Valentina Metsavaht Cara MD MS (She/Her)
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychiatrist
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950 N Krome AveSte 401Homestead, FL 33030
Phone+1 305-248-0874
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Summary
- Dr. Valentina Metsavaht Cara is a psychiatrist in Homestead, FL and is affiliated with Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She received her medical degree from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil, and did her Psychiatry training at Jackson Health System / University of Miami, where she also completed one year of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship. She speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and a little bit of German.
Education & Training
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2022 - 2023- University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 2018 - 2022
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulMaster of Science, Medicine and Neuroscience , 2016 - 2018
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do SulClass of 2015, MD
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsDifficult-to-Treat Aggression in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Did We Miss Something? Bipolar Disorder As a Comorbid Psychiatric Condition in Autism Spectrum ...Michelle Zaydlin, Valentina Metsavaht Cara, Yasin Bez, Barbara J Coffey
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2022-11-01 - 9 citationsAn fMRI study of inhibitory control and the effects of exposure to violence in Latin-American early adolescents: alterations in frontoparietal activation and performanceValentina Metsavaht Cará, Nathalia Bianchini Esper, Lucas Araújo de Azeredo, Victoria Iochpe, Nicole Prigol Dalfovo
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2019-10-01 - 11 citationsViolence and Latin-American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels.Augusto Buchweitz, Lucas Araújo de Azeredo, Breno Sanvicente-Vieira, Valentina Metsavaht Cará, Nathalia Bianchini Esper
Developmental Science. 2019-09-01
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Other Languages
- Portuguese, German, Spanish
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