Past-President of Senologic International Society and Latin American Federation of Mastology

Member of the National Academy of Medicine – Brazil

International Honorary of National Academy of Surgery - France

Specialization in Gynecological Oncology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden (1983-1984)

Master's Degree in Gynecology,  (1992) and PhD in Sciences (Gynecology) by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1997)

Postdoctorate at the Laboratory of Enzyme and Metabolism Control - LabECoM, CCS - UFRJ, in 2008

Executive MBA in Health in IBMEC (2001)

Past member of Consultant Work group Global Breast Cancer Initiative - WHO 

Full Member and 1st Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine. Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1981), Equivalence of Degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (2008) and Title of Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics awarded by the National Executive Council of the Portuguese Medical Association on November 13, 2015, Medical Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics, UFRJ (1985)

Specialist in Mastology, Gynecology and Obstetrics.. Former Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Senology and the Board of Directors of the America Society for Breast Diseases. Former President of the Latin American Federation of Mastology and current President of the Senologic International Society (SIS). (2019-2021) .Member of Board of Directors of International Gynecologic Cancer Society (2016-2020)

Expert consultant of Global Breast Cancer Initiative, WHO, and member of RINC-SLACOM