated with in-hospital mortality in the elderly: A nine-year cohort study in Brazil VCU Peterle, MRCG Novaes, PEB Junior, JCG Júnior, ... Plos one 18 (11), e0294101 , 2023 2023
What else in times of COVID-19? The role of minimally invasive autopsy for the differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure in a case of kala-azar JC Geber Júnior, RAA Monteiro, JWP Rocha, ELT Duarte, E Nicodemo, ... Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 65, e36 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Indicators of morbidity and mortality by femur fractures in older people: a decade-long study in brazilian hospitals VCU Peterle, JC Geber Junior, W Darwin Junior, AV Lima, ... Acta Ortopédica Brasileira 28, 142-148 , 2020 2020 Citations: 29
Osteoporotic hip fracture—Comorbidities and factors associated with in-hospital mortality in the elderly: A nine-year cohort study in Brazil VCU Peterle, MRCG Novaes, PEB Junior, JCG Júnior, ... PLoS One 17 (8), e0272006 , 2022 2022 Citations: 20
Carotid intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilation do not predict acute in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 M Cristina-Oliveira, K Meireles, S Gil, F Cavalcante Assis, ... American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 322 (6 … , 2022 2022 Citations: 9
Caring with time and despite de time: Reflections on prognosis JC Geber-Junior, DN Forte Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e148 , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
The Anatomy of connection: Rethinking communication beyond the script JC Geber-Junior, DN Forte Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e216 , 2025 2025 Citations: 7
Correlation between the severity and blood alcohol level of traffic accidents victims AC Gonçalves, HS Bombana, AC Canonica, JC Geber-Junior, V Leyton, ... Acta ortopedica brasileira 32 (spe1), e271878 , 2024 2024 Citations: 6
Association of health vulnerability with adverse outcomes in older people with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study FC de Assis, MCO da Silva, JC Geber-Júnior, H Roschel, T Peçanha, ... Clinics 76, e3369 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
Indicadores de morbidade e mortalidade por fraturas de fêmur em idosos: análise de uma década em hospitais brasileiros VCU PETERLE, JC GEBER JUNIOR, W DARWIN JUNIOR, AV LIMA, ... Acta Ortopédica Brasileira 28, 142-148 , 2020 2020 Citations: 4
When pain becomes the teacher: Confronting my own suffering while learning to heal JC Geber-Junior Journal of Palliative Medicine 28 (12), 1691-1692 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
What else in times of COVID-19? The role of minimally invasive autopsy for the differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure in a case of kala-azar JC Geber Júnior, RAA Monteiro, JWP Rocha, ELT Duarte, E Nicodemo, ... Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 65, e36 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
The fragrance of sadness: Resisting the medicalization of human emotion in palliative care R Milan-Youssef, JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e79 , 2026 2026 Citations: 2
When Autonomy Fails: Ethics, Philosophy, and the Legal Duty of Palliative Care-Reflections on End-of-Life Medicine in the 21st Century JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 23, e200 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
The Therapeutics of Staying JC Geber-Junior Journal of Palliative Medicine, 10966218251398401 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19 S Chatterjee, AND Neto, M Cascella, S Villapol, A Viswanathan, ... Elsevier , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Sjögren’s Syndrome Associated with Celiac Disease FF Silva, A Lerner, JCG Júnior, JF de Carvalho, Y Shoenfeld International Journal 8 (3), 76-82 , 2020 2020 Citations: 1
Beyond intervention: The clinical meaning of non-intervention in serious illness JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e131 , 2026 2026
When the place of dying is lost: Reflections on care, uncertainty, and the limits of intervention M Augusto-Rodrigues, JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e126 , 2026 2026
At the threshold of care: Palliative ethics in severe mental illness CA de Oliveira-Filho, JC Geber-Júnior, T Perissotto, DN Forte Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e119 , 2026 2026
Possible autonomy: Finitude, vulnerability, and the ethical duty of listening JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e111 , 2026 2026
The ethics of staying: Medicine at the limits of intervention JC Geber-Júnior Palliative & Supportive Care 24, e116 , 2026 2026