Cardiology faculty, currently working on cardiovascular MRI and CT Sector at Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. CMR and CCT fellowship program coordinator at InCor, and associate professor of the Cardiopneumology Department of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP). Director of Cardiovascular MR and CT sector of Heart Hospital (HCOR), São Paulo, SP. I was a post-doctoral fellow in cardiovascular MRI at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, (1995-1999). Pioneered LGE use in 4 specific non-ischemic cardiomyopathies: Chagas´ disease, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, aortic valve disease, and endomyocardial fibrosis. I am immediate past President of the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and Editor-in-Chief of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiology (ABC Cardiol). I am also member of the Exceutive Committe of SCMR (Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance) as Secretary-Treasurer.
