Education:
- MSc in Clinical and Translational Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL (2019)
- Rheumatology Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY (2010)
- Internal Medicine Residency, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (2008)
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004)
Clinical/Research Interests:
- Effects of obesity on disease activity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: mechanisms and nutritional interventions
- Physical impairment in rheumatoid arthritis and exercise interventions
- Skeletal muscle dysfunction
- Changes in body composition
- Insulin resistance
- Cardiovascular disease
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies