Maria Aparecida Custódio Domingues

Dr. Maria Domingues holds a degree in Human Medicine from São Paulo State University (UNESP) (1986), and studied her medical residency in Pathology at the same institution (1989). She further specialized in Hematopathology at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (1991) and received her doctoral degree in Pathology in 2006, after returning to Botucatu Medical School (FMB-UNESP) as an assistant professor in 2004. From 1991 to 2014, she planned and established the Hematopathology Laboratory for the Hemocenter and the Center for Oncological Research in Santa Catarina, where she also served as chief pathologist. During this period, she implemented the fine-needle aspiration out-patient clinic and immunohistochemistry techniques in public healthcare in Santa Catarina. She pursued postdoctoral studies in Head and Neck Cancer (2009) at the Center for Studies and Research of A. C. Camargo Hospital, São Paulo. As head of department, in 2011, she implemented the International Accreditation of the American College of Pathology (CAP) in the Pathology Department (FMB-UNESP). She is currently an assistant professor and works as an advisor to the Dean?s Office (2017) and coordinator of the School of Leadership and Management of UNESP (2018). Her main areas of medical expertise are hematopathology and head and neck pathology. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)