Doctor of Biomedical Sciences - KUL - BE, Medicine - Intensive Care Medicine; Mechanisms of Diseases. PhD fully-granted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Thesis: 'The Potentially Protective Role of Adipose Tissue during Critical Illness'. Promoter: Prof Dr Van den Berghe. Scholarship: Methusalem Fund - BE. Medical doctor specialized in anesthesiology (MEC/SBA) and intensive care medicine (AMIB/SOMITI). Master degree-granted by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Thesis: 'Blockage of AT1 receptor of angiotensin II upon hypothalamic basal activity of AMPK, and after restraint or surgical stress'. Promoter: Antonio Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr. Scholarship from FAPEMIG. Interest: surgical stress, AMP- kinase, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, AT1 angiotensin II receptor blocker. Adipose tissue, macrophage alternative activation, sepsis. Expertise: Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Translational Research.