Biography

* Graduated at University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil.
* PhD in Sciences in Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil.
* Medical coordenator of Endoscopy Unit of Department of Prevention at Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Sao Paulo
* Former Assistant Professor at Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit of Hospital das Clinicas, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School.
* Former Assistant Professor at Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit of Cancer Institute of Sao Paulo State, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School.
* Residency training at Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School.
* Fellowship and Postgraduated professional training at the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School.
* Technical Training Program in Group Training in Pathology of Gastrointestinal Cancer, at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), under the International Cooperation Program of the Government of Japan. Coordinator: Professor Kyoichi Nakamura.
* Fellow at GI Endoscopy Division of Department of Digestive Endoscopy, National Cancer Center East Hospital, Chief: Takahiro Fujii, Director: Professor Hisao Tajiri, National Cancer Center East Hospital, Japan.
* Technical Training Program for Japanese Descendant in Endoscopic Diagnostic and Therapeutics of Early Gastric Cancer, at International Medical Department, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. Organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), under the International Cooperation Program of the Government of Japan.
* Visiting Fellow at Institut Pauli Calmettes, Marseille, France. Expertise in GI Endoscopy and Pathology. Chief of Gastroenterology: Professor Marc Giovannini.
* Visiting Fellow at Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. Invited as an observer at Department of Endoscopy by Professor Noriya Uedo.

* Expertise in GI Endoscopic Diagnostics and GI Pathology.
* Specialty and Research Interest in Diagnoses in GI Endoscopic Diagnostics, mainly in Endoscopic and Pathologic Correlation, such as Chromoendoscopy, NBI, Magnifying Endoscopy, and Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE).