• DVM - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1993. • Master degree in Small Animal Clinical Sciences focused on Canine Dirofilariasis from UFRRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2001. • Former advisor at the Regional Council of Veterinary Medicine in Rio de Janeiro (CRMV-RJ), Brazil – 2008-2011. • Ex-President of the Animal Welfare and Marketing commissions at the CRMV-RJ (2008-2011). • Former member of the Hill´s Pet Nutrition International Advisory Board (2012-2014). • International Scholar of The North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), 2015. • Member of the Latin-american Committee on Small Animals Vaccinology, 2015. • Veterinarian-in Charge of the Brazilian Federal Police kennels (2009-2018). • Founder of Animália Veterinary Hospital (1993) and its two subsidiaries (2014 and 2016), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. • Manager, General Practitioner and Surgeon at Animalia Veterinary Hospital since 1993. • Lecturer and consultant on the Pet Market since 2010. • Member of the Veterinary Practice comission at Brazilian Federal Council of Veterinary Medicine, since 2017. • Current Technical Director of the Brazilian Veterinary Hospital Association (ABHV).