Physician. PhD in Tropical Medicine at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (IOC/Fiocruz); post-doctorate in tropical medicine with emphasis on the study of diseases caused by viruses. He is a Fiocruz specialist researcher in Mato Grosso do Sul; associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul; collaborator of the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization and President of the Regional Mato Grosso do Sul Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (2011-2014.)