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)