I am a Radiation Oncologist by the Brazilian College of Radiology. Fellowship on breast cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, soft tissue sarcomas at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Prostate Brachytherapy at Cornell and Washington University, USA. Fellowship on Head and Neck Cancer at NHS, Toronto University, Canada. Former Head of Brachytrherapy Service and actual Medical Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil. Introducer of High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy in Latin America in 1997. Clinical researcher in the fields of prostate, head and neck and soft tissue sarcomas, besides ablative radiotherapy. Biographical Sketch: I serve as a reviewer for various medical journals and I am a member of various medical societies. My primary research interests are prostate cancer, head and neck and soft tissue cancers. I also have special interest in innovative radiation modalities. I have participated in numerous in-house, pharmaceutical and cooperative group trials.
Professional Highlights Former:
a-Head of the Brachytherapy Service at the Department of Radiation Oncology,
b- Residency Program Coordinator for Department of Radiation Oncology. Other Specialty Interests are Ocular Tumors, Gynecological Cancer and Intra-operative Radiotherapy.
Awards & Honors:
2015 - XVII Brazilian Society of Radiation Oncology Congress: Second Best Oral Presentation - High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy for local and locally advanced prostate cancer;
2007- XXVII Jornada Paulista de Radiologia: Best Oral Presentation - Salvage high dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer; 2004 - Brazilian College of Radiology Congress: Best Oral Presentation - Radiotherapy for advanced head and neck tumors with concomitant boost technique- results and toxicity;
2002 - CRILA (Ibero-American Radiotherapy Society): Best Oral Presentation ? Conservative Treatment with Brachytherapy for Ocular Tumors;
1999 - SIOP ? International Society of Pediatric Oncology: Best Presentation - Low and High Dose Rate Brachytherapy in Pediatric Cancer; 1996 - CRILA (Ibero-American Radiotherapy Society): The best paper in Brachytherapy: Peliminary results ofrandomized trial for treatment of IIIb cervical cancer with HDR & LDR brachytherapy.
Clinical Trials: External Beam Radiotherapy, Fractionated Radiotherapy, Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Immunotherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Intra-operative Radiation Therapy, Radiation Sensitizers, Radiation Therapy
I Treat: Gynecologycal & breast cancer, soft tissue sarcomas, prostate cancer, including brachytherapy - High Dose rate & Low Dose rate,
head & neck cancer. Experienced with IMRT, 3D, Salvage Therapy and Brachyhterapy for Soft Tissues Sarcomas, Lung & Breast Cancer. Expertize in Malignant Bone Tumors, Malignant Gliomas, Melanoma & Palliative treatments.
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish and Portuguese
Médico Radio-Oncologista, Pós-doutorado em Oncologia (2011) Doutorado em Ciencias Médicas (2004) e Mestrado em Radio-Oncologia (2000), pela Universidade de São Paulo - USP. Fellowship em câncer da mama no MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston), em sarcomas de partes moles no Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY), Braquiterapia de Baixa Taxa de Dose em Próstata e Intravascular na Cornell University (NY) e na Universidade de Washington, Seattle (WA), alem de Radioterapia com Intensidade Modulada do Feixe - IMRT - na Universidade de Toronto, Canada.
Atua como Lider Medico do Departamento de Radioterapia do AC Camargo Cancer Center, onde foi Coordenador de Residentes de 1994 a 1997 e Chefe do Serviço de Braquiterapia até 2011. Introdutor da Técnica de Braquiterapia de Alta Taxa de Dose para tumores da próstata no Brasil em 1997, têm ainda linhas de pesquisa com ênfase no uso da braquiterapia e regimes de dose / fração alterada em cânceres da cabeça e pescoço, prostata e pele. Atua principalmente nos seguintes temas: radioterapia minimamente invasiva (braquiterapia), radioterapia intra-operatória, radioterapia externa conformada, radioterapia com modulação da intensidade do feixe (IMRT), guiada por imagem (IGRT) e radioterapia ablativa intra e extra-cranio (SART/SBRT). Tem participação ativa como revisor de uma série de revistas médicas. Ganhador de prêmios na área de pesquisa médica: Melhores apresentações orais nos Congressos Nacionais da Sociedade Brasileira de Radioterapia em 2018, Braquiterapia no tratamento de câncer não melanoma da pele e braquiterapia no re-tratamento de melanomas oculares, com primeiro e terceiro lugares, respectivamente. Em 2004, Radioterapia para tumores avançados da cabeça e pescoço com técnica de ?boost? concomitante. Alem disso obteve premiações internacionais. Na 37ª Jornada Paulista de Radiologia, em 2007, foi reconhecido como melhor apresentação oral (2007)- Salvage high dose rate brachytherapy for prostate câncer. Technique and Results from UCLA, Califórnia, San Francisco com Morikawa L, Roach M et al. Além de meritos internacionais do CRILA - Ibero-American Radiotherapy Society em 2002 e da International Society of Pediatric (Oncology Siemens Oncology Prize) em 1999 and Low and High Dose rate Brachytherapy in Pediatric Oncology, em 1996.
Ensaios e linhas de pesquisa clinica - External Beam Radiotherapy, Fractionated Radiotherapy, Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Immunotherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, Radiation Sensitizers, Radiation Therapy Trabalha com - IMRT, 3D, Braquiterapia, tratamentos de resgate Linguas: Portugues, Ingles, Espanhol
