He completed his MD at the University of Toronto in 1997. Following residency in Internal Medicine (1997-2001) he joined the Division of General Internal Medicine at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network in 2002. He completed a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto in 2005 and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Gorgas Course (Univ. of Alabama/UPCH - 2003). Dr. Cavalcanti is a CanMEDS Clinician Educator at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Since 2010, he has been a member of the planning board for the International Conference on Residency Education, and track-chair for the conference’s Clinician Educator Working Dinner.