René Sotelo (6 November 1962) is a Venezuelan robotic surgeon, urologist-oncologist and university professor.
Education
Sotelo received his medical degree from Central University of Venezuela and his residency in General Surgery and Urology was at Domingo Luciani Hospital, Venezuela. He completed fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the Hospital Padre Machado in Caracas, Venezuela; training in General Surgery and Urology Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Center in Tokyo, Japan; President of the Latin American Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology between 2006 and 2008); observership in Laparoscopic Surgery in the Urology Department at Cleveland Clinic Foundation; observer in St. Louis, Missouri School of Medicine, Division of Urology and preceptorship in digestive surgery and laparoscopy at Universidad de São Paulo, Brasil Hospital Das Clinicas.
Career
Sotelo is the founder of CIMI (Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center) in Venezuela; Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, México and Bolivia. He is also a professor at the Medicine School of University of Southern California and Medical Director of the USC.
Sotelo has been a pioneer in robotic surgery for complex urinary fistula in men and women, benign prostate enlargement and inguinal lymph node dissection for cancer. Also, he has helped develop new concepts of single-port “belly-button” and natural orifice surgery. His experience with advanced robotic & laparoscopic surgery exceeds 4,000 personal cases.
Sotelo has been professor at 35 universities in 19 countries, where he has demonstrated advanced robotic & laparoscopic techniques at live surgical symposia. His experience includes training over 72 post-graduate fellows from 14 countries in robotic & laparoscopic urology. He has won more than 34 international awards from scientific and government organizations worldwide.
Publications
Sotelo is an international researcher with more than 75 peer reviewed scientific papers and 38 chapters in major urology books. He has published four text books: No le tenga miedo al dedo, Cirugía laparoscópica en urología, Prostate Cancer a Patient Guide y Complications in Robotic Surgery. He also serves on the editorial board of three urologic journals. He also has a Ted Talk: The Heartbreaking Truth of Penis Cancer.
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Medical and scientific organizations memberships
Sotelo is member of international medical and scientifics organizations, including the Society of Robotic Surgery, the Global Robotics Institute, the American Urological Association, the Sociedad Colombiana de Urología, the Sociedad Venezolana de Urología, the Confederación Americana de Urología, the Sociedade Brasilera de Urología, the Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Urología, the Sociedad Dominicana de Urología, the International Society of Sexual and Impotence Research, the Latin American Society for the Study of the Aging Male, the Endourology Society-Full Member, the Société Internationale dÚrologie, the International Consultation on Urological Diseases and the Endourological Society- Committee of Endourology Education Training Site Program.
References
Education
Sotelo received his medical degree from Central University of Venezuela and his residency in General Surgery and Urology was at Domingo Luciani Hospital, Venezuela. He completed fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the Hospital Padre Machado in Caracas, Venezuela; training in General Surgery and Urology Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Center in Tokyo, Japan; President of the Latin American Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology between 2006 and 2008); observership in Laparoscopic Surgery in the Urology Department at Cleveland Clinic Foundation; observer in St. Louis, Missouri School of Medicine, Division of Urology and preceptorship in digestive surgery and laparoscopy at Universidad de São Paulo, Brasil Hospital Das Clinicas.
Career
Sotelo is the founder of CIMI (Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center) in Venezuela; Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, México and Bolivia. He is also a professor at the Medicine School of University of Southern California and Medical Director of the USC.
Sotelo has been a pioneer in robotic surgery for complex urinary fistula in men and women, benign prostate enlargement and inguinal lymph node dissection for cancer. Also, he has helped develop new concepts of single-port “belly-button” and natural orifice surgery. His experience with advanced robotic & laparoscopic surgery exceeds 4,000 personal cases.
Sotelo has been professor at 35 universities in 19 countries, where he has demonstrated advanced robotic & laparoscopic techniques at live surgical symposia. His experience includes training over 72 post-graduate fellows from 14 countries in robotic & laparoscopic urology. He has won more than 34 international awards from scientific and government organizations worldwide.
Publications
Sotelo is an international researcher with more than 75 peer reviewed scientific papers and 38 chapters in major urology books. He has published four text books: No le tenga miedo al dedo, Cirugía laparoscópica en urología, Prostate Cancer a Patient Guide y Complications in Robotic Surgery. He also serves on the editorial board of three urologic journals. He also has a Ted Talk: The Heartbreaking Truth of Penis Cancer.
