Practice Focus
Interest in general pediatrics, preventive and acute care medicine, immunizations and vaccine hesitancy, behavioral and mental health disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and general skin disorders.; Silva EAD Junior, Medeiros WMB, Torro N, Sousa JMM, Almeida IBCM, Costa FBD, Pontes KM, Nunes ELG, Rosa MDD, Albuquerque KLGD. Cannabis and cannabinoid use in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review. Trends Psychiatry Psychother. 2022 Jun 13;44:e20200149. doi: 10.47626/2237-6089-2020-0149. PMID: 34043900.; Bilge S, Ekici B. CBD-enriched cannabis for autism spectrum disorder: an experience of a single center in Turkey and reviews of the literature. J Cannabis Res. 2021 Dec 16;3(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s42238-021-00108-7. PMID: 34911567; PMCID: PMC8675523.; Bortoletto R, Colizzi M. Cannabis Use in Autism: Reasons for Concern about Risk for Psychosis. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Aug 16;10(8):1553. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10081553. PMID: 36011210; PMCID: PMC9407973.
Personal Bio & Interests
Personal interests beyond spending time with family include outdoor recreation with a focus on mountain and gravel biking.