Roberto Hegg
MD, PhD
Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Professor Roberto Hegg graduated in 1974 from the Medical University of Mogi das Cruzes. Through his work, he gained a specialist title in gynecology in 1978, and mastology in 1985. He obtained his Masters of Medicine and a PhD from the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) in Brazil in 1983, where he was later appointed as an Associate Professor in 1992. From 1988 to 1996 Dr Hegg acted as a coordinator of the FMUSP medical residency. From 1990 until 1998, Professor Hegg acted as the Director of the Human Health Reference Center and has been the Director of the Gynecological/Breast Oncology Research & Studies Center since 1990.
He is the principal investigator on several global clinical trials in breast and gynecological cancer – covering Phase I-III trials, in more than 120 studies. He has published several articles in international, renowned journals and is a member of many breast cancer societies, including ASCO, ESMO and the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations (FEBRASGO). Professor Hegg is currently the Director of the Perola Oncology Research Center in Brazil.