Master in Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery at Vera Cruz Hospital and Sao José University Hospital, both in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and at the Ibiapaba Hospital, Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Professor of Surgery from College of Health and Human Ecology (FASEH), Vespasiano, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Full Member of BSCVS