Airton Stein | Improving Health Quality

Professor Dr Airton Stein has dedicated more than two decades to advancing evidence-based guidelines and improving health quality on a global scale. Airton Tetelbom Stein Graduated in Medicine at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1981), Family Physician at Rio Grande do Sul Health Secretariat, Master Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1989), Master’s degree in Community Health For Developing Countries – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1990) and Doctorate in Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1998). Associate editor of the Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology and the Scientific Journal of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - Clinical Biomedical. Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Scientific Reports, from the Nature group. He was Head of the Department of Public Health and Full Professor of Public Health at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre until January 2025, when he retired. He was Provost of Research and Graduation courses and Head of the Department of Public Health and Full Professor of Public Health at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre until January 2025, when he retired. He was a professor in the Professional Master’s Program in Health Technology Assessment at the Conceição Hospital Group and in the Postgraduate Courses in Health Sciences at UFCSPA. He is still working as a tutor in Information Technology and Management at UFCSPA. He has greatly contributed to teaching and implementing guideline concepts in South America.In recognition of his continued dedication to the guideline community, Airton was awarded an Honorary FGIN in 2024.