Rodrigo C. Leão Edelmuth, MD, is a Board Certified Digestive Surgeon at Hospital Israelita Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hospital Israelita Einstein is internationally acclaimed , ranked 22nd best hospital in the world by Newsweek, and the highest position in the Southern Hemisphere.

He underwent a postgraduate course on Surgical Leadership at Harvard Medical School and attended Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, as visiting fellow in the Department of Surgery.

He holds his General Surgery and Digestive Surgery degree from São Paulo University Medical School.

Dr. Edelmuth is member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) . In 2022 he received the SAGES Career Development Award.

He is in solo, private practice in Sao Paulo, Brazil