Academic Background
• Medical Degree, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
• Residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital de Clínicas da UFU
• Residency in Hematology and Hemotherapy at the Hospital das Clínicas of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo (HC-FMRP-USP)
• Area of expertise in Bone Marrow Transplant at the HC-FMRP-USP
• Ph.D. in Clinical Medicine at the University of São Paulo
• Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Cell Therapy at the Université Paris-Diderot (Paris, France)
• Post-doctorate at the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, USA)
Memberships in Societies
• Brazilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy, and Cell Therapy
• Brazilian Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
• American Society of Hematology
• American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
• International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy
• European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Additional Information
• National Leader in Cellular Therapy at Oncoclínicas Group
• Researcher at Oncoclínicas Institute
• First Brazilian to receive in 2018 the ASH Global Research Award, from the American Society of Hematology (USA)
• Led the clinical team responsible for the first treatment with CAR T cells in Latin America, in 2019
• In 2021 coordinated the Brazilian Consensus for Genetically Modified Cells by the Brazilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (ABHH)