Paulo Ricardo Gazzola Zen holds a medical degree from the Federal University of Pelotas, a medical residency in Pediatrics at the Ernesto Dornelles Hospital and a Medical Genetics from the Federal University of Medical Sciences Foundation (FFFCMPA), a Masters in Genetics and Biology Molecular by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and PhD in Pathology by the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA). He is currently a partner of Brazilian Society of Medical Genetics. Associate Professor, Counselor at the PPGs Pathology and Pediatrics at UFCSPA. He was General Coordinator of Research of the UFCSPA from 2013 to 2017. Producer in Research Productivity level 2 of CNPq. He acts as an ad hoc reviewer for agencies such as FAPERGS, CNPq, Pernambuco State Science and Technology Support Foundation, SISC & T and RGS 'Secretariat for Science, Innovation and Technological Development. Member of the Editorial Board and reviewer of national and international journals. He has experience in Medicine, with an emphasis on Clinical Genetics, working mainly on the following topics: rare diseases, cytogenetics, microdeletions, congenital heart disease, and dysmorphology.