Delegate: Leonardo Vivas
Affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina das Ciências Médicas – FELUMA
Short Bio: Medical doctor graduated at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), specialized at internal medicine at Hospital João XXIII (FHEMIG), member of the Sociedade Brasileira de Clínica Médica, specialized at health planning and management at UFJF. Currently engaged at a master’s degree program in neurosciences by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and a Sleep Medicine Training at Instituto do Sono.
Has previous experience at family medicine, emergency medicine and intensive care. Worked as clinical director at Hospital Metropolitano Doutor Célio de Castro (HMDCC).
Acts in ambulatory care, as a hospitalist and preceptor at the internal medicine program at HMDCC. Currently an internal medicine professor at Faculdade de Medicina das Ciências Médicas – FELUMA.
Activity: For the World Sleep Day, I’m creating a series of posts on Instagram (five posts, one a day from 03/11 to 03/15) and a column at a local newspaper about sleep, sleep medicine and sleep sciences.
The main goal is to raise awareness for the importance of sleep in this 24/7 society that we all live.
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of Activity: 03/11/24 to 03/15/24
Submitted by: Leonardo Vivas
