1-Graduation in Medicine from the Federal University of Amazonas (1974). 2-Degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Amazonas (1973). Specialization in Ophthalmology (CBO-1977) and Hospital Administration (PUC-RJ 1975). 3-Doctorate in Medicine (Ophthalmology concentration area) from the University of São Paulo (1994). 4-Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Eye Research (OCB) Boston, MA – USA (1996). 5-Fellow at New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA-USA (1997). 6-Free Teaching by UNIRIO (2004). 7-Associate Professor IV at the Federal University of Amazonas (1977 to 2014) and the Open University of the Elderly (UNATI / UEA) from 2006 to the present. 8-Approval in Public Tender for Full Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2008). 9-Author of national book chapters. 10- Researcher in the areas of Parasitology and Infectious Diseases (Onchocerciasis, Trachoma, Leprosy, Malaria, Dengue and Gnatostomiasis) and Eye Geriatrics (Macula, Glaucoma, Cataracts and Corneal Diseases). 11-Former Vice-President of the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology (1993 – 1995) and of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology (2005 – 2007). 12-Former Advisor to the Ministry of Health (UNDP Group of the IX National Health Conference – 1996). 13-Master Installer of the Amazonas Chapter (1993) and Member Emeritus 2015) of the Brazilian College of Surgeons. 14-Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Head of the Brazilian Academies of Education (2017), Amazonense of Medicine (1999), of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (2015), Brazilian of Military Medicine (2008), Amazonense of Letters (2001), of the Geographic and Historical Institute of Amazonas ( 2010), Academia Marial de Aparecida (2006), Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem (2008). Honored by the National Academy of Medicine (1999) and Academia Fluminense de Letras. Director and Preceptor of the Medical Residency of the Manaus Ophthalmology Institute (1977 to the present), Founder and Professor Emeritus of the Open University of the Third Age of the UEA (2007 to the present). Current Vice-President of the Brazilian Federation of Medical Academies (2018-2020) and the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology (2019-2021). 15- Specialist in Traffic Medicine (ABRAMET / RJ). He is a Catholic and serves as Minister of the Eucharist in the Church of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios and in the Order of the Most Holy in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, both members of the Archdiocese of Amazonas.
Claudio do Carmo Chaves
