Speakers - 2025

Biography

I graduated in medicine from the ABC Medical School in 1976. He completed a Specialization in Medical Residency in the areas of general surgery and clinical angiology from 1977 to 1982. He obtained the title of Specialist in Angiology and Vascular Surgery granted by the Brazilian Medical Association. He holds a PhD and Master's degree in Health Sciences from the ABC Medical School and has been researching lasers since 1988, when he was the Founding Medical Director of the Medical Center for Laser Studies and Treatment, emphasizing clinical applications. Since 1999, he has been conducting experimental and clinical studies in photodynamic therapy, where he was responsible for developing a low-cost light source, the RL50, enabling its application in public health. He has developed methods for treating wounds, herpes, onychomycosis, and infected wounds in diabetic feet with photodynamic therapy. He was an associate professor of vascular surgery at FMABC until 2023. He currently works as a vascular surgeon and coordinator of the diabetic foot outpatient clinic at Hospital de Clínicas de São Bernardo do Campo and clinical director at Centro de Medicina Tardivo & Tardivo.