Dr Vidal is an Infectious Disease specialist at the Neurology Service of Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, and the Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. He obtained his medical degree at the Facultad de Medicina de "San Fernando" of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, and completed further studies at Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas and at the Facultad de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil. Dr Vidal obtained his PhD degree in Public Health Infectious Diseases. He is a consultant to the Ministry of Health of Brazil and World Health Organization. Dr. Vidal has a particular research interest in HIV-related neurologic opportunistic infections, HIV-related systemic mycoses, and antiretroviral therapy.
