Positions and Honors
– Professor of the Postgraduate Program of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
– Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Maternal and Child Health at the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – 2024-2026
– PhD in Internal Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in 2020
– Master’s degree (MSc) in Internal Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in 2013
– Adjunct Professor of the Department of Pediatrics of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
– Attending physician at the Pediatric Rheumatology Service at the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
– Board certified in Pediatric Rheumatology – Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP), Brazilian Society of Rheumatology (SBR) and Brazilian Medical Association (AMB)
– Secretary of the Scientific Department of Pediatric Rheumatology of the Society of Pediatrics of the State of Rio de Janeiro (SOPERJ) and Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP), from 2022 to present.
– President of the Scientific Department of Pediatric Rheumatology of the Society of Pediatrics of the State of Rio de Janeiro (SOPERJ), from 2019 to 2021.
– Executive Board of the Rheumatology Society of Rio de Janeiro (2023-2024)
– Permanent Young Professor of the Postgraduate Program of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
– Member of PRINTO (Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization)
– Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PRES) Lupus Working Group and Vasculitis Working Group
– Member of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Study Group of PANLAR (Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology), since 2023
Main research areas:
- Pediatric Rheumatology
- Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases in childhood
Main publications
1. FONSECA AR, Gaspar-Elsas MIC, Land MGP, de Oliveira SKF. Comparison between three systems of classification criteria in juvenile systemic lupus erythematous. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2015;54(2): 241-7.
2. FONSECA AR, Rodrigues MCF, Sztajnbok FR, Land MGP, de Oliveira SKF. Comparison among ACR1997, SLICC and the new EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. Adv Rheumatol. 2019; 59(1):20.
3. FONSECA AR, Rodrigues MCF, Sztajnbok FR, Land MGP, de Oliveira SKF. Does leukopenia influence performance of the new EULAR/ACR classification criteria in an afro-descendent population with childhood-onset SLE? Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020; 72(4): 694-695.
4. FONSECA AR, Sztajnbok F, Rodrigues M, de Oliveira SK, Land MGP. Comment on: Limited sensitivity and specificity of the ACR/EULAR-2019 classification criteria for SLE in JSLE? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021;61(1):e25-e26.
5. Sztajnbok F, Fonseca AR, Campos LR, Lino K, Rodrigues MCF, Silva RM, de Almeida RG, Perazzio SF, Carvalho MFF. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and macrophage activation syndrome: two rare sides of the same devastating coin. Adv Rheumatol. 2024;64(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s42358-024-00370-2.
6. Lima LM, Fonseca AR, Sant’Anna CC, Parente AAAI, Aurilio RB, Sant’Anna MFBP. Tuberculosis among children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases – case series. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2023 Nov 10;21(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00918-4.
7. Dorf SR, Fonseca AR, Sztajnbok FR, Oliveira TRD, Basttistella LR.The state of the art in therapeutic administration of botulinum toxin in children with cerebral palsy: an integrative review. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2024;42:e2023093. doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/2024/42/2023093.
8. Nagem Lopes LP, da Cunha LG, Silva ARO, Land MGP, Fonseca AR, Lopes LC, Lima EC. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome drug treatment in countries with different income profiles: a scoping review. Front Pharmacol. 2023;14:1228986. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1228986.
9. Chalhoub NE, Wenderfer SE, Levy DM, Rouster-Stevens K, Aggarwal A, Savani SI, Ruth NM, Arkachaisri T, Qiu T, Merritt A, Onel K, Goilav B, Khubchandani RP, Deng J, Fonseca AR, et al; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Lupus Nephritis Work Group and the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society Lupus Working Party. International Consensus for the Dosing of Corticosteroids in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Proliferative Lupus Nephritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022;74(2):263-273.
10. Cíntia Barros Santos-Rebouças, Rafael Mina Piergiorge, Cristina dos Santos Ferreira, Raquel de Seixas Zeitel, Alexandra Lehmkuhl Gerber, Marta Cristine Felix Rodrigues, Ana Paula de Campos Guimarães, Rodrigo Moulin Silva, Adriana Rodrigues Fonseca, Rangel Celso Souza, Ana Tereza Antunes Monteiro de Souza, Átila Duque Rossi, Luís Cristóvão Moraes Sobrino Porto, Cynthia Chester Cardoso, Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos. Host genetic susceptibility underlying SARS-CoV-2-associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Brazilian Children. Mol Med. 2022;28(1):153.doi: 10.1186/s10020-022-00583-5.
11. Mario Sestan , Nastasia Kifer , Betul Sozeri , Ferhat Demir , Kadir UluClovis A Silva, Reinan T Campos , Ezgi Deniz Batu, Oya Koker, Matej Sapina, SasaSrsen Martina Held , Alenka Gagro , Adriana Rodrigues Fonseca , Marta Rodrigues , Donato Rigante , Giovanni Filocamo , Francesco Baldo , Merav Heshin-Bekenstein , Teresa Giani, Janne Kataja , Marijan Frkovic , Nicolino Ruperto , Seza Ozen , Marija Jelusic; Vasculitis Working Party of the Pediatric RheumatologyEuropean Society (PReS) . Clinical features, treatment and outcome of pediatric patients with severe cutaneous manifestations in IgA vasculitis: Multicenter international study.Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2023;61:152209. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152209.