Function
How the body moves, supports activity, and returns to daily tasks.
Surgery saves lives. Recovery shapes them.
BONANÇA is a research-driven platform for understanding life after surgery through recovery, function, sensation, and quality of life.
Its first product, BONANÇA MAP, begins with breast reconstruction recovery tracking.
Bonança is a Portuguese word for calm after the storm.
MISSION
We make recovery visible.
Surgery is often evaluated through what can be seen in the operating room, the pathology report, or the complication record. Those measures matter. They are not the whole story.
Recovery continues after discharge, across sensation, function, confidence, independence, intimacy, and daily life. BONANÇA exists to give that lived recovery a serious framework.
BONANÇA FRAMEWORK
Four dimensions of recovery.
The framework keeps the platform anchored to the lived experience of recovery, not just the surgical event.
Each dimension helps BONANÇA describe what changes, what persists, and what deserves to be measured more carefully over time.
Sensation
How touch, temperature, pain, comfort, numbness, and sensitivity change over time.
Recovery
How people adapt physically, emotionally, and practically after treatment.
Quality of Life
How surgery affects confidence, relationships, independence, and everyday life.
PLATFORM OVERVIEW
The BONANÇA ecosystem.
Built as a platform, BONANÇA starts with one local prototype and expands toward a broader research system.
Each part is intentionally simple at launch, but designed to grow with future studies, outcomes tracking, and educational work.
Bonança Research
Projects, abstracts, collaborations, and research interests in recovery outcomes.
BONANÇA MAP
First prototype: breast reconstruction recovery tracking in the browser.
Explore the sensation mapBonança Registry
A future registry initiative designed to support structured recovery data collection.
Bonança Fit
A future recovery-stage garment line informed by clinical experience and patient feedback.
Coming soonFIRST TOOL
BONANÇA MAP begins with breast reconstruction.
Breast Reconstruction Recovery Tracking brings region-level sensation, symptoms, clinical events, recovery goals, and quality of life into one local-first prototype.
The anatomical model supports left, right, and bilateral views, with region-level data prepared for future comparison views.
Explore the sensation mapResearch
Research, speaking, and the person behind BONANÇA.
Physician and researcher focused on breast reconstruction outcomes, sensation recovery, and patient-reported quality of life.
Founder of BONANÇA, a platform exploring how recovery can be measured beyond the operating room.
Founder
Founded by Beatriz Polita
Beatriz Polita, MD
- Physician
- Surgical Oncology
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction Research
Physician and researcher focused on breast reconstruction outcomes, sensation recovery, and patient-reported quality of life.
Founder of BONANÇA, a platform exploring how recovery can be measured beyond the operating room.
Bonança Notes
Notes on recovery and research.
Short editorial updates on sensation, function, recovery, and quality of life, plus news from the platform.