New faculty spotlight: Vinicius Ernani, M.D.

Vinicius Ernani, M.D.

Vinicius Ernani, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Vinicius Ernani, M.D.
  • Hometown: Lages-Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • New title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology/Hematology

Professional interests:

  • Small cell lung cancer
  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Head and neck cancers

Research interests:

  • Targeted therapy for lung cancer
  • Genomic alterations in small cell lung cancer

How I fell in love with lung cancer treatment:
I had superb role models and mentorship within the thoracic department at Emory University that inspired me to pursue a lung cancer career.

Degrees

  • M.D, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Internal medicine residency, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami
  • Hematology/oncology fellowship, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta

Memberships:

  • ASCO
  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I enjoy listening to music.
  • I enjoy traveling.
  • I enjoy playing soccer.