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Medical and scientific organizations memberships
Sotelo is member of international medical and scientifics organizations, including the Society of Robotic Surgery, the Global Robotics Institute, the American Urological Association, the Sociedad Colombiana de Urología, the Sociedad Venezolana de Urología, the Confederación Americana de Urología, the Sociedade Brasilera de Urología, the Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Urología, the Sociedad Dominicana de Urología, the International Society of Sexual and Impotence Research, the Latin American Society for the Study of the Aging Male, the Endourology Society-Full Member, the Société Internationale dÚrologie, the International Consultation on Urological Diseases and the Endourological Society- Committee of Endourology Education Training Site Program.
References
The Desaer (Desenvolvimento Aeronáutico) is a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer founded in 2017, based at Incubaero - a department of the Casimiro Montenegro Filho Foundation at ITA (Instituto Tecnológico Aeronáutico), one of the technology and development institutes within the DCTA facilities in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, is a manufacturer of civilian and military aircraft. The company's plan is to have ATL-100 prototype in the coming years.
History
The company was founded in 2017 by former Embraer employees. Fifty years after the first flight of the Embraer Bandeirante, Desaer (Desenvolvimento Aeronáutica) is working on its ATL-100 project for an "Avião de Transporte Leve” (light transport aircraft) that it says is the ideal modern substitute for the Brazilian classic. The project is 100 percent Brazilian and is aimed at producing a twin-engine utility transport that can be used for both regional commercial and military transport tasks. The ATL-100 will be available in civil and military variants. The military version will perform roles such as troop transport, logistics support, search and rescue, paratrooper airdropping maritime patrol, liaison, border surveillance, medical evacuation, and special operations.
During the LABACE executive aviation fair in São Paulo, the first customer of the twin-engine ATL-100. The aircraft in its early stages of development was commissioned by AGS Logística, which signed a purchase intention agreement for two planes with an option for three more.
CEiiA and Desaer joint-venture
CEiiA is a Center for Engineer and Product Development with a long history of experience in aviation. They started working with one of the major helicopter manufacturers in the world 12 years ago, followed by a very strong involved in the C-390 Millennium aircraft, the Brazilian military cargo airplane of Embraer, where we are still involved in various activities of civil and military certification. The company signed a contract where we will be co-responsible for the development of the ATL-100, which will be manufactured, assembled and commercialized by both companies. CEiiA will allocate at first, a team of 60 engineers, that will be followed by others as the different phases of development will require. From Desaer side, the number of engineers will be at least double. The CeiiA’s Engineer team will be allocated in Évora, at the Alentejo Science and Technology Park (PACT), a city that it’s already a cluster for aviation.
Products
*Desaer ATL-100
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History
The company was founded in 2017 by former Embraer employees. Fifty years after the first flight of the Embraer Bandeirante, Desaer (Desenvolvimento Aeronáutica) is working on its ATL-100 project for an "Avião de Transporte Leve” (light transport aircraft) that it says is the ideal modern substitute for the Brazilian classic. The project is 100 percent Brazilian and is aimed at producing a twin-engine utility transport that can be used for both regional commercial and military transport tasks. The ATL-100 will be available in civil and military variants. The military version will perform roles such as troop transport, logistics support, search and rescue, paratrooper airdropping maritime patrol, liaison, border surveillance, medical evacuation, and special operations.
During the LABACE executive aviation fair in São Paulo, the first customer of the twin-engine ATL-100. The aircraft in its early stages of development was commissioned by AGS Logística, which signed a purchase intention agreement for two planes with an option for three more.
CEiiA and Desaer joint-venture
CEiiA is a Center for Engineer and Product Development with a long history of experience in aviation. They started working with one of the major helicopter manufacturers in the world 12 years ago, followed by a very strong involved in the C-390 Millennium aircraft, the Brazilian military cargo airplane of Embraer, where we are still involved in various activities of civil and military certification. The company signed a contract where we will be co-responsible for the development of the ATL-100, which will be manufactured, assembled and commercialized by both companies. CEiiA will allocate at first, a team of 60 engineers, that will be followed by others as the different phases of development will require. From Desaer side, the number of engineers will be at least double. The CeiiA’s Engineer team will be allocated in Évora, at the Alentejo Science and Technology Park (PACT), a city that it’s already a cluster for aviation.
Products
*Desaer ATL-100
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Roark (born Brian O'Neal), a native of the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township, New Jersey, United States, is an American singer/songwriter who released his first album Break of Day in 2007 under the California-based Love Minus Zero record label.
He fronted the group Casual Blue from 1998 to 2004. Casual Blue built a following on the New York/New Jersey club circuit, but disbanded when band members drifted apart. One of Casual Blue's brightest moments came in 2002, when their song "Blur" was heard in an episode of the television series Dawson's Creek.
