Dr. Ana Carolina Puga, the Mother of Aesthetic Biomedicine, has been a biomedical scientist since 1996. A graduate of Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, she worked in hemotherapy at the Blood Banks of Ribeirão Preto, Guarulhos, and Santos before opening the Ana Puga clinic chain.
She is the forerunner and pioneer of Aesthetic Biomedicine and Aesthetic Health in Brazil. She created and presented a project on the role of biomedical scientists in aesthetics to the Federal Council of Biomedicine (CFBM, Brazil's professional council for biomedicine), which she defended in a plenary session, and the council approved it on October 10, 2010. In the same period, she founded the Brazilian Society of Aesthetic Biomedicine (SBBME), an organization that fights for the rights of aesthetic biomedical professionals.
Followed by her postgraduate students in Aesthetic Nursing and Aesthetic Pharmacy, she built a critical mass of specialist professionals who followed her example, mobilizing their respective Professional Councils to recognize Aesthetic Health as a qualification.
She is also the sponsoring owner, general director, and co-owner of Faculdade Nepuga, a higher education institution present in 28 Brazilian cities that has already trained more than 33,000 qualified professionals in aesthetic and integrative health. Dr. Ana Carolina Puga is President and Founder of ABRASEI (Brazilian Association of Integrative Aesthetic Health).
She was also a member of the Aesthetic Biomedicine Committee and of the Regional Council of Biomedicine, CRBM-1. She teaches and coordinates short courses and postgraduate programs in aesthetic health. She is regularly invited to give lectures and take part in events on aesthetic health and integrative health.
She is widely acclaimed by health professionals and university students, who see her as a professional reference and inspiration.
Short Résumé
- Pioneer of Aesthetic Biomedicine in Brazil (Mother of Aesthetic Biomedicine);
- Forerunner of Aesthetic Health in Brazil (Aesthetic Nursing, Aesthetic Pharmacy, and Aesthetic Dentistry emerged from her former students);
- Developed and patented the PROTOCOLO DE REJUVENESCIMENTO FACIAL COM TOXINA BOTULÍNICA® methodology (facial rejuvenation protocol with botulinum toxin);
- Developed and patented the PugaCode® – Botulinum Toxin methodology;
- Founder, Sponsoring Owner, and General Director of the Higher Education Institution: Faculdade Nepuga (2018-present);
- Founder and Director of the ANAPUGA Clinic Chain (2018-present);
- Coordinator of Lato Sensu Postgraduate Programs in Aesthetic Biomedicine, Aesthetic Pharmacy, Aesthetic Nursing, and Aesthetic Health at Grupo Faculdade Nepuga (2018-present);
- Speaker on Aesthetic and Integrative Health (2016-present);
- Council member of the Regional Council of Biomedicine CRBM-1 (2015-present);
- CEO and co-owner of NEPUGA USA Anatomy Cadaver Training (2015-present);
- Founder and Academic Director of Instituto NEPUGA Pós-Graduação (2010-present);
- Founding President of the Brazilian Society of Aesthetic Biomedicine – SBBME (2010-present);
- Speaker on Biomedicine Applied to Aesthetic Health (2010-present);
- Coordinator of Lato Sensu Postgraduate Programs in Aesthetic Biomedicine, Aesthetic Nursing, Aesthetic Pharmacy, and Aesthetic Health at Grupo FCGB/ UNICENID/Lusófona (2014-2019);
- Founder and Director of the ACorPoralle Clinic Chain (2005-2018);
- Member of the Aesthetic Biomedicine Committee of CFBM-1 (2016);
- Postgraduate program in Nutritional Adequacy and Maintenance of Endocrine Homeostasis – Prevention and Treatment of Age-Related Diseases, Grupo Sintonia/Uningá (2015-2017);
- Coordinator of the Lato Sensu Postgraduate Program in Aesthetic Biomedicine, Aesthetic Pharmacy, and Aesthetic Health – NEPUGA/CESVA (2012-2015);
- Coordinator of the first Aesthetic Biomedicine Committee of the Regional Council of Biomedicine – CRBM-1 (2011-2012);
- Master of Health Sciences from Faculdade de Medicina dos Santos Lusíada (2003);
- Full professor of Blood Bank / Hemotherapy courses at Fundação Lusíada (2000-2005);
- Full professor of Biosafety courses at Fundação Lusíada (2000-2005);
- Full professor of Hematology courses at Fundação Lusíada (2000-2005);
- Internship supervisor at the Fundação Lusíada Blood Bank (2000-2005);
- Biomedical Supervisor of the Hemotherapy Service at Hemognoses – Santos – SP (1997-2003);
- Postgraduate program in Hemotherapy / Hematology – USP-RP, Universidade de São Paulo (1997);
- Undergraduate degree in Biomedicine from Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá (1996).
