Faculdade de Medicina da UFPE Recife-Brazil 1968-1973 M.D.
Albert Einstein A. Hosp. Gen. Surgery Residency New York 1974-79
Albert Einstein A. Hosp. Cardiothoracic Surgery Res. New York 1979-81
Assistant Professor of Surgery - Fac. Ciencias Medicas de PE - UPE Brazil 1981-92
Associate Professor of Surgery - Fac. Ciencias Medicas de PE - UPE Brazil 1992-2002
Chief of Thoracic Surgery - Hospital Universit
American Board of Surgery 1980
American Board of Thoracic Surgery 1982 (recert. 1991) (recert. 2002)
Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery - PROCAPE - U.P.E.
Secretary for International Affairs of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery 2009
