Graduated in Medicine at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santos (1980), Masters in Pediatrics at the Federal University of São Paulo (1991), Ph.D. in Pediatrics at the Federal University of São Paulo (1994), and post-doctoral training in Pediatrics at the Claude Bernard de Lyon, France (1996-1997). For 25 years worked as a professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santos, where was head of the Department of Maternal and Child Health. Since 2007 working as a professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the Federal University of São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, working in the Pediatric Nephrology sector. Since 2008 working as coordinator of the Kidney Transplant Service at the Hospital Samaritano Higienópolis in São Paulo. Experience in Medicine, with an emphasis in Pediatrics, working mainly on the following topics: pediatric nephrology, kidney transplantation, and pediatric intensive care.