Graduated in Medicine at the School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP) in 2002. Head of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Unit in USP Ribeirão Preto. Physician responsible for Clinical Research on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the Clinical Research Unit of USP Ribeirão Preto. PhD in IBD at USP Ribeirão Preto in 2013. Member of ECCO (European Crohn and Colitis Organization) and Full Member of GEDIIB (Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Brazil). Honorary Member of ABCD (Brazilian Association of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease).