10/2025: One-month observership training in comprehensive ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Orbital and reconstructive surgery under Dr Suzanne Freitag, MD, at Harvard Medical School, University of Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
01/2024: Observership training in comprehensive ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Orbital and reconstructive surgery under Dr Kathryn Winkler, MD mentorship at Rush University.
10/2024: Observership training in Oculoplastic surgery under Dr Gorka, Actual Presidente de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica Ocular y Orbitaria (SECPOO).
01/2020 – 12/2020: Research trainee, coordinator, and clinical researcher in transplantation at Harvard Medical School—Teaching Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women’s Hospital—Transplant Center.
11-12/2019, Observership of Immunology at Facult de Médecine de l’Université de Paris, France, with Dr Renato Monteiro, head of the Center for Research on Inflammation – INSERM.
Experiência de Voluntariado
2024-2025 – Designer, creator, and director of the social project “VISIONaries Project,” a Remote Visual Screening Training Program for teachers in public pre-schools in São Paulo, Brazil. This study aims to promote a remote training program for educators to perform visual screenings for children, enhance the early detection of eye problems, and provide adequate medical referrals to this population, supporting the development of a quality and unified eye health program.
2021 – Health Program Director of nonprofit organization “Associação Ponto de Luz” with 600 children, whose focus is education and health for children, especially the most vulnerable, working to create a more equal, healthy, just, and peaceful world.
08/2021 – Volunteer in the 2nd vaccination Against COVID-19 at the city of Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
12/2019 – Indigenous Eye Care at the Federal University of Amapá, in the municipality of Oiapoque/Amapá, in the Brazilian Rain Forest (Amazonia). Provided Eye Care assistance to local Indigenous communities living on the margins of the Amazonas River in Amapá, Brazil.
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2026 – Study selected for discussion in the The Oculofacial Podcast (OPRS Journal Club), highlighting its relevance in oculofacial plastic surgery. The Role of Tranexamic Acid in Oculoplastic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
2026 – Research featured by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), including citation and discussion on the AAO website. The Role of Tranexamic Acid in Oculoplastic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
2025 – Winner –Scientific Award – São Paulo Academy of Medicine. Category: Physician. Awarded for the work: “Visual Screening Education for Public School Teachers in São Paulo: A Remote Approach”. Co-authors: Matheus Enrico Dias Vaz Monteiro and Roberta Melissa Benetti Zagui.
2025 – Winner – Scientific Prize, São Paulo Academy of Medicine. “Visual Screening Education for Public School Teachers in São Paulo: A Remote Approach”. Category: Physicians with CRM from the State of São Paulo. São Paulo Academy of Medicine.
2025 – Winner of the “Best Paper Award Nomination” at the Brazilian Ophthalmology Congress (CBO) for the paper: “Remote Visual Screening Training.”
2024 – Winner of “Best Paper Award Nomination” of Pediatric Ophthalmology Brazilian Congress for the paper: “Enhancing Teacher Skills: Remote Visual Screening (VS) Training.”
2023 – Winner among Brazilian papers and world finalist in the Theá International Contest of Clinical Cases in Pathologies of the Eye titled “Don’t Forget the Eyelids to the Success of Ocular Surface.” Paper “Guardians of the Ocular Surface: Lessons from a Challenging Case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Eyelids Involvement.”
2022 – Honors for academic achievement, with the highest GPA in grade number one in class during medical university.
2020 – Invitation of the Brazilian Society of Transplantation with dietary guidelines for transplant patients. I built educational booklets for national distribution (https://sonesp.org.br/2021/08/04/abordagens-dieteticas/).
2017-2018 – Granted Research Scholarship by the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation – from PIBIC (CNPq). Blood Pressure Measurement in Brazilian Primary Health Care. Objectives: To assess BP measurement technique performed by health professionals in a Primary Care Unit in Sorocaba (São Paulo, Brazil).
2016 – Best scientific work, 54th Brazilian Congress of Medical Education (COBEM).
Liderança & Educação
Presenter of the class “Science and Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities” for Brazilian Ophthalmology Congress, September/2024.
Presenter of the class “How to write a meta-analysis: from the basis to the updated technologies” for the postgraduate students enrolled in the Systematic Literature Review and Indexers class, June/2024.
Presenter of the class “Tips on building a gold standard resume” at the 1st Scientific Initiation Symposium of the Cremesp, June 2024.
Presenter of the class “How to build a good CV for the residency application”, for the medical students enrolled in the Blindness Prevention Interest Group, 2024.
Social Media Board of Directors – Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia (ABO) Journal.
Creator and Media director of the ophthalmological images Instagram of the ophthalmology department at the University of São Paulo: @Behind the lens.
Presenter of “Ophthalmology Workshop” during 42nd Medical Congress of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Presenter of “Urgency and Emergency Course: Glaucoma” during 26th University of Sao Paulo Ophthalmology Congress and 25th Ophthalmology Assistants Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Founder of Diversity and Gender Week, an event that brought meetings to campus students aiming to stimulate reflections and debate on diversity and gender representation in contemporary times.
Founder of the Social Extension of the Academic Center (CA) during university.
Treasurer of the Academic Center (CA) during university.
Founder and professor of the “From the brain to the eye – Anatomy Course” during university.
Part of the FELLOWS project, organized by ABEM (Brazilian Association of Medical Education) for leadership formation in the academic career.
Part of the of the Academic Affinity Group of Geriatrics and Gerontology during university.
Student Delegate of the ABEM (Brazilian Association of Medical Education) during university.
Reconhecimento Internacional e Legado.
A atuação da Dra. Laura como palestrante e instrutora em fóruns globais garante que o seu tratamento utilize as mesmas técnicas aplicadas nos melhores hospitais do mundo.
