• • Was a general practitioner in France, New Caledonia, Nigeria and Singapore, where he was a reference physician in 15 embassies, various consulates and high commissions.
  • Was a Chief Medical Director in Chevron Oil Co. in Papua New Guinea and a Residential Medical Officer in Allucam in Cameroon, Electricite de France in China and Spie-Batignolles and Schlumberger in Nigeria.
  • Managed corporate missions of Conoco Oil Co. and Total Oil Co. in Angola, a forest consortium in Congo, Bosch in Gambia and Egypt, Club Med in Haiti, International SOS in Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France in Turkey, USAID in Senegal. and a nonprofit organization in China.
  • Was Assistant Professor of Tropical Diseases and Public Health Department at the University of Paris VI and Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington University.
  • Worked in pharmaceutical companies: Head of Researches at Hoffmann LaRoche and Head of Medical Goods Export at Delagrange in Paris, France.
  • Co-founder of the company International Business Proactivity Pte Ltd in Singapore.
  • Senior Consultant on public health service in Foster City, California, as well as instructor of Stanford Health Improvement Program, which is a part of Stanford Prevention Research Center.

Education

• Studied medicine at the University of Paris V, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and George Washington University.
• He took his degree in emergency medicine in the University of Paris XII and in tropical diseases in the University of Paris VI.

Achievements and awards

• • Widely published in the international medical literature and has written several books (including one published by Oxford University Press and one by Spring).
  • Managed or participated in clinical trials proposing new, best or alternative methods of HIV/AIDS tropical (malaria, digestive nematodes, amebiasis, giardiasis), cardiovascular, hematologic, and respiratory diseases treatment.
  • Honorary member of the Brazilian National Academy of Medicine, Associate Member of the Singapore Academy of Medicine and a research staff member of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia. He is listed in the Institute of Medicine, USA, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Celebrities, Public Figures).