João Paulo Tardivo
João Paulo Tardivo is assistant professor of angiology and vascular surgery and director of the Center for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot in the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, where he obtained his Master in Health Sciences in 2004 and is currently working to obtain his PhD. He graduated in medicine from the Medical School of ABC in 1976 and obtained his specialization in Vascular Surgery in 1979 in the Hospital Gastroclinica-São Paulo. Working in vascular surgery since 1979, began his studies with medical lasers in 1987. In mid-1999 began to be interested in Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology and superficial tumors and since 2009 has doing research in the use of Photodynamic Therapy to treat Diabetic Foot.