M.D. School of Medicine, U.P.F., Brazil, 1975
Surgical resident, HSVP Passo Fundo , 1976
Surgical resident, Brompton Hospital, London , England 1977-1979
Consultant CTS , HSVP from 1980
Visiting Professor, U Minnesota, EUA 1987-1988 Cardiothoracic transplantation.
Dean, School of Medicine, U.P.F. 1990-1998 Brazil
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, U.P.F.
Valve surgery
Coronary artery surgery
Aortic surgery