Graduated in Medicine from the ABC School of Medicine (1978) and holds a PhD in Psychiatry from the University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (USA). Obtained the title of Associate Professor (Livre-docência) from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (1996). Served as President of the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions - ICAA (2014-2017). Full Professor of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry at the ABC School of Medicine (since 1998) and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (since 2000). Executive President of the Center for Information on Health and Alcohol, CISA (since 2004), and President of the Board of Directors of the HC Perdizes Institute (since 2022).