Graduated in Medicine, with Residency in Preventive and Social Medicine at UNESP (1988). Master in Public Health from Unicamp (2001). PhD in Sciences from the Public Health Program at UNIFESP (2011). Adjunct Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP. Permanent advisor of the Graduate Program in Public Health at EPM/Unifesp. Member of the Collective Health Laboratory – Lascol. He was municipal health secretary for São Vicente-SP (1993-1996) and São Bernardo do Campo-SP (2009-2014). He was president of the Council of Municipal Health Secretaries of the State of São Paulo (Cosems-SP) for three terms. He was Director of the Department of Specialized Care at the Ministry of Health of Brazil (2003-2005) and Minister of Health (2014-2015).