MD, PhD. Associate Professor of Medicine (Department of Internal Medicine), Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre. Currently a member of the Fiscal Committee of the Latin American Thyroid Society, and a member of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology. Develops research in Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer. Member of the clinical staff at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre and Coordinator of the Thyroid Nodule Center.