Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Diagnóstico Oral, de la Facultad de Odontología de Piracicaba-UNICAMP.

FORMACIÓN

• Cirujano-dentista (1995), en la Facultad de Odontología de Araraquara, Universidad Estatal Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho;
• Maestro (1998), en Biología y Patología Buco-Dental de la Universidad Estatal de Campinas;
• Doctor (1999), en Biología y Patología Buco-Dental de la Universidad Estatal de Campinas;
• Post-Doctorado (2002-2004), de la Universidad de Sheffield, Inglaterra.

ÁREAS DE INTERÉS

• AIDS, glándulas salivares, PAAF, tumores odontogénicos e histopatología.

PUBLICACIONES SELECCIONADAS

• Fonseca FP, de Vasconcelos Carvalho M, de Almeida OP, Rangel AL, Takizawa MC, Bueno AG, Vargas PA. Clinicopathologic analysis of 493 cases of salivary gland tumors in a Southern Brazilian population. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2012 Aug;114(2):230-9.
• Fonseca FP, Ramos LM, Vargas PA, de Almeida OP, Lopes MA, Santos-Silva AR. Oral adenosquamous carcinoma: evidence that it arises from the surface mucosal epithelium. Histopathology. 2012 Aug;61(2):321-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04257.x.
• Gueiros LA, Gondak R, Jorge Júnior J, Coletta RD, Carvalho Ade A, Leão JC, de Almeida OP, Vargas PA. Increased number of Langerhans cells in oral lichen planus and oral lichenoid lesions. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2012 May;113(5):661-6. Epub 2012 Apr 12.
• Gondak RO, Alves DB, Silva LF, Mauad T, Vargas PA. Depletion of Langerhans cells in the tongue from patients with advanced-stage acquired immune deficiency syndrome: relation to opportunistic infections. Histopathology. 2012 Feb;60(3):497-503. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04068.x.
• Galvão CF, Gomes CC, Diniz MG, Vargas PA, de Paula AM, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Loyola AM, Gomez RS. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in tumour suppressor genes in benign and malignant mixed odontogenic tumours. J Oral Pathol Med. 2012 May;41(5):389-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2011.01115.x.
• da Silva A, Bingle L, Speight P, Bingle C, Mauad T, da Silva L, Vargas P. PLUNC protein expression in major salivary glands of HIV-infected patients. Oral Dis. 2011 Apr;17(3):258-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01733.x. Epub 2010 Sep 23. PubMed PMID: 20860761.
• Ribeiro AC, Carlos R, Díaz KP, Gouvêa AF, Vargas PA. Bilateral central ossifying fibroma affecting the mandible: report of an uncommon case and critical review of the literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2011 Feb;111(2):e21-6. PubMed PMID: 21237424.
• Lopes MA, Kim HS, Mariano FV, Corrêa MB, Rabelo NT, Vargas PA. Clinico-pathologic conference: case 1. High-grade osteosarcoma (OS) and florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (FCOD). Head Neck Pathol. 2010 Dec;4(4):329-33. Epub 2010 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 21076948; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2996509.
• Romañach MJ, Brasileiro BF, León JE, Alves DB, de Almeida OP, Vargas PA. Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint: case report and review of the literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2011 Mar;111(3):e17-28. PubMed PMID: 21310347.
• Gouvêa AF, Vargas PA, Coletta RD, Jorge J, Lopes MA. Clinicopathological features and immunohistochemical expression of p53, Ki-67, Mcm-2 and Mcm-5 in proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. J Oral Pathol Med. 2010 Jul;39(6):447-52. Epub 2010 Apr 14. PubMed PMID: 20412398.
• Rocha LA, Rizo VH, Romañach MJ, de Almeida OP, Vargas PA. Oral metastasis of alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a case report and review of literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2010 Apr;109(4):587-93. PubMed PMID: 20303057.
• Delgado WA, Almeida OP, Vargas PA, León JE. Oral ulcers in HIV-positive Peruvian patients: an immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study. J Oral Pathol Med. 2009 Jan;38(1):120-5. PubMed PMID: 19192057.
• León JE, Mauad T, Saldiva PH, Almeida OP, Vargas PA. Submandibular and sublingual glands involvement in advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): an autopsy-based study. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2009 Aug;108(2):216-26. Epub 2009 May 22. PubMed PMID: 19464206.
