University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, United States
Dr. Horta is a neuro-oncologist treating patients with brain and spine cancer at UAMS. She is also the director of the UAMS Adult Neurofibromatosis Clinic, caring for patients with the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1, type 2 and schwannomatosis. Patients with Von-Hippel Lindau and Tuberous Sclerosis are also welcomed in the neuro-oncology clinic. Dr. Horta earned her medical degree at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, where she also served a residency in neurology and completed a clinical fellowship in neuro-immunology. She completed a fellowship in research at the Neuro-immunology Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and a clinical fellowship in neuro-oncology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Horta also served a residency in neurology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.