Dr. Pereira obtained his veterinary degree in 2008 from the Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil.
From 2008 to 2011 he completed three years of clinical training in food animals health and reproduction at the University of Florida and Cornell University.
In 2015 he completed his Ph.D. degree at Cornell University with a focus on Epidemiology, Genomics, and Statistics. Since 2015 Dr. Pereira has been a faculty at the University of California Davis, where he is an Associate Professor and a clinician in the Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service, and since 2021 the Service Chief for the Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service.
Dr. Pereira is board-certified in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM).