Graduated in Dentistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1988), master's degree in Pathology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1991) and doctorate in Dentistry (Oral Pathology) from the University of São Paulo (1994). He is currently Full Professor of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Professor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais. He has experience in the area of Oral Pathology and Stomatology, working mainly in the study of molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of mouth tumors. He was Visiting Professor at the Department of Oral Pathology at King's College London (2008), England, and at the Department of Human Genetics at McGill University (2017-2018), Canada. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of FAPEMIG, CNPq and Member of the Coordinating Committee of the National Postgraduate Plan 2011-2020 of CAPES, Director of the Faculty of Dentistry of UFMG (2004-2008) and Pro-Rector of Postgraduate Studies of UFMG (2010-2014). He is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine and Frontiers in Oral Health and member of the editorial board of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology, the American Journal of Oral Medicine and Oral Diseases. Co-author of the following sections of the World Health Organization's Blue Book of Classification of Head and Neck Tumors (2022): giant cell central granuloma, giant cell peripheral granuloma, gingival cysts, ameloblastic fibroma, cherubism, squamous odontogenic tumor and calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor. Member of the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR) to define protocols for histopathological reports of malignant odontogenic neoplasms