Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1985), Master's in Psychoanalytic Theory from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993) and PhD in Public Health from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1997). Post-Doctorate in Cancer Epidemiology (2001). Full Professor of Pediatric Hematology at the Faculty of Medicine of the UFRJ, in the Department of Pediatrics. Director of the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) at UFRJ from 2006-2010. Member of the National Health Council, representing ABRAHUE in the triennium 2006-2009. Coordinator of the UFRJ Hospital Complex from 2011 to 2012. Currently, he is the head of the Pediatric Hematology Sector at IPPMG as well as the Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Maternal and Child Health at IPPMG. Has experience in Medicine, with emphasis on Pediatric Hematology, working mainly on the following subjects: hematology, pediatric hematology, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphomas, anemia, health economics, cancer epidemiology and ethics.