Ricardo Brandt de Oliveira received the M.D. and Doctor of Medical Sciences degrees from the University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, in 1970 and 1978, respectively. In 1983, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Welsh National School of Medicine, U.K. Since 1974, he has been a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo. He is the author or coauthor of more than 140 peer-reviewed research papers related to gastrointestinal tract and several book chapters. He obtained a research productivity grant from the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development, Brazil. His research interests include several aspects of the gastrointestinal tract addressing clinical, biopharmaceutical, and pathophysiology investigations.