Prof. Dr. Pablo Agustin Vargas

Dr Vargas is a dental graduate of the UNESP-Araraquara-Brazil and obtained a Master of Science and PhD titles from the UNICAMP-Piracicaba-Brazil in Oral Pathology. He was chairman of the post-graduate course of Oral Pathology-UNICAMP for 4 years (2000-2004).He was also president of the II International Congress of Dentistry of the UNICAMP, which was held in Piracicaba, Brazil in 2004. He was Honorary Senior Lecturer of the Department of Oral Pathology of the University of Sheffield-UK (2005-2007). He has been teaching OralPathology in the School of Dentistry of Piracicaba-UNICAMP. He was vice-chair of the Department of Oral Diagnosis-UNICAMP and Latin America and Caribbean Councillor of the International Association of Oral Pathologists (IAOP) (2008-2012). He was local president of the XVI International Congress of Oral Pathology and Medicine (IAOP-SOBEP Joint Meeting), which was held in São Pedro, Brazil in 2012. He has authored or co-authored 300 papers (280 indexed in PUBMED) on Oral Pathology and Medicine. He has been acting as reviewer of numerous international periodicals as Oral Oncology, Oral Diseases, Indian Journal of Cancer, Yonsei Medical Journal and Medicinal Oral Patologia Oral Cirurgia Oral. He belongs to the editorial board of 2 international journals: 1- Oral Oncology; 2- Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Path Oral Radiol. He was granted with FRCPath (The Royal College of Pathologists-UK) in January-2013 and Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria-South Africa. Director of International Relations - UNICAMP (2017). President of the Brazilian Society of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology (2023 - 2025). President-elect IAOP (2023-204) and will be President of IAOP (2024-2026). He is a diagnostic pathologist of oral lesions in Piracicaba and his main research fields are molecular pathology of salivary gland lesions, cysts and odontogenic tumours, oral cancer, FNAC, and salivary gland involvement in AIDS patients.

realizou sua graduação na Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP - 1995), Mestrado (1998) e Doutorado (1999) em Biologia e Patologia Buco-Dental pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Realizou Estágio no Departamento de Patologia da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP) no período de 1996-2001. No ano de 2004 realizou Livre-Docência na Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba-UNICAMP e no ano seguinte realizou Estágio Pós-Doutoral no Departamento de Patologia Oral da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de Sheffield-Inglaterra. Atualmente é Professor Titular de Patologia da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Pertence ao corpo editorial dos periódicos científicos internacionais: 1- Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology; 2- Oral Oncology. Trabalhou como Conselheiro da América Latina e Caribe da International Association of Oral Pathologists (IAOP) de 2008 a 2012. Coordenou o Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estomatopatologia (2000-2004) e o Ensino de Graduação da FOP-UNICAMP (2010-2014). Em 2013 tornou-se Fellow of The Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) no Reino Unido. Em 2014 tornou-se Professor Extraordinário de Patologia da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de Pretória-África do Sul. Atua como Coordenador do Biobanco Patologia Celular FOP-UNICAMP (CONEP B-23). Diretor Executivo de Relações Internacionais da UNICAMP (2017). Atual Coordenador do PPG em Estomatopatologia FOP-UNICAMP. Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Estomatologia e Patologia Oral e Maxilofacial (2023 - 2025). President-elect International Association of Oral Pathologists (IAOP) 2023-2024, e assumirá a Presidência da IAOP em Junho de 2024 até 2026. Possui experiência na área de Odontologia e Medicina, com ênfase em Anatomia Patológica, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: AIDS, glândulas salivares, tumores odontogênicos, câncer de boca, punção aspirativa por agulha fina, e histopatologia.