Escola Bahiana de Medicina, M.D. 1991
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre Residency, 1992-1996
Texas Heart Institute- Houston-TX, Cardiovascular Fellow, 2001-2002
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Master of Sciences, 2001
Cardiac Surgeon at Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
Marfan Syndrome
Gene Therapy
Ischemic Heart Disease
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Aortic Valve Repair
Aortic Surgery