Dr. Joao Paulo Almeida
Neurosurgeon
2 Podcasts on BackTable
Dr. Joao Paulo Almeida is a neurosurgeon and Robert L. Campbell Endowed Scholar Associate Professor at Indiana University.
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Episode # 269 • 14 Apr 2026
Management of Sinonasal Tumors with Skull Base Involvement: Part 1
Pathology, anatomy, and staging: how do these three pillars come together to guide sinonasal tumor management? In this episode of the BackTable ENT Podcast, host Dr. Satyan Sreenath is joined by Dr. Joao Paulo Almeida, Dr. Zara Patel, and Dr. Garret Choby to discuss a multidisciplinary approach to sinonasal tumors, emphasizing the triad of pathology, anatomy, and staging to guide treatment.
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About
João Paulo Almeida, MD joined Department of Neurological Surgery faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine in November 2024. Dr. Almeida is the Robert L. Campbell Scholar in Neurological Surgery and is an Associate Professor and Director of Skull Base Surgery.
He obtained his medical degree at The School of Medicine of The Universidade Federal do Ceará and completed his neurosurgery residency at State University of Campinas. After residency, he worked with Dr. Evandro de Oliveira and his team at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, in São Paulo. In 2017, Dr. Almeida relocated to North America and underwent additional training at the Toronto Western Hospital / University of Toronto as a Clinical Fellow in Neuro-oncology and Skull Base Surgery and Cerebrovascular Surgery; and additionally worked as an Advanced Endoscopic and Open Skull Base Surgery Fellow at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. From 2021-2024, he worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic Florida, in 2021, with focus on Neuro-oncology and Skull Base Surgery and leading the Skull Base Lab at Mayo Florida. He currently holds an Adjunct Professor title with the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Almeida has a strong commitment to academic neurosurgery. He has authored and co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed papers, 75 neurosurgical meeting presentations, and 29 book chapters, in addition to collaborations in microsurgical courses and academic teaching activities in international centers. His main areas of research are open and endoscopic skull base surgery, neuro-oncology and microsurgical anatomy.
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