About
Brazilian neurologist, neurosurgeon, and digital health creator known for his @ppmelo Instagram account where he shares neurology, brain health, longevity, and medical-education content with over 1.3 million followers. He is also known for his YouTube channel Dr Paulo Porto de Melo where he shares additional health content with over 290,000 subscribers.
Before fame
He studied at the Escola Paulista de Medicina at UNIFESP where he also completed his medical residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery. He then stayed at UNIFESP as chief of residents and assistant in the Neurosurgery discipline from 2002 to 2006, and during that period he wrote the "Guia de Medicina Ambulatorial e Hospitalar - Neurocirurgia." He began sharing early content on Instagram and YouTube in 2015 but expanded his content in the early 2020s which helped boost his popularity.
Trivia
He has performed more than 10,000 surgeries. He has appeared across Brazilian long-form interview and podcasts including À Deriva Podcast, Eli Corrêa Podcast, Podcast do Balaio, Poder Real, DocNoPod, and OesteCast.
Family life
He married Ana Paula Gimenez in 2023 who is also a content creator and doctor.
Associated with
He and Bruno Baroni are both Brazilian doctors who make online content.
