CLINICAL LOCATION:

South County (Wakefield)

EDUCATION/DEGREES:

Postdoctoral training: Yale University
Residency: University of Sao Paulo
Advanced Degree: University of Sao Paulo, PhD, 2012.
Medical School: University of Sao Paulo, MD, 2004.

BOARD CERTIFICATION(S)/FELLOWSHIP(S):

Board Certified by the Brazilian Board of Dermatology (2009).
Clinical Fellowship Tropical Medicine, Foundation “Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado”, Manaus-AM, Brazil, 2005.
Observational Fellowship (Visiting Scholar), Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston-MA, May 2013.
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Clinical Trials), Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven-CT, July 2018-Dec 2019.

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital

AWARDS:

Golden Stethoscope, Honor Award, Department of Internal Medicine
Highest overall ranking score. 2005 Residency Entrance Examinations, Medical Residency Committee of Hospital of Clinics of Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil, 12/2004.
Honorary Crew Member of “Carlos Chagas Ship for Hospital Care” Brazilian Navy, 2005.
1st place award in: VIII annual Photography Contest of the Hospital of Clinics of Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil, 2008.
1st place award in: 21st International Meeting of Dentistry – Brazilian Association of Dentistry (ABO), Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil. “Pemphigus Vulgaris in a young adult – case report”, 2016.
Dr. Diltor Vladimir Araujo Opromolla Award – for scientific investigation in sanitary dermatology, Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD). 2011.
1st place award in: Scientific Investigation in the XVI Annual Meeting of Dermatologists of Sao Paulo State (RADESP-SBD), 2011.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:

Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD). 2008-2019.
Brazilian Society for Dermatologic Surgery (SBCD). 2015-2019.
International Peeling Society (IPS). 2015-present
American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). 2016-present.
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS). 2017-present.
Association of Professors of Dermatology (APD). 2018-present.

CURRENT VOLUNTEER EFFORTS:

Reviews one scientific article per week.
Associate Editor of the Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology journal, the official surgical peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD).

HOBBIES:

Loves the ocean and mountains. Scuba (advanced), surf, hiking, and skiing.
Lately: family time and playing with my two kids.

SPECIALTIES AND AREAS OF INTEREST:

Chemical Peels (skin resurfacing, including Phenol-croton oil peels);
Tattoos: laser removal, tattoo reactions;
Injectables: Botox, Fillers (Juvederm, Restylane, Belotero, Sculptra), Emptiers (Kybella, new techniques).
Dermal drug delivery;
Cosmetic skin conditions with high social and psychological burden: Alopecia Areata, Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, Vitiligo, Melasma, Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation, Scars, and Deep Wrinkles.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Director of Cosmetic Dermatology Research at Brown Dermatology.
Dermatology scholar for a decade in 2019, with countless lectures in the most important national and international dermatology meetings.
Ministered +50 Hands-on Workshops on Advanced Chemical Peels
Cover of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, August 2019.
Cover of “The Dermatologist”, November 2018.
Chair of sessions in the World Congress of Dermatology, Italy (2019) and World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology, Peru (2019).