Cassia Portugal, M.D. FAAP

Dr. Portugal graduated from Medical School in 1985 at the School of Medicine and Public Health, in Salvador, Brazil. She completed two pediatric residency programs; one at the Fundacao Hospitalar do Distrito Federal in Brasilia, Brazil and another at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. She is Board Certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is the founder of First Choice Pediatrics, Inc. Special areas of interest are childhood asthma, headaches and infectious diseases. She is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.