• Altemani A, Vargas PA, Cardinali I, Aguiar SS, Lopes M, Soares AB, Speight PM, Almeida OP. Sebaceous carcinoma of the parotid gland in children: an immunohistochemical and ploidy study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 May;37(5):433-40. PubMed PMID: 18396014.
• Vargas PA, Cheng Y, Barrett AW, Craig GT, Speight PM. Expression of Mcm-2, Ki-67 and geminin in benign and malignant salivary gland tumours. J Oral Pathol Med. 2008 May;37(5):309-18. Epub 2008 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 18248354.
• Vargas PA, Speight PM, Bingle CD, Barrett AW, Bingle L. Expression of PLUNC family members in benign and malignant salivary gland tumours. Oral Dis. 2008 Oct;14(7):613-9. Epub 2008 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 18221458; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2853704.
• Rocha LA, Vargas PA, Silva LF, Leon JE, Santos AB, Hiemstra PS, Mauad T. Expression of secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor in the submandibular glands of AIDS patients. Oral Dis. 2008 Jan;14(1):82-8. PubMed PMID: 18173453.
• Martínez-Mata G, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Carlos-Bregni R, de Almeida OP, Contreras-Vidaurre E, Vargas PA, Cano-Valdéz AM, Domínguez-Malagón H. Odontogenic myxoma: clinico-pathological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural findings of a multicentric series. Oral Oncol. 2008 Jun;44(6):601-7. Epub 2007 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 17996487.
• Philipsen HP, Reichart PA, Siar CH, Ng KH, Lau SH, Zhang X, Dhanuthai K,Swasdison S, Jainkittivong A, Meer S, Jivan V, Altini M, Hazarey V, Ogawa I,Takata T, Taylor AA, Godoy H, Delgado WA, Carlos-Bregni R, Macias JF, Matsuzaka K, Sato D, Vargas PA, Adebayo ET. An updated clinical and epidemiological profile of the adenomatoid odontogenic tumour: a collaborative retrospective study. J Oral Pathol Med. 2007 Aug;36(7):383-93. PubMed PMID: 17617830.
• Vargas PA, da Cruz Perez DE, Mata GM, de Almeida OP, Jones AV, Gerhard R. Fine needle aspiration cytology as an additional tool in the diagnosis of odontogenic keratocyst. Cytopathology. 2007 Dec;18(6):361-6. Epub 2007 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 17388930.
• Vargas PA, Prado FO, Fregnani ER, Perez DE, Lopes MA, de Moraes M, Gerhard R. Fine needle aspiration biopsy in central giant cell lesion: a report of 3 cases. Acta Cytol. 2006 Jul-Aug;50(4):449-54. PubMed PMID: 16901013.
• Leon JE, Mata GM, Fregnani ER, Carlos-Bregni R, de Almeida OP, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Vargas PA. Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 39 cases of Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour: a multicentric study. Oral Oncol. 2005 Sep;41(8):835-42. PubMed PMID: 15979930
• Rangel AL, Coletta RD, Almeida OP, Graner E, Lucena A, Saldiva PH, Vargas PA. Parotid mycobacteriosis is frequently caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in advanced AIDS. J Oral Pathol Med. 2005 Aug;34(7):407-12. PubMed PMID: 16011609.
• de Faria PR, Vargas PA, Saldiva PH, Böhm GM, Mauad T, de Almeida OP. Tongue disease in advanced AIDS. Oral Dis. 2005 Mar;11(2):72-80. PubMed PMID: 15752079.
• Vargas PA, Mauad T, Böhm GM, Saldiva PH, Almeida OP. Parotid gland involvement in advanced AIDS. Oral Dis. 2003 Mar;9(2):55-61. PubMed PMID: 12657029.
• Fregnani ER, Pires FR, Falzoni R, Lopes MA, Vargas PA. Lipomas of the oral cavity: clinical findings, histological classification and proliferative activity of 46 cases. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003 Feb;32(1):49-53. PubMed PMID: 12653233
• Vargas PA, Gerhard R, Araújo Filho VJ, de Castro IV. Salivary gland tumors in a Brazilian population: a retrospective study of 124 cases. Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo. 2002 Nov-Dec;57(6):271-6. Epub 2003 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 12612759.
• Coletta RD, Cotrim P, Almeida OP, Alves VA, Wakamatsu A, Vargas PA. Basaloid squamous carcinoma of oral cavity: a histologic and immunohistochemical study. Oral Oncol. 2002 Oct;38(7):723-9. PubMed PMID: 12167426.
• Vargas PA, Alves FA, Lopes MA, Siqueira SA, Menezes LF, Aldred VL, Almeida OP. Solitary fibrous tumour of the mouth: report of two cases involving the tongue and cheek. Oral Dis. 2002 Mar;8(2):111-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 11991306.
• Vargas PA, Bernardi FD, Alves VA, Gianotti MA, Almeida OP, Saldiva PH, Mauad T. Uncommon histopathological findings in fatal measles infection: pancreatitis,  sialoadenitis and thyroiditis. Histopathology. 2000 Aug;37(2):141-6. PubMed PMID: 10931237.