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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in Medicine (1983), Faculdade de Medicina do ABC. Master's degree (1988) and PhD (1993), both from Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Sandwich PhD (CNPq) (1989 to 1991), Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. Full Professor (2000), from EPM/UNIFESP. Executive MBA in Healthcare Management from Einstein-Insper, 2006. Associate Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences EPMa, Hospital São Paulo, UNIFESP. 2006 to present. Vice-coordinator of the Graduate Studies and Research Chamber of EPM/UNIFESP. Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences of EPM/UNIFESP. Former Coordinator of Medicine III, Colégio da Vida, a major area of #8203;#8203;Health Sciences and Former Member of CTC-ES, CAPES, Ministry of Education (2018 to 2022). Full Member of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology and the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG/USA). She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Brazilian Archives of Ophthalmology, the Brazilian Journal of Ophthalmology and Vision Pan-American. She belongs to the Areas of Concentration: [1] Analysis of the effectiveness of treatment protocols and [2] Basic research on pathophysiology in corneal infections. Research Lines: [1] ocular surface bioengineering, [2] corneal neovascularization and [3] infectious keratitis. H-Index: Web of Science = 20, Publons = 20, Scopus = 21, Google Scholar = 29 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare, high-morbidity infection that develops in the cornea, with the protozoan Acanthamoeba spp. as its etiological agent. Amoebae of this genus are widely distributed in nature, suggesting that humans will probably be exposed to this protozoan at some point in their lives, given that 50 to 100% of the population has serum antibodies specific to Acanthamoe…
The increase of contact lens (CL) wearers resulted in a significantly higher number of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) cases. AK is a serious corneal infection whose etiologic agent is the protozoan Acanthamoeba spp. The mechanism of amoeba adherence to the CL is associated with its pathogenesis in keratitis and it is influenced by several factors, such as the CL material and inappropriate us…
Disorders of the ocular surface and the tear film are considered a heterogenic group of diseases, which result in loss of vision in many patients. In this group, dry-eye syndrome, pterygia, degenerations and dystrophies of the corneal surface, as well as dysplasias are included. The most severe cases of disorders of the ocular surface and the tear film are due to chemical burns, Stevens-J…
Acanthamoeba are aerobic, unicellular protozoa widely distributed in natural and artificial environments, such as soil, rivers, lakes, swimming pools and air conditioning systems. They can exist in a free or parasitic form, with trophozoites as the active form and cysts as the resistant form. The species are classified into three morphological groups based on cyst morphology and into 23 g…
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare infection with high morbidity that develops in the cornea, with the protozoan Acanthamoeba spp. Amoebas of this genus are widely distributed in nature, and this suggests that humans are likely to come into contact with this parasite at some point in their lives, given that 50 to 100% of the population has specific serum antibodies to Acanthamoeba anti…
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare, high-morbidity infection that develops in the cornea, with the protozoan Acanthamoeba spp. as its etiological agent. Amoebae of this genus are widely distributed in nature, suggesting that humans will probably be exposed to this protozoan at some point in their lives, given that 50 to 100% of the population has serum antibodies specific to Acanthamoe…
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