Associate Professor III at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), having joined the institution in 2010. Currently holds the position of Manager of Teaching and Research at the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM/Ebserh), a role assumed in 2024. He holds a PhD (2005) and a Master's degree (2003) in Biopathology, with an emphasis on Dental Radiology, from São Paulo State University (UNESP), and a degree in Dentistry from UFSM (1999).At HUSM, he previously served as Interim Manager of Teaching and Research (2021-2022) and Head of the e-Health Unit (2016-2019). He is a permanent faculty member of the Professional Master's Program in Health Sciences (MPCS/UFSM), where he teaches the courses "Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health" and "Product Research." At the undergraduate level, he teaches "Integrated Clinic VI" in the Dentistry program and "Information and Communication Technologies Applied to Health (ICT)" in the Medical program.He has coordinated the CTdBem Project at HUSM since 2014 and has been a member of the CA+SA Research Group since 2013. He also served as Co-Coordinator of the UFSM COVID-19 Hotline Project (2020-2022). His areas of expertise and research include Artificial Intelligence applied to Health, Hospital Management, Digital Health Technologies, Radiology, and Biopathology.