CV

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.

Experience

  • 2011 - present

    Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
    Argos Laboratory — Anatomic and Molecular Pathology
    Reference regional surgical pathology laboratory with emphasis in oncologic pathology, processing over 100,000 specimens annually.
    • Co-founded and leads a multidisciplinary team of pathologists, molecular biologists, and histotechnicians
    • Oversees clinical operations, quality assurance, and digital pathology workflows
    • Leads integration of AI-assisted diagnostic tools and molecular testing platforms
  • 2011 - present

    Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Pathologist Consultant and Head of Surgical Pathology
    Messejana Heart and Lung Hospital
    Reference center in Brazil for heart and lung transplants, studying approximately 4,000 specimens annually.
    • Renders diagnoses on surgical specimens with emphasis on thoracic and cardiovascular pathology
    • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
    • Teaching of pulmonology and cardiology residents
  • 2013 - present

    Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Professor of Pathology — Graduate School
    Federal University of Ceará
    Graduate Program in Pathology — Mentor and supervisor of MSc and PhD students.
    • Supervises multiple graduate students in lung cancer, GU pathology, transplant, and digital pathology
    • PI on multiple active research projects
  • 2016 - 2019

    Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Associate Professor of Pathology
    UNICHRISTUS School of Medicine
  • 2017 - 2022

    Brazil

    Director of International Relationships
    Brazilian Society of Pathology
    Served two consecutive terms (2017–2019 and 2019–2022).
  • 2008 - 2010

    Washington, DC, USA

    Staff Pathologist, Department of Genitourinary Pathology
    Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
    Chairperson: Isabell Sesterhenn, MD.

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

Publications

Skills

Subspecialty Pathology: Pulmonary Pathology, Genitourinary Pathology, Cardiovascular Pathology, Transplant Pathology
Diagnostics and Technology: Immunohistochemistry, Molecular Diagnostics, Digital Pathology, Whole Slide Imaging, AI-Assisted Diagnostics, NGS / Ion Torrent, QuPath
Research: Biomarker Development, Clinicopathological Studies, Tissue Microarray, Scientific Writing, Peer Review

Awards

  • 2025
    WHO Classification of Tumours — Lung, Thymus and Heart (2025–2026 edition)
    World Health Organization / IARC

    Member

  • 2025
    IASLC Pathology Committee, Member (2025–2027)
    International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

  • 2021
    WHO Classification of Tumours — Lung, Thymus and Heart
    World Health Organization / IARC

    Editorial and Consensus Conference contributor

  • 2021
    WHO Classification of Tumours — Genitourinary Tract
    World Health Organization / IARC

    Editorial and Consensus Conference contributor

  • 2014
    WHO Classification of Tumours — Lung, Thymus and Heart
    World Health Organization / IARC

    Editorial and Consensus Conference, Lyon, France, March 2014

  • 2006
    Pulmonary Pathology Society Award — Honorable Mention
    Pulmonary Pathology Society

    USCAP Annual Meeting

  • 2005
    CAP Foundation Training in Technology Award
    College of American Pathologists / Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

    Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory training

  • 2002
    Magna cum Laude University Honor
    Federal University of Ceará

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