Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1987), with a medical residency in Gastroenterology from the Fluminense Federal University (1991), a master's degree in Medicine (Gastroenterology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1994), a doctorate in Internal Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1999), with a sandwich period at Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London (1998), and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United States (2005-2007). Currently, he is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine (2018) and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (with a CAPES rating of 7) (2017-), a collaborator researcher at the D’Or Institute for Research and Education, a Scientist of Our State by FAPERJ (2011-), and a research productivity grant holder from CNPq (2010-). He is a full member of the Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology (FBG), the Gastroenterology Association of Rio de Janeiro, where he is the vice president (2023-2024), the Brazilian Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (GEDIIB), a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF), Leader of the Research Group on Digestive System Diseases in the Directory of Groups in Brazil, Coordinator of the Intestinal Diseases Outpatient Clinic (2018-), and Coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory of HUCFF at UFRJ (2023-). He has experience in the field of Internal Medicine, with an emphasis on Gastroenterology, working in basic, clinical, and preclinical models. His work primarily involves the following topics: inflammatory bowel diseases, mucosal immunology, gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, and the epidemiology of digestive system diseases.

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