Valderilio Feijo Azevedo MD, PhD, MSc

Dr. Feijo Azevedo is an Associate Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Rheumatology Unit of the Hospital de Clínicas at the Federal University of Paraná- UFPR- Brazil and Owner and principal investigator of EDUMED- Health Research and Education and EDUMED BIOTECH since 2009. His major research interests include clinical trials, regulatory advances in biologics therapies, spondyloarthritis, new treatment strategies for autoimmune diseases, biologics and biosimilars, and translational research in SpA.

Dr. Valderilio has authored around 130 publications in the field. He is a member of the Brazilian Committee of Spondylarthritis and a Member of the Brazilian Committee of Rheumatic Patients at the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology since 2010. He is also a Member of GRAPPA – Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis.