Superior Court of Justice (STJ)
AREsp 1.360.323/DF names the expert report and attributes to it public faith and impartiality. Read the decision
Publications
Books, opinions, articles and citations
What I have written, the norms I have drafted, and where courts have relied on that work. Academic profiles: ORCID 0009-0006-2078-1627 and Google Scholar.
Books and chapters
In print
Academic and professional publications with DOI or ISBN.
- 2024Reflection on Medical Mistakes: A Journey of Understanding and Continuous ImprovementSole-author chapter, 43 pages. Proterapêutica, Cycle 12, Vol. 2, pp. 107–149. Artmed Panamericana, endorsed by the Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine (120 CME credits).DOI 10.5935/978-85-514-1250-3.C0002 · ISBN 978-85-514-1250-3DOIResearchGate
- 2024Brazilian Table for the Assessment of Bodily HarmNational reviewer, one of 29 from 16 states, with three international reviewers coordinated by Duarte Nuno Vieira. The national standard for quantifying bodily harm after the repeal of the SUSEP/DPVAT tables. Cited by the Superior Labor Court (TST) and named by TRT-3, TRT-14 and TRT-15 as the official reference for court-appointed experts; adopted by the Brazilian Medical Association and in TRT-2 judicial training.ABMLPM · ISBN 978-85-5327-252-5Amazon
- 2026Perícia Médica e Caracterização da Deficiência: Guia Prático para Médicos PeritosPractical guide for medical experts on characterizing disability for the legal hiring quota (Reserva Legal de Vagas no Trabalho). 150 pages.Kindle · ASIN B0GTX4QW2HAmazon
- 2016Dicas para Perícia Médica: o que você não deve fazer!First book. A practical guide to frequent errors and improper conduct in medical expert practice, for physicians entering the field.Kindle · ASIN B01MRNE1K4Amazon
Official opinions
Norms drafted at CRM-DF
Advisory opinions authored as board member and Internal Affairs Officer of the Federal District Board of Medicine.
- 2023CRM-DF Opinion 01/2023Conflict between treating physician and court expert in guardianship and interdiction proceedings. Authored as Internal Affairs Officer (Corregedor) at the request of the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology. The first procedural framework in Brazil for Article 93 of the Code of Medical Ethics in these cases. Adopted by the National Council of Justice as the paradigm for implementing Resolution 520/2023 and its 2025 best-practice manual, and nationalized by the Federal Council of Medicine through Opinion 01/2024 and Resolution 2.430/2025.CFM
- 2022CRM-DF Opinion 10/2022Patient access to the medical record, including whether access may be deferred during psychiatric hospitalization.CFM
- 2020CRM-DF Opinion 20/2020Mandatory technical assistance within the Public Defender's Office, guaranteeing the technical adversarial principle and equality of arms in cases involving medical expertise.CFM
Articles
Professional articles
Published on institutional portals. The CRM-DF and ABMLPM-DF pieces are available here in English translation.
- 2023
- 2023The Medical Expert in Justice, and Impartiality as a Fundamental PillarCRM-DFEnglishOriginal (PDF)
- 2023
- 2019
- —Rotator Cuff Syndrome and Occupational DiseasePericialMed. Cited on the court's own initiative by the 3rd Regional Labor Court (TRT-3, Minas Gerais) in case 0010015-47.2024.5.03.0141, decision of 19 July 2024.Original
- —Shoulder Pain May Be Bicipital TendinitisPericialMed. Cited in an appeal before the 4th Regional Labor Court (TRT-4, Rio Grande do Sul) in case 0020933-26.2023.5.04.0333, granted unanimously by the 7th Panel in November 2025.Original
Court citations
Where the work was relied upon
Superior Labor Court (TST)
Cites the Brazilian Table for the Assessment of Bodily Harm by name in case 1000605-30.2025.5.00.0000.
Federal Court, SBA v. CFO
A 52-page technical report commissioned by the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology grounded the national injunction of 21 February 2024 on sedation in dental settings (case 1110860-65), which triggered twelve regulatory acts by the Federal Council of Dentistry and ANVISA within two years.
TRT-3 and TRT-4
PericialMed articles cited as technical references, once by the judge on her own initiative and once by counsel in a successful appeal.
TJDFT
In case 0703185-86.2017.8.07.0018 the expert report prevailed over the conclusions of the official medical board.