Dr. Figueiro received his M.D. from Federal University School of Medicine, Brazil, in 1993, after completing his general surgery residency program, he performed a clinical fellowship at Centre Hepato-Biliaire,Hopital Paul Brousse, Paris, France under the supervision of Professor Henri Bismuth, and completed his fellowship training in abdominal organ transplantation at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami in 2000, following his training in Miami, he joined the Faculty of Felicio Rocho Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, establishing a new transplantation unit and creating a unique concept of multidisciplinary pre and post-transplant patient care.