Paula Rocha, MD is a multilingual and dedicated physician and medical researcher originally from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Dr. Rocha graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil, and has earned certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) in the USA.
Currently, Dr. Rocha is a medical resident in the esteemed family medicine residency program at UMiami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, the first and oldest in the United States.
She professionally speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish and is passionate about bridging language barriers in healthcare.
She has contributed to a range of publications, a few of which have focused on meta-analyses of treatments for menopause and Parkinson's disease.
Notably, she won the American College of Physicians National Residents and Fellows Abstract Competition in 2025 with a publication on the use of GLP-1 agonists in OSA.