Positions and Honors
– PhD degree in Internal Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
– Attending Physician at the Pediatric Pulmonology Service of the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG)
– Attending Physician at the Emergency Service of the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG)
– Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Maternal and Child Health at IPPMG/UFRJ
– Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
– Coordinator of the Pediatrics Discipline at UERJ
– Board certified in Pediatrics – Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP)
– Board certified – Pediatric Pulmonology – Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, Brazilian Society of Pulmonology and Phthisiology
Main research areas:
- Diagnostic methods for tuberculosis in childhood and adolescence
- Asthma in childhood and adolescence
- Tuberculosis in children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases
- Pulmonary function tests in post-BMT graft-versus-host disease
- Community-acquired pneumonia in childhood
Main publications
1. LIMA, L. M. ; Aurilio, Rafaela Baroni; BAZHUNI POMBO SANT`ANNA, MARIA DE FÁTIMA ; PARENTE, A. A. A. I. ; FONSECA, A. R.; SANT’ ANNA, C. C. . Tuberculosis in children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases using biologic agents: an integrative review. REVISTA PAULISTA DE PEDIATRIA (ONLINE), v. 42, p. e2022084, 2023.
2. GUNASEKERA, KENNETH S MARCY, OLIVIER MUÑOZ, JOHANNA LOPEZ-VARELA, ELISA SEKADDE, MOORINE P FRANKE, MOLLY F BONNET, MARYLINE AHMED, SHAKIL AMANULLAH, FARHANA ANWAR, ALIYA AUGUSTO, ORVALHO Aurilio, Rafaela Baroni BANU, SAYERA BATOOL, IRAJ BRANDS, ANNEMIEKE CAIN, KEVIN P CARRATALÁ-CASTRO, LUCÍA CAWS, MAXINE CLICK, ELEANOR S CRANMER, LISA M GARCÍA-BASTEIRO, ALBERTO L HESSELING, ANNEKE C HUYNH, JULIE KABIR, SENJUTI LECCA, LEONID , et al. ; Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis. LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH, v. 7, p. 336, 2023.
3. CHIANG, S. S. GRAHAM, S. M. SCHAAF, H. S. MARAIS, B. J. SANT’ANNA, C. C. SHARMA, S. STARKE, J. R. TRIASIH, R. ACHAR, J. AMANULLAH, F. ARMITAGE, L. Y. AURILIO, R. B.BUCK, W. C. CENTIS, R. CHABALA, C. CRUZ, A. T. DEMERS, A.-M. DU PREEZ, K. ENIMIL, A. FURIN, J. GARCIA-PRATS, A. J. GONZALEZ, N. E. HODDINOTT, G. ISAAKIDIS, P. JAGANATH, D. , et al.; Clinical standards for drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE, v. 27, p. 584-598, 2023.
4. AURÍLIO, R.B.; FERREIRA, S.; PARENTE, A. A. A. I. ; SANTANNA, M. F. B. ; PEREIRA, C. S. ; MALAQUIAS, THIAGO DA SILVA SANTOS ; KRITSKI, AFRÂNIO LINEU ; SANTANNA, C. C. . Gene-Xpert Ultra for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents. REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SÃO PAULO, v. 64, p. e:12, 2022.
5. DO NASCIMENTO MAIA, PAULA; BAZHUNI POMBO SANT?ANNA, MARIA DE FÁTIMA ; PARENTE, ANA ALICE AMARAL IBIAPINA ; BARONI AURILIO, RAFAELA; ALBINO SERVILHA SILVA, BEATRIZ ; LUIZ, RONIR RAGGIO ; SANT?ANNA, CLEMAX COUTO . Correlation of digital flow peak with spirometry in children with and without asthma. JOURNAL OF ASTHMA, p. 1-7, 2022.
6. CARDOSO, CLAUDETE APARECIDA ARAÚJO ; ROSSONI, ANDREA MACIEL DE OLIVEIRA ; REZENDE, JOANA MORAES DE ; Aurilio, Rafaela Baroni; SANTOS, ROBERTA JAIME FERREIRA LIMA DOS ; FERRARINI, MARIA APARECIDA GADIANI ; KRITSKI, AFRANIO LINEU ; MARTIN, ANANDI ; SANT?ANNA, CLEMAX COUTO . String test: a potentially useful tool in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Brazilian children and adolescents. REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SÃO PAULO, v. 64, p. e27, 2022.
7. ALEXANDRINO DE SOUZA PINHEIRO1, MICHELY; BARONI AURILIO, RAFAELA; ALICE AMARAL IBIAPINA PARENTE, ANA ; DE FÁTIMA BAZHUNI POMBO SANT’ANNA, MARIA ; CRISTINA CISNE FROTA, ANA ; BARROSO HOFER2, CRISTINA ; FERNANDES DE ABREU, THALITA ; FERREIRA, SIDNEI ; COUTO SANT’ANNA, CLEMAX . Clinical forms and diagnosis of tuberculosis in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (Online), v. 48, p. e20220240, 2022.