Medical School: Health Public and Baiana Medical School- Salvador-BA-Brazil (M.D.1979)
General Surgery Post- Graduation: Liga Bahiana Contra o Cancer- HAM- Salvador-BA-Brazil (1980- 1981)
Thoracic Surgery Post-Graduation: Catholic Pontificie University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC)- Rio de Janeiro- Brazil (1981-1982)
Thoracic Surgery Residency: Raphael de Paula Souza Hospital - Ministry of the Health- Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (1981- 1983)
General Surgery fellow: Hôpital Regional de Sion-Herens-Conthey - Switzerland (1988-1990)
General Thoracic Surgery fellow: Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie - Montana - Switzerland (1988-1990)
General Thoracic Surgery fellow: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - Lausanne- Switzerland (1990)
Masters Degree General Thoracic Surgery : Fluminense Federal University (UFF) - Rio de Janeiro- Brazil (1992- 1997)
Thoracic Surgery Invited Professor: Surgery Departement -Federal University of Rio de Janeiro- UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro - Brazil(1994- 2008)
Adjunt Professor: Surgery Departement - General Thoracic Surgery - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro -UNIIRIO - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (2009 - present)
Chief of General Thoracic Surgery Service: HUGG- UNIRIO - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (1994 - present)
PhD General Thoracic Surgery : Federal University of Rio Janeiro (UFRJ) - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil- (1999 - 2003)
Co- ordinator Program Medical Residence in General Thoracic Surgery of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro-UNIRIO- Brazil (2004 - present)
Co-ordinator Post- Graduation Course of Masters Degree in Videoendoscopics Techniques - UNIRIO (2011- present)