Sandra Caires Serrano

Coordinator of the SBED, Brazil

Graduated in Medicine at the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1994 – Brazil), with a Medical Residency in Pediatrics at Casa de Saúde Santa Marcelina (1997), and later in Child Neurology (Faculty of Medicine at the University of São Paulo – FMUSP, 2000), Specialization in Pain and Stereotactics (ACCamargo Cancer Center – São Paulo, 2001); training in Palliative Care – Pallium América Latina, Universidade Del Salvador (2008) and Oxford International Center for Palliative Care (2008).
Founding Member of the National Academy of Palliative Care (ANCP-Brazil).
Working at Hospital AC Camargo from 2001 to 2022, in the Department of Pain and Functional Neurosurgery, she founded and headed the Palliative Care Service (Adult and Child); also serving on the Ethics and Research Committee on Human Beings.
Master in Oncology Sciences from the Antônio Prudente Foundation – ACCamargo, Brazil.
Areas of Activity in Palliative Care and Pain by the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB).
Training in Endocannabinoid Medicine (2022) – WECANN, Brazil.
Active in the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain (SBED), member of the Supervisory Board, member of the Pediatric Pain and Cannabis Committees, and Coordinator of the SBED Palliative Care Committee (2024-2026). Reviewer of the Brasilian Journal of Pain.
Co-Editor of the Pain Treatise of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain (SBED).
Member of the Scientific Department of Neuropalliative Care in Childhood and Adolescence of the Brazilian Society of Child Neurology (SBNI).
Professor of the Postgraduate Course in Pain and Palliative Care in Pediatrics, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein (IIEPAE).
Pediatric Emergency Teaching Assistant at the Children’s Emergency Room at Casa de Saúde Santa Marcelina, since 1997.
Professor at Hospice Lo Thedal, involved in Assistance, Teaching and Research in Pain and Palliative Care.
Topics of interest: Pain Clinic, Symptom Control, Palliative Care, Child Neurology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Rare Diseases, Opioids, Analgesia, Clinical Research, Bioethics, and Research Ethics