M.D., Federal University of Ceara, Brazil – School of Medicine, Ceara, Brazil, 2003.
Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011.

Residency/Fellowship: University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (otolaryngology), 2004-2007; (chief resident), 2007-2008; (craniomaxillofacial surgery), 2008-2009; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. (skull base surgery), 2010-2012.

Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2021; Professor of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2022-present; Joint appointment, Department of Neurologic Surgery, 2021-present.