Biography:

Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (1980), Master's degree in Clinical Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1988), Habilitation in Clinical Medicine from Gama Filho University and Doctorate in Clinical Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1997). Specialist in Nutrition by the Brazilian Association of Nutrition (ABRAN) and the Brazilian Medical Association (ABM), registered with the Regional Council of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (CREMERJ) in 2011. Postgraduate degree in Medical Thermography from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (2013). Currently, he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a physician at the National Institute of Medical Assistance of Social Security, a collaborating member of the Brazilian College of Surgeons (TcCBC), a member of the Technical Chambers of Clinical Medicine and Nutrition of CREMERJ, and Coordinator of the Commission for Evaluation and Enteral and Parenteral Nutritional Therapy (CATNEP) of HUCFF/UFRJ. He has experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Clinical Medicine (Medical Semiology), mainly working on the following topics: Nutritional semiology, malnutrition, enteral and parenteral nutritional therapy, metabolic syndrome, interpretation of laboratory tests for nutritional prescription, and hypoalbuminemia. Author of the books: Nutritional Semiology, Nutritional Immunological Semiology, Metabolic Syndrome (out of print) and Nutritional Assessment: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects (2007), Nutritional Semiology (Atheneu Publisher, April 2019).