ValentinaMetsavaht CaraMDMS(She/Her)

Psychiatry • Homestead, FL

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Psychiatrist

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Office
950 N Krome Ave
Ste 401
Homestead, FL 33030
Phone+1 305-248-0874

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

9 citations
An fMRI study of inhibitory control and the effects of exposure to violence in Latin-American early adolescents: alterations in frontoparietal activation and performance
Valentina Metsavaht Cará, Nathalia Bianchini Esper, Lucas Araújo de Azeredo, Victoria Iochpe, Nicole Prigol Dalfovo
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2019-10-01
11 citations
Violence 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
8 citations
Decoupling of the Occipitotemporal Cortex and the Brain’s Default-Mode Network in Dyslexia and a Role for the Cingulate Cortex in Good Readers: A Brain Imaging Study o...
Augusto Buchweitz, Adriana Corrêa Costa, Rudineia Toazza, Ana Bassôa de Moraes, Valentina Metsavaht Cará
Developmental Neuropsychology. 2019-01-01

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Other Languages

Portuguese, German, Spanish