After Casual Blue broke apart Brian O'Neal decided to keep pursuing music, so he re-emerged under the name Roark. He chose the name Roark from The Fountainhead and its protagonist, Howard Roark. Roark is the first artist signed on the Love Minus Zero label, a new subsidiary of the Drive-Thru Records label.
In the first week of the release of Break of Day, Roark's song "Never Felt So Lucky" was used on MTV's serial show titled Engaged and Underage. He has toured solo across the US and continues to appear in the NY/NJ club circuit.
He fronted the group Casual Blue from 1998 to 2004. Casual Blue built a following on the New York/New Jersey club circuit, but disbanded when band members drifted apart. One of Casual Blue's brightest moments came in 2002, when their song "Blur" was heard in an episode of the television series Dawson's Creek.
After Casual Blue broke apart Brian O'Neal decided to keep pursuing music, so he re-emerged under the name Roark. He chose the name Roark from The Fountainhead and its protagonist, Howard Roark. Roark is the first artist signed on the Love Minus Zero label, a new subsidiary of the Drive-Thru Records label.
In the first week of the release of Break of Day, Roark's song "Never Felt So Lucky" was used on MTV's serial show titled Engaged and Underage. He has toured solo across the US and continues to appear in the NY/NJ club circuit.
Painstake began in 1993 as a hardcore straight edge band. The band played in small clubs in their hometown of Denver, Colorado. In 1994-1995, Uprising Records signed the band to a two-album deal, with which they released Consecrate and Don't Condemn This Dying.
After the release of the album entitled Consecrate the band severed ties with Adam Tymn (Vaux), who was replaced by Carl Kumpe. Painstake went on to record the second of their two albums Don't Condemn This Dying.
The band broke up in the late 1990s, and reformed in 2006, receiving a "Best Comeback" accolade in "Westword" magazine's 2006 "Best of Denver" issue. The band officially went on hiatus in March, 2008.
History
Painstake's original 1993 line up was made up of Jason Andrade (Denver's Four)-guitar, Max Michieli-vocals, Adam Tymn-drums, and Alvaro Warden-guitar. Andrade soon left the band to continue duty as Denver's Four's drummer. After debuting without a bass player at a small club in Colorado Springs with Buffalo, New York's seminal metalcore act Snapcase, Warden quit the band because he was disappointed with the band's performance. Andrade, who was in the audience with Samual McGibbon, saw potential in the band and rejoined the band, asking McGibbon, to join as a guitarist as well. McGibbon accepted the offer. Soon after Tymn asked an acquaintance, Thom Gann, of Indiana-based hardcore band WarCry to join as the band's bass player. With this line up the band set out composing several songs which would eventually be featured on their debut LP.
Gann had a friend in Indiana that ran a small label with whom he shared the band's recently recorded demo in 1994. The friend, impressed with the demo, asked the band to appear on a benefit compilation record titled, Ceremony of Fire, which featured several bands in the contemporary hardcore genre, including Syracuse, New York's straight edge band Earth Crisis. The album was meant to raise money for a militant animal rights activist. The band's appearance on this album led to the misconception that the band was a militant straight edge band. Although the members of the group identified with the straight edge movement, they did not want to be associated with militancy. The band's participation on this compilation directly led to the band's two-record deal with Uprising Records. When the deal was signed, recording of the debut album commenced.
Following the release of their debut album in 1995, Painstake played several local gigs as well as out of state gigs in Arizona, Utah and North Carolina, together with many hardcore acts including 108, Converge, Damnation A.D., Coalesce. At this stage, turmoil within the band led to the departure of Adam Tymn, the band's original drummer and founding member. Tymn went on to form another band, Vaux. The band replaced Tymn with Carl Kumpe.
With Kumpe, the band set out on their one and only tour throughout the midwest and east coast. The tour was plagued with problems and was cut short by vehicle issues. During their travels the band began to realize that their participation on the militant animal rights compilation specifically, and their alliance with the straight edge movement generally, as well as several incidents of violence at their shows, led to an air of negativity that came to surround the band's name. The band made the joint decision to shed their straight edge label. Many of the members remained straight edge and never denounced the movement, but stopped presenting themselves as a straight edge band.
In 1996 the band re-entered the studio to record its second LP Don't Condemn this Dying for Uprising subsidiary Rise Records. The album was marred by muddy sound as the band was forced to self-produce the album with little in the way of resources, assistance or technical knowledge.
Michieli decided to leave the band for personal reasons. After this, the remaining members decided to break up the band.
