Brazil
Dr. Fernando Gomes is a Brazilian neurosurgeon and Professor Livre-Docente of Neurosurgery at the Hospital das Clínicas in São Paulo, one of Latin America's most prominent public teaching hospitals.
Total Followers +0.2%
45K
Across YouTube
Primary Platform
YouTube
45K followers · 100% of audience
Engagement
17.3%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Micro
The neurosurgeon and science communicator filed a candidacy for São Paulo State Assembly under the PSB party with ballot number 40004. His candidacy was formally approved (deferido) by the Electoral Court (TSE).
The neuroscientist was chosen to host the prestigious Jabuti Acadêmico awards ceremony, highlighting his growing public profile beyond medicine.
| Platform | Followers | 30d Growth | Engagement | Posts / wk | Last upload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 44,800 | +99 | 17.3% | 7 | 3 days ago |
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 |
| Last 30 days | +99 +0.2% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +99 |
| Last 90 days | +300 +0.7% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +300 |
| Last 365 days | +300 +0.7% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +300 |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Dr. Fernando Gomes is a Brazilian neurosurgeon and Professor Livre-Docente of Neurosurgery at the Hospital das Clínicas in São Paulo, one of Latin America's most prominent public teaching hospitals. He began working as a health communicator in 2012, and between 2013 and 2019 served as a regular medical consultant on TV Globo's long-running morning program Encontro com Fátima Bernardes, giving him sustained national television visibility across Brazil's largest broadcaster. He later presented the health segment on TV Band's Aqui na Band in 2020. These broadcast years established his authority as a credible physician-communicator, and his cross-platform following — which his own channel description places well above two million across all networks — reflects that mainstream media foundation carrying over into digital audiences.
On YouTube, Dr. Gomes maintains a micro-scale but exceptionally engaged channel — his engagement rate sits more than ten times the category median — suggesting a loyal, high-trust audience concentrated in Brazil and, to a meaningful degree, Portugal and Mexico. His content spans brain health, mental health, preventive medicine, and public health education, anchored by the hashtag clusters around topics like giftedness, immunity, and cognitive overload. As of 2026, his channel also reflects an active campaign for a seat in São Paulo's state legislature (candidacy number 40004), shifting his content toward public endorsements and political positioning. This blend of credentialed medical authority, television heritage, and electoral ambition places him in an unusual niche — a physician-politician communicator whose brand fits health institutions, educational platforms, and policy-adjacent organizations rather than conventional consumer sponsors.
Dr.Fernandogomes reaches an audience concentrated in Brazil primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations. As an education creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. With no brand deals logged yet, they read as an available, category-aligned partner for advertisers building early presence in the space. Engagement on YouTube runs around 17.3%, which points to an audience better suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel campaigns than to pure-reach buys. Their YouTube-first format lends itself to integrations that sit inside the creator's usual content rather than running as standalone ads. Because the audience follows education content rather than arriving through untargeted reach, sponsorships that match the channel's subject matter tend to convert more efficiently than broad placements. A consistent, on-topic posting focus gives sponsors a predictable, brand-safe environment, lowering placement risk compared with broad, general-interest channels. Campaigns here are best measured on qualified engagement and consideration within the niche rather than on raw impression volume. For Brazil-focused brands in education and related categories, Dr.Fernandogomes offers a defined, creative-fit audience rather than broad, low-intent impressions.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Dr.Fernandogomes's tier (Micro, 45K combined followers, Brazil). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Dr. Fernando Gomes is a fully credentialed neurosurgeon — specifically a Professor Livre Docente de Neurocirurgia at Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo, one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals in Latin America. He uses that clinical and academic foundation to make brain and public health topics accessible to general audiences online and on television.
He was a fixed health consultant on Encontro com Fátima Bernardes, one of TV Globo's flagship daytime programs, for six consecutive years from 2013 to 2019. That long-running role established him as one of the most recognizable medical communicators on Brazilian mainstream television.
Yes, Dr. Fernando Gomes is running for state deputy (deputado estadual) under candidate number 40004. His YouTube channel has featured a series of endorsement videos from fellow physicians and community figures publicly declaring their support for his campaign.
40004 is the electoral number for Dr. Fernando Gomes in the deputado estadual race. He has used his medical platform and years of television visibility to build recognition for his candidacy among a largely Brazilian-based audience.
He holds the title of Professor Livre Docente de Neurocirurgia at Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo, the clinical hospital linked to the University of São Paulo's medical school. Livre Docente is the highest academic rank in the Brazilian university system, requiring a separate competitive process beyond a doctorate.
Yes, in 2020 he moved to TV Band as the presenter of a health segment called 'E Agora Do' within the program Aqui na Band. This came right after his six-year stint at TV Globo and showed his continued reach across Brazil's major broadcast networks.
He began working as a health and science communicator in 2012, giving him well over a decade of experience translating medical and neuroscience concepts for public audiences. Across that period he built a combined following of over 2 million people on social media while maintaining his hospital and academic career.
Yes, giftedness — known in Brazil as superdotação — appears regularly in his content alongside topics like cognitive overload, multitasking, and brain performance. He approaches these subjects from a clinical neuroscience perspective, explaining how the brain handles exceptional ability and the mental health challenges that can come with it.
Preventive medicine (medicina preventiva) is one of his central content pillars, covering what people can do before illness occurs — from protecting brain health and boosting immunity to managing the effects of information overload. His background as a neurosurgeon gives him a clinically grounded angle that distinguishes his channel from general wellness influencers.
According to his own channel description, Dr. Fernando Gomes has accumulated over 2 million followers across his social media platforms combined. His audience is concentrated primarily in Brazil, with Portuguese-speaking viewers in Portugal and Latin American audiences in countries like Mexico also making up a meaningful share.
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