Positions

Professor

Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Research Education

The Menninger Clinic

Director of Medical Student Education

The Menninger Clinic

Education

MD from Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medicine

Sao Paulo, Brazil

PhD from Federal University of Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Residency at Federal University of Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas United States

Residency at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas United States

Certifications

Board Certified

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Statement

Dr. Sanches is a board-certified psychiatrist with specific interests in mood disorders, psychopathology, and medical education. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, and an Attending Psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, where he is also the Director of Research Education and the Director of Medical Student Education. Prior to joining Baylor, Dr. Sanches was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the UT Health McGovern Medical School, the Director of the Research Track Psychiatry Residency Program, and the Associate Director of the UT Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders. He originally completed my psychiatric training in Brazil and started his academic career at his alma mater, where he occupied different leadership positions, having worked as a residency director, undergraduate course director, and division chief. After moving to the United States, he completed a new residency training at UT Health Houston, and achieved board-certification in the US. Dr. Sanches has extensive teaching and research experience, having authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, as well as numerous book chapters and abstracts. His previous and current activities reflect his different interests in mood disorders, psychopathology, and medical education. Dr. Sanches is also very interested in the limits between psychopathology and normality, having lectured often at local, national, and international meetings on different topics, including mood disorders, psychopathology, and the interface between psychiatry, humanities, and creativity. He is currently an Associate Editor of the journals Minerva Psychiatry and Debates in Psychiatry and is on the editorial board of several journals, including Psychopathology and the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Websites

Memberships

American Psychiatric Association

Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians

American Medical Association

Skills

Mood Disorders

Psychopathology

Medical Education

Research Education