Academic education
• Graduation in Medicine from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, 1981;
• Specialization in Internal Medicine from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, 1983;
• Doctorate in Internal Medicine from the State University of Campinas, SP, 1995;
• Title of Specialist in Hematology and Hemotherapy by the Brazilian Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy, 2003;
• Title of Specialist in Bone Marrow Transplantation by the Brazilian Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy, 2008.