Elisa Mieko Suemitsu Higa graduated from Medical School in São Paulo, Brazil. After obtaining the Master and PhD degree at the Nephrology Division of Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), she has been at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado, USA, for a Post Doctoral Program. Currently, she works at UNIFESP as an Associate Professor of Medicine Department, where she is the Supervisor for the 6th year students from Medical School, at the Emergency Division (Internship). She is the Chief of Nitric Oxide and Oxidative Stress Laboratory and is involved in the Translational Medicine and Nephrology Post graduation Programs. She is an elected member of Physiology/ Physiopathology Department of Brazilian Society of Nephrology. She served as a peer reviewer for Scientific Journals like PLOS ONE, Nitric oxide, ETAP and Medical Principles and Practice. Elisa Mieko Suemitsu Higa graduated from Medical School in São Paulo, Brazil. After obtaining the Master and PhD degree at the Nephrology Division of Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), she has been at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado, USA, for a Post Doctoral Program. Currently, she works at UNIFESP as an Associate Professor of Medicine Department, where she is the Supervisor for the 6th year students from Medical School, at the Emergency Division (Internship). She is the Chief of Nitric Oxide and Oxidative Stress Laboratory and is involved in the Translational Medicine and Nephrology Post graduation Programs. She is an elected member of Physiology/ Physiopathology Department of Brazilian Society of Nephrology. She served as a peer reviewer for Scientific Journals like PLOS ONE, Nitric oxide, ETAP and Medical Principles and Practice.

Nephrology