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Contact Information

Name Fabio Rocha Fernandes Távora
Professional Title Surgical Pathologist | PhD | CEO, Argos Laboratory
Email ftavora@gmail.com
Location Av. Santos Dumont, 5753 Suite 1607, Fortaleza, Ceará 60047-154

Professional Summary

Surgical pathologist and scientist with subspecialty expertise in pulmonary, genitourinary, and cardiovascular pathology. Founder and CEO of Argos Laboratory, a reference anatomic and molecular pathology laboratory in Fortaleza, Brazil. Professor in the Graduate Program in Pathology at the Federal University of Ceará. Contributor to the WHO Classification of Tumours and member of the IASLC Pathology Committee.

Education

  • 2019 - 2020

    Providence, RI, USA

    Post-Doctoral Fellowship
    Brown University
    Pathology
  • 2007 - 2008

    Baltimore, MD, USA

    Clinical Fellowship
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Genitourinary Pathology
    • Director: Jonathan Epstein, MD
  • 2006 - 2007

    Washington, DC, USA

    Callender-Binford Fellowship
    Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
    Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology
    • Director: Teri J. Franks, MD
  • 2004 - 2006

    Baltimore, MD, USA

    Residency
    University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Anatomic Pathology
    • Director: Olga B. Ioffe, MD
  • 2011 - 2013

    São Paulo, Brazil

    PhD
    Universidade Federal de São Paulo / EPM
    Pathology
  • 1996 - 2002

    Fortaleza, Brazil

    MD
    Universidade Federal do Ceará
    Medicine
    • Magna cum Laude University Honor

Work experience

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Awards and honors

Languages

Portuguese : Native speaker
English : Fluent
Spanish : Reading, understanding and speaking
German : Reading and understanding

Interests

Sports and outdoors: Surfing, Surfski Paddling, CrossFit, Zone 2 Training
Nature and science: Birdwatching, Photography, Digital Pathology AI
Philosophy and literature: Stoicism, Scientific Writing, Medical Education