2000s and Reformation
In 2006, Andrade contacted the former members to reform the band. All members except Michieli agreed, and the band reformed under the same name, but opted to play only new material. Jamie Van Lannen took Michieli's place as vocalist, but was unable to continue due to his school schedule. The band held tryouts for a vocalist and chose Andon Guenther. Andrade, bringing much new material to the band, served as the key writer in the final incarnation of the band. The members planned on recording the new material, releasing the material themselves. After several shows and the recording of a heretofore unreleased demo, disagreements regarding direction led to Andrade's departure in mid-2007. The band continued until March, 2008, when the remaining members of the unit mutually agreed to place "Painstake" on hiatus. No further reunion is planned.
Discography
Studio albums
*Consecrate (1995)
*Don't Condemn This Dying (1999)
After the release of the album entitled Consecrate the band severed ties with Adam Tymn (Vaux), who was replaced by Carl Kumpe. Painstake went on to record the second of their two albums Don't Condemn This Dying.
The band broke up in the late 1990s, and reformed in 2006, receiving a "Best Comeback" accolade in "Westword" magazine's 2006 "Best of Denver" issue. The band officially went on hiatus in March, 2008.
History
Painstake's original 1993 line up was made up of Jason Andrade (Denver's Four)-guitar, Max Michieli-vocals, Adam Tymn-drums, and Alvaro Warden-guitar. Andrade soon left the band to continue duty as Denver's Four's drummer. After debuting without a bass player at a small club in Colorado Springs with Buffalo, New York's seminal metalcore act Snapcase, Warden quit the band because he was disappointed with the band's performance. Andrade, who was in the audience with Samual McGibbon, saw potential in the band and rejoined the band, asking McGibbon, to join as a guitarist as well. McGibbon accepted the offer. Soon after Tymn asked an acquaintance, Thom Gann, of Indiana-based hardcore band WarCry to join as the band's bass player. With this line up the band set out composing several songs which would eventually be featured on their debut LP.
Gann had a friend in Indiana that ran a small label with whom he shared the band's recently recorded demo in 1994. The friend, impressed with the demo, asked the band to appear on a benefit compilation record titled, Ceremony of Fire, which featured several bands in the contemporary hardcore genre, including Syracuse, New York's straight edge band Earth Crisis. The album was meant to raise money for a militant animal rights activist. The band's appearance on this album led to the misconception that the band was a militant straight edge band. Although the members of the group identified with the straight edge movement, they did not want to be associated with militancy. The band's participation on this compilation directly led to the band's two-record deal with Uprising Records. When the deal was signed, recording of the debut album commenced.
Following the release of their debut album in 1995, Painstake played several local gigs as well as out of state gigs in Arizona, Utah and North Carolina, together with many hardcore acts including 108, Converge, Damnation A.D., Coalesce. At this stage, turmoil within the band led to the departure of Adam Tymn, the band's original drummer and founding member. Tymn went on to form another band, Vaux. The band replaced Tymn with Carl Kumpe.
With Kumpe, the band set out on their one and only tour throughout the midwest and east coast. The tour was plagued with problems and was cut short by vehicle issues. During their travels the band began to realize that their participation on the militant animal rights compilation specifically, and their alliance with the straight edge movement generally, as well as several incidents of violence at their shows, led to an air of negativity that came to surround the band's name. The band made the joint decision to shed their straight edge label. Many of the members remained straight edge and never denounced the movement, but stopped presenting themselves as a straight edge band.
In 1996 the band re-entered the studio to record its second LP Don't Condemn this Dying for Uprising subsidiary Rise Records. The album was marred by muddy sound as the band was forced to self-produce the album with little in the way of resources, assistance or technical knowledge.
Michieli decided to leave the band for personal reasons. After this, the remaining members decided to break up the band.
2000s and Reformation
In 2006, Andrade contacted the former members to reform the band. All members except Michieli agreed, and the band reformed under the same name, but opted to play only new material. Jamie Van Lannen took Michieli's place as vocalist, but was unable to continue due to his school schedule. The band held tryouts for a vocalist and chose Andon Guenther. Andrade, bringing much new material to the band, served as the key writer in the final incarnation of the band. The members planned on recording the new material, releasing the material themselves. After several shows and the recording of a heretofore unreleased demo, disagreements regarding direction led to Andrade's departure in mid-2007. The band continued until March, 2008, when the remaining members of the unit mutually agreed to place "Painstake" on hiatus. No further reunion is planned.
Discography
Studio albums
*Consecrate (1995)
*Don't Condemn This Dying (1999)