Endothelium and Cardiovascular Diseases

Kidney and the Endothelium 28. Endothelium and arterial hypertension 29. Endothelial alterations in pulmonary hypertension

Section VIII - Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease 30. Endothelial alterations in chronic coronary disease 31. Molecular mechanisms of the arterial wall in acute coronary syndromes 32. Endothelium: coordinator of acute and chronic inflammation 33. Endothelium in atherosclerosis: plaque formation and its complications 34. Risk factors and endothelial dysfunctions 35. Sleep disturbances and endothelial dysfunction 36. Smoking and Endothelium: Endothelial dysfunction and microcirculation in women with angina and normal coronaries

Section IX - Heart Failure 37. Endothelial alterations in heart failure: mechanisms and molecular basis 38. Heart Failure: influences of drug intervention upon vessels

Section X - Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Cardiac Surgery 39. Endothelial repair after percutaneous intervention 40. Stents and Endothelium 41. Vascular disease of the transplanted heart: physiopathology and therapeutic options

Section XI - Metabolic Syndromes 42. Erectile dysfunction and endothelium 43. Obesity, Diabetes and Endothelium: molecular interactions

Section XII -- Non-Cardiovascular Diseases and Endothelium 44. Endothelial mechanisms in pre-eclampsia 45. Endothelium and nitric oxide: interactions in cancer evolution 46. Endothelial function and skin microcirculation

Section XIII - Treatment Options in Endothelial Dysfunction 47. Endothelial dysfunction in the clinical setting: prognosis and therapeutic target 48. Physical exercise and the Endothelium 49. Endothelium and immunologic alterations in atherosclerosis

Sense Committee on Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination - CAPES and Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Scientific Committee of InCor - HCFMUSP. He participates as a reviewer or member of editorial board of journals including the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, The FASEB Journal, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, and the American Journal of Physiology; among others. He is also a Member of the Federation Advisory Council of Societies for Experimental Biology (FeSBE) and and the Brazilian Society of Clinical Investigation. His research line is in molecular biology atherosclerotic vascular disease with an emphasis on cardiology, acting on the following subjects: vascular, oxidative stress, atherosclerosis, NADPH oxidase and angioplasty. Graduated in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of ABC (1977), PhD (1992) and Free-Teaching (1996) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo. In 2012 he was approved in the Public Tender for Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of ABC. Held Graduate in the United States at the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA. He is currently Professor and Head of the Discipline of Cardiology, ABC School of Medicine exercising teaching, research and assistance in the areas of undergraduate and postgraduate. He is an active researcher in translational medicine, acting on the following topics: atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, cardiac mechanics and congestive heart failure. He chaired the Cardiology Society of the State of São Paulo (2001-2003) and the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (2008-2009), was the first Governor of the Brazilian Chapter of the American College of Cardiology (2008-2013) and Member of the International Council of American College of Cardiology and the Presidential Task force and Editorial Consultant of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology, is Founding Member of Cardiology Lusophone Federation.