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MD, PhD, Former Assistant Professor at McGill University | Expert in Ophthalmology, Pathology and Oncology.

Profile Summary

I am trained medical doctor with a residency in Ophthalmology and Subspecialty training in Ocular Oncology and Ocular Pathology. I also pursued a career in research after completing my PhD in Visual Sciences and becoming an Assistant Professor at McGill University until 2012. I've authored and co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed, PUBMED indexed scientific publication, 8 Book chapters in medical books, over 40 oral presentations in International medical congresses. and over 60 posters presented in international research meetings.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Ophthalmology
• ☆ Oncology
• ☆ Anatomic Pathology
• ☆ Histopathology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Product Evaluation, Prototyping

Work Experience

Associate Director

Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory; McGill University

September 2009 - August 2012

Assistant Professor

McGill University

January 2009 - August 2012

Education

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (John Molson School of Business)

Concordia University

September 2009 - August 2011

Clinical and Surgical Fellowship (Ophthalmology)

University of Toronto

July 2008 - June 2009

Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Ophthalmology)

McGill University

July 2007 - June 2008

Clinical & Research Fellowship (Ophthalmology & Pathology)

McGill University

May 2005 - June 2007

PhD (Ophthalmology)

Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina

July 2005 - December 2006

Residency (Ophthalmology)

Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado

January 2002 - December 2005

MD (Medicine)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Editora UFRJ

February 1996 - December 2001

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Orbital metastasis from an occult breast carcinoma (T0, N1, M1) . BMJ case reports.

(2018). Largest case series of Latin American eyelid tumors over 13-Years from a single center in Sao Paulo, Brazil . Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia.

(2017). Outcomes of primary endoresection for choroidal melanoma . International journal of retina and vitreous.

(2017). Indications for eye removal over a 13-year period at an ophthalmology referral center in São Paulo, Brazil . Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia.

(2016). Conjunctival Melanoma With Morphologic Diversity and Orbital Invasion . The American Journal of dermatopathology.

(2016). Evaluating the presence of Toxoplasma gondii in peripheral blood of patients with diverse forms of uveitis . International ophthalmology.

(2016). Immunohistochemical Analysis of PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β and c-Abl in Retinoblastoma: Potential Therapeutic Targets . Ophthalmic research.

(2014). Expression of focal adhesion kinase in uveal melanoma and the effects of Hsp90 inhibition by 17-AAG . Pathology, research and practice.

(2014). Expression of the metastasis suppressor BRMS1 in uveal melanoma . Ecancermedicalscience.

(2013). Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and its role in the proliferation of retinoblastoma cells . Pathology oncology research : POR.

(2013). Rapid growth of an orbital hemangiopericytoma with atypical histopathological findings . Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.).

(2013). Local chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of ocular malignancies . Survey of ophthalmology.

(2013). Expression of the Metastasis Suppressor KAI1 in Uveal Melanoma . Journal of ophthalmology.

(2013). Expression of SIRT1 in choroidal neovascular membranes . Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Hatem Krema and Bruno Fernandes and Rand Simpson and Carla Lutchman and Yeni Yucel(2013). Diffuse metastatic melanoma to the retina: a clinicopathologic report . Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 48. (2). p. e20--e21. Elsevier {BV}

(2013). Knapp-Rønne choroidal melanoma: a clinicopathological report . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2012). The effect of imatinib mesylate on the proliferation, invasive ability, and radiosensitivity of retinoblastoma cell lines . Eye (London, England).

(2012). Corneal stromal dystrophies: a clinical pathologic study . Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia.

(2012). A histopathologic review of undiagnosed neoplasms in 205 evisceration specimens . Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.

(2012). Expression of SIRT1 and DBC1 in Developing and Adult Retinas . Stem cells international.

(2012). Expression of SIRT1 in ocular surface squamous neoplasia . Cornea.

(2012). Uveal melanoma: Ocular and systemic disease . Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society.

(2012). Clinical and histopathological features of orbital granular cell tumor: case report . Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia.

(2012). p16ink4a expression in benign and malignant melanocytic conjunctival lesions . International journal of surgical pathology.

(2011). Management of glaucoma in an eye with diffuse iris melanocytoma . The British journal of ophthalmology.

(2011). Histopathological study of delayed regraft after corneal graft failure . Cornea.

(2011). Imatinib mesylate alters the expression of genes related to disease progression in an animal model of uveal melanoma . Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam).

(2011). Incidence of epithelial lesions of the conjunctiva in a review of 12,102 specimens in Canada (Quebec) . Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia.

(2010). Eyelid and conjunctival paracoccidioidomycosis simulating carcinoma . International ophthalmology.

(2010). Neovascular glaucoma after stereotactic radiotherapy for juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: histopathologic and dosimetric findings . International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.

(2010). Choroidal neovascular membranes express toll-like receptor 3 . Ophthalmic research.

(2009). Management of iris melanomas with 125Iodine plaque radiotherapy . American journal of ophthalmology.

(2009). Comparison between obtained mydriasis in type 2 diabetics and non-diabetic patients . Current eye research.

