Ellianne dos Santos Rubio
Dr. Ellianne J. dos Santos Rubio is a Dutch-Angolan neurosurgeon affiliated with Curaçao Medical Center. She trained at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam and fellowship-trained in São Paulo, Brazil and University Neurosurgical Center Holland in Leiden and Den Haag. Her clinical and academic interests include neurotrauma, spine and global neurosurgery, with a strong commitment to neurosurgical capacity building and equitable access to care in the Caribbean.
Since 2017, she has played a key role in rebuilding and advancing neurosurgical services in Curaçao, as the only neurosurgeon for seven years. Alongside her clinical responsibilities, she contributed research on Caribbean neurosurgical workforce development, global neurosurgery policy and advocacy. She is active in global neurosurgical committees in international professional networks. In addition, she advises Mission: Brain and the Alton Paas Foundation and co-founded Umente, a community educational platform.
She is currently a PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center, where her research examines emergency medical transfers between the Dutch Caribbean islands and explores more equitable care through neurosurgical task-sharing.
Since 2017, she has played a key role in rebuilding and advancing neurosurgical services in Curaçao, as the only neurosurgeon for seven years. Alongside her clinical responsibilities, she contributed research on Caribbean neurosurgical workforce development, global neurosurgery policy and advocacy. She is active in global neurosurgical committees in international professional networks. In addition, she advises Mission: Brain and the Alton Paas Foundation and co-founded Umente, a community educational platform.
She is currently a PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center, where her research examines emergency medical transfers between the Dutch Caribbean islands and explores more equitable care through neurosurgical task-sharing.