Graduation in Medicine and Masters in Medical Pathology from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Residency in Clinical Medicine at Hospital Municipal Odilon Behrens and in Pathology at Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Research Fellow (Urological Pathology) at Emory University. MBA in Health Systems Management from IBMEC-MG. Ph.D. in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Senior pathologist at laboratories in Belo Horizonte and São Paulo. Scientific Director of the Teaching and Research Institute at the Instituto Mário Penna. Main research interests include pathology (particularly pathology of the genitourinary and gastrointestinal tracts), Artificial Intelligence in pathology, and bioethics.