Holds a degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1991), a master's degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1998), a doctorate in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001), and a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Full professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Coordinator of the Tuberculosis Outpatient Clinic at the Thoracic Diseases Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro from 2003 to 2013. Education Coordinator of the Thoracic Diseases Institute from 2009 to 2013. Member of the Undergraduate Teaching Council of UFRJ from 2012 to 2014. Member of the Deliberative Council of the Graduate Program in Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRJ (Rating 7) since 2009. Director of the Thoracic Diseases Institute from June 2013 to June 2022. President of the Society of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis of the State of Rio de Janeiro for the 2020-2021 term. Member of the Tuberculosis Committee of the Brazilian Society of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis. Research Director of the Thoracic Diseases Institute from 2022 to 2023. Academic Superintendent of Postgraduate Studies at UFRJ from 2023 to present. Experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Tuberculosis and Pulmonology, working on respiratory system diseases, with a focus on infections: tuberculosis, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, COVID-19, and obstructive sleep apnea; with an emphasis on molecular biology, laboratory and radiological diagnosis of respiratory diseases, pharmacogenetics, clinical trials with drugs and vaccines. H-index = 23.

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