I was born and raised in Brazil where I received my Medical Degree and completed a residency in Anatomical Pathology, a Fellowship in Dermatopathology and a Master Degree in Dermatopathology with focus in Dermatology (Brazil/ Rome, Italy). I moved to Canada and completed a second residency in Anatomical Pathology at the University of Alberta (Board certified by the Royal College of Physicians and surgeons of Canada). Next, I obtained a Specialist Certification in Dermatopathology in Frankfurt, Germany. I am also Board certified in Anatomical pathology by the American Board of Pathology. Currently I practice Anatomical Pathology in Kamloops at the Royal Inland Hospital. My special interests are Dermatopathology and Gastrointestinal pathology. I enjoy reading, going for long walks with my dogs and travelling with my family. I am thrilled and proud to be part of the UBC faculty as a Clinical Instructor since 2012.
Academic background
- Executive board member (role of Secretary/ Treasurer) for the Medical Staff association (RIH-MSA) and Royal Inland Physician Association (RIHPA). 2015 to 2020 (member elected twice)
- Board certified in Anatomical Pathology – American Board of Pathology (2014)
- Board certified in Anatomical Pathology by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPSC). June 2012
- Board Certified in Dermatopathology, (International Committee for Dermatopathology), ICDP- UEMS – Frankfurt, Germany. December 2011
- Residency in Anatomical Pathology, University of Alberta (UofA), Edmonton, AB Canada. July 2006 – June 2012
- Masters Degree in Dermatology/Dermatopathology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)-Brazil and Universitta` Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy- “Mediterranean Kaposi Sarcoma and HHV-8: Study of 60 Italian cases”. February 1998- December 4th, 2000.
- Fellowship in Dermatopathology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Brazil. July 1996- November 1997
- Board Certified in Anatomical Pathology, Brazilian Association of Pathology (SBP.org). Brazil- July 1996
- Residency in Anatomical Pathology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)-Brazil. August 1993 – July 1996
- MD – Doctor of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Natal, RN- Brazil. 1993
Awards and Recognition
- Scholarship as a Medical student: “junior researcher in experimental surgery and veterinary Pathology” grossing and performing microscopic analysis of biopsies obtained in different experimental researches. 1991 to 1992
- Best oral presentation as Medical student- XXI National Meeting of Medical Students-Junior researchers. “Efeitos da Cholecystectomia na mucosa gastroduodenal (Experimental surgery)” Rev Col Bras Surg June 1993, XX, n5, 247-251. Alagoas, Brazil. March 1993
- Best oral presentation-Residents- XX Brazilian congress of Pathology- “Breast micro calcifications: Clinical, Imaging and Histopathological correlations”. August 1995
- Scholarship issued from the Italian Government (IILA Institute) to visit with a Student visa to perform part of my Masters Degree research in Rome, Italy Program directed to Italian Descendants living abroad with fluent Italian and an approved Research proposal. March – December 1998 – Rome, Italy
Research Interest
Specialties/Interests: Dermatology, Infectious Diseases
Teaching Interest
Since 2018, ongoing: I am the Lead Physician (DSSL) for the rotation for Ambulatory/ophthalmology and Dermatology Rotation at the Royal Inland Hospital.
I am also a lecturer of some topics in Pathology and I hold teaching sessions at the microscope (one to one session) with the medical students reviewing the skin biopsies they excised themselves, along with some other several filed teaching cases.