Doctor in Visual Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina. PhD from the Wilmer Eye Institute - The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Post Doctorate and Former Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute - University of Southern California. Founder and Medical Director of the Paulista Institute of Ocular Pathologies and Neuroophthalmology.