Education: Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil (03/1990-12/1995) MS in Pharmacology, Jefferson Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (08/2004-12/2008) Post-Graduate Training: Resident, Internal Medicine, Walter Cantidio University Hospital, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil (03/1997-02/1999) Intern, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (11/1999-10/2000) Resident, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (11/2000-10/2002) Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center/Frankford Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA (10/2002-06/2003) Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (07/2003-06/2006) Fellow, Interventional Pulmonology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (07/2009-06/2010) Professional Appointments: Leader for Quality Improvement, Thoracic Oncology Program, Cleveland Clinic, Respiratory Institute, Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland, OH (06/2022-present) Quality Director, Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Cleveland Clinic, Respiratory Institute, Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland, OH (02/2022-present) Director, Fibrosis Mediastinitis Program, Cleveland Clinic, Respiratory Institute, Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland, OH (01/2022-present) Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic, Respiratory Institute, Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland, OH (02/2015-present) Director, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland, OH (03/2011-06/2022) Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic, Respiratory Institute, Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland, OH (10/2010-01/2015) Director, Thoracic Oncology Clinic, Morrison Cancer Center, Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, NE (07/2007-06/2009) Staff Physician, Hastings Pulmonary and Sleep Clinic, Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, NE (07/2006-06/2009) ICU Moonlighter, Genesis Hospital, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil (03/1999-05/1999) Second Lieutenant, Chief of the Health Section, PQ R MNT 10, Brazilian Army, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil (02/1996-01/1997) Academic Appointments: Associate Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH (06/2023-present) Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (07/2022-present) Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (07/2015-present) Additional Career Development: Interventional Pulmonology "Mini-Fellowship", University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (10/2004, 08/2005, 03/2006) Training in Interventional Bronchoscopic Procedures, Thoracic Endoscopy Unit of the Sainte Marguerite University Hospital, Marseille, France (06/2007) Certification and Licensure: Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Internal Medicine Licensure in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Texas, and Ohio Membership in Professional Societies: American College of Physicians American Thoracic Society American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology American College of Chest Physicians World Association of Bronchology Association of Interventional Pulmonology Program Directors