Yuri Chaves Martins earned, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, an MD (2009) and a PhD in Immunology (2012). He completed his medical residency in anesthesiology and fellowship in chronic pain management at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Yuri Chaves Martins is now an Assistant Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. His work has resulted in numerous publications, presentations, lectures, and courses. His research interests include neuromodulation, chronic pain, acute pain, anesthesiology, malaria, and cerebral malaria.