Maira Caleffi

Dr Caleffi holds Pharmacy and Medicine degrees, Residency in Gynaecology and Obstetrics and she is especialised in Breast Surgical Oncology by Guy’s Hospital in London UK. She completed her doctoral thesis in Medicine at the University of London, UK, and undertook post-doctoral studies in Genetics and Breast Cancer at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. She served as a Board member of the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) from 2012 to 2018, Chair of the Executive Committee of the City Cancer Challenge Porto Alegre Brazil. Dr Caleffi is the Founder and Volunteer President of FEMAMA and IMAMA (Instituto da Mama do Rio Grande do Sul). Presently, she develops academic, research, teaching and patient-care activities with a highly multi-professional team.