Karina Tozatto Maio, M.D., Ph.D. | Hematology & Oncology Faculty Recruitment Seminar

"Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization in Sickle Cell Disease: From Challenges to a Novel Clinical Approach"

Speaker:

Karina Tozatto Maio, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Hematologist & Researcher
University of São Paulo

About Karina Tozatto Maio:

Dr. Tozatto Maio earned her medical degree at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil and completed internal medicine residency training at the University of São Paulo. She also completed a dual doctorate through the University of São Paulo and the Université Paris-Cité, conducting translational research in hematology and innovative cellular therapies.

Dr. Maio serves as an attending physician in the Department of Hematology at the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo and as a clinical research physician at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, where she is involved in initiatives advancing gene therapy for sickle cell disease. After spending time in Paris as a research physician with Eurocord, she has maintained an active international research collaboration focused on novel cellular and gene-based treatments for hematologic disorders. Her research interests include gene therapy in hemoglobinopathies, hematopoietic cell mobilization, inflammation in sickle cell disease, and other rare blood disorders.