Juliana was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she completed her medical and dermatology training.

As a dermatologist, Juliana worked in private practice for two years and was a Visiting Medical Officer to some of the major hospitals in Rio. Juliana also did research in Leishmaniasis at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, an internationally renowned research institute, for six years during her uni years.

Juliana obtained her Masters Degree in Infectious Diseases in Portugal and afterwards moved to Saudi Arabia where she worked as a Dermatologist.

Juliana commenced working in Australia as a Trainee Dermatologist in a rural area of need position in 2015. She was successful in passing the Fellowship examination with the Australasian College of Dermatologists and has been part of our team of professionals at Lotus Dermatology since 2016. Juliana has also been the Principal Investigator in clinical trials in Dermatology at Novatrials since 2021.