Co-Director Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Director Melanoma Program, Co Principal Investigator Comprehensive Cancer Research Group, Co Investigator Mt. Sinai CCOP

Areas of Special Interest: Melanoma, Stem Cell Transplantation, Lymphomas, Multiple Myeloma

Faculty Positions:
 Associate Attending
Mount Sinai Medical Center 1994-present
 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Miami School of Medicine, 1994-present
 Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, Irvine, 1988-1994
 Instructor in Clinical Medicine
Columbia University, 1987-1988

Board Certifications:
 Internal Medicine 1985
 Medical Oncology 1987
 Hematology 1988

Honors:
 ACS Audrey Myers Fellowship 1986
 Upjohn Travel Award/American Association for Cancer Research 1988
 Lymphoma Research Foundation Fellowship 7/93-7/94
 Fellow of the American College of Physicians 1995

Fellowship:
 Hematology/Oncology
Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center July 1985 - June 1988

Residency:
 Internal Medicine
Universiadade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul January 1981-June 1982
 Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, Fl. July 1982 - June 1985

Medical School:
 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre RS Brazil June 1980