Rodrigo Calado, MD, PhD

Graduated in Medicine (1997) and PhD in Clinical Medicine (2003) from the Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP) and medical residency in Hematology and Hemotherapy (2001) from the Hospital das Clinicas of FMRP-USP. He did postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, where he also worked as a Staff Scientist at the Hematology Branch until 2011. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at FMRP-USP, coordinator of the Hematology and Program discipline Graduate Program in Oncology, Stem Cells Stem Cells: Cells in the body that develop into other cells. There are two main sources of stem cells. Embryonic stem cells come from human embryos and are used in medical research. Adult stem cells in the body repair and maintain the organ or tissue in which they are found. Blood-forming (hemapoietic) stem… and Cell Therapy at FMRP-USP, coordinator of the Hematology Laboratory and the Clinical Analysis Laboratory of HC-FMRP-USP and scientific director of the Hemocentro RP Foundation.