Graduation: Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil – 1971, Residency: Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) – São Paulo, SP, Brazil – 1971-1977, PhD: Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) – São Paulo, SP, Brazil – 1980.

Gremial activity:
Associated Professor, Duke University, Durham, NC , EUA
Associated Professor, University of California San Diego, CA, EUA
Honarary Director, Instituto de Patologia da Coluna (IPC), São Paulo, Brazil

Gremial membership:
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS)
World Spinal column Society (WScS) – Member at Board
The Society of Lateral Access Surgery (SOLAS) - Board of Trustees
Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) - Member
Sociedade Brasileira de Neurocirurgia (SBN) - Member
North America Spine Society (NASS) - Member
Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) – Active Fellowship
EuroSpine