(2009). Expression profiling of formalin-fixed paraffin embedded primary human uveal melanomas using DASL matrices . Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology.

Hatem Krema and Charles Pavlin and Rand Simpson and Bruno Fernandes(2009). Uveal effusion simulating uveal ring melanoma . Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 44. (5). p. 604--605. Elsevier {BV}

(2009). Clinical pathologic study of a cohort of patients with retinoblastoma from a developing country . Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.

(2009). SPARC is expressed in human uveal melanoma and its abrogation reduces tumor cell proliferation. Anticancer research.

(2009). Mydriatic and cardiovascular effects of phenylephrine 2.5% versus phenylephrine 10%, both associated with tropicamide 1% . Ophthalmic research.

(2009). Melanocytoma of ciliary body and choroids simulating melanoma . Pathology, research and practice.

(2009). The effect of blue light exposure in an ocular melanoma animal model . Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR.

(2009). Sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid . ANZ journal of surgery.

(2009). Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in choroidal neovascular membranes from age-related macular degeneration patients . Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.).

(2009). Bilateral macular hemorrhage as a complication of drug-induced anemia: a case report . Journal of medical case reports.

(2009). Orbital leiomyoma: histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings of a rare tumor . Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.

(2008). Bilateral progressive necrotizing retinochoroiditis in an immunocompromised patient: histopathological diagnosis . Acta ophthalmologica.

(2008). Histopathological study of 49 cases of keratoconus . Pathology.

(2008). Anetodermic variant of a periorbital pilomatricoma . Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.

(2008). Incidence of melanocytic lesions of the conjunctiva in a review of 10 675 ophthalmic specimens . International journal of surgical pathology.

(2008). Circulating uveal melanoma cells: should we test for them? . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2008). Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman Disease presenting as an epibulbar tumor . Cornea.

(2008). Single-cell tumor dormancy model of uveal melanoma . Clinical & experimental metastasis.

(2008). Molecular pathways mediating liver metastasis in patients with uveal melanoma . Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

(2008). Immune expression and inhibition of heat shock protein 90 in uveal melanoma . Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

(2008). Expression of the metastasis suppressor gene KISS1 in uveal melanoma . Eye (London, England).

(2007). Amfenac increases the radiosensitivity of uveal melanoma cell lines . Eye (London, England).

(2007). Histopathologic study of corneal stromal dystrophies: a 10-year experience . Cornea.

(2007). [Detection of circulating malignant cells in patients with uveal melanoma] . Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia.

(2007). Epithelioid hemangioma (angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia) of the orbit: a case report . Journal of medical case reports.

(2007). Expression of C-kit in retinoblastoma: a potential therapeutic target . The British journal of ophthalmology.

(2007). Immunohistochemical panel of undifferentiated orbital metastatic carcinomas . Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

(2007). Localized retinal ischemia as an ocular manifestation of primary antiphospholipid syndrome . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2007). Immunohistochemical expression of melan-A and tyrosinase in uveal melanoma . Journal of carcinogenesis.

(2007). The use of a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor (Nepafenac) in an ocular and metastatic animal model of uveal melanoma . Carcinogenesis.

(2007). Pseudomelanoma in a patient with prostate adenocarcinoma . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2007). Histopathological diagnosis of corneal button specimens: an epidemiological study . Ophthalmic epidemiology.

(2007). Immunohistochemical expression of COX-2 and c-kit in metastatic uveal melanoma . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2006). Clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical evaluation of iris metastases from small cell lung carcinoma . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2006). Report of two cases of ciliary body mesectodermal leiomyoma: unique expression of neural markers . Ophthalmology.

(2006). Choroidal mass as the presenting sign of small cell lung carcinoma . Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie.

(2006). Ciliary body medulloepithelioma: clinical, ultrasound biomicroscopic and histopathologic correlation . Clinical & experimental ophthalmology.

(2006). Clinical-histopathological correlation in a case of Coats' disease . Diagnostic pathology.

(2006). Prostate-specific membrane antigen is undetectable in choroidal neovascular membrane . Journal of carcinogenesis.

(2006). Xanthogranuloma of the lacrimal sac as a manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis . Eye (London, England).

(2006). Blue light exposure and uveal melanoma . Ophthalmology.

(2005). Relationship between histopathological features of chemotherapy treated retinoblastoma and P-glycoprotein expression . Clinical & experimental ophthalmology.

BOOK

de Souza, W. and Belfort, R.(2014). Toxoplasmose & Toxoplasma gondii . Editora da Funda{\c{c}}{\~a}o Oswaldo Cruz

Burnier, J.V. and Burnier, M.N.(2013). Experimental and Clinical Metastasis: A Comprehensive Review . Springer New York

Brodt, P.(2011). Liver Metastasis: Biology and Clinical Management . Springer Netherlands

Mart{\'\i}nez, C.P. and Menezo, J.L. and Sociedad Espa{\~n}ola de Oftalmolog{\'\i}a. Congreso(2007). Tratamiento de la ectasia corneal . Sociedad Espa{\~n}ola de Oftalmolog{\'\i}a