Ricardo de Oliveira Souza

I graduated in Medicine at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (1980). I completed my Residence program at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia under the mentorship of Drs. Abraham Akerman and Nunjo Finkel (1982). I obtained my Master's degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1992) and my Doctorate degree from the Fluminense Federal University (1999). I worked as a neurologist from 1995 to 2015 at the Phillippe Pinel Institute, a public mental institution where I personally cared for patients suffering from the most varied and severe instances of mental disorders. From 1982 to the present, I have worked as professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Gaffrée e Guinle Hospital, which belongs to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. From 1998 to the present, I have also worked as senior researcher at the D'Or Institute for Research & Education (IDOR). All institutions are in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mestre em Neurologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1992) e Doutor em Medicina (Neurologia) pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1999). Atuou como neurologista no Instituto Municipal Philippe Pinel, e atua como professor da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro e pesquisador sênior de neurologia e neuropsiquiatria clínica no Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino. Experiência nas áreas de neurologia e neuropsiquiatria clínica com ênfase nos correlatos neuroanatômicos e funcionais da moral, psicopatia e altruísmo, especialização e assimetrias hemisféricas, organização cerebral do movimento no homem, e esquizofrenia.