Eric Vinícius Ávila Pires, MD, MSc, is a Brazilian family physician specialized in family medicine preceptorship who works for Abertta Saúde. He is a member of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, where he earned his MSc and is pursuing a PhD in Health Sciences. He obtained his medical degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and completed his family medicine training at the Odilon Behrens Metropolitan Hospital, Brazil. Additionally, he specialized in family medicine preceptorship at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is a former coordinator of the Health and Spirituality Working Group (2019-2021) at the Brazilian Society of Family Medicine. His research interests include the relationship between spirituality/religiosity and health, empirical investigations into spiritual experiences (primarily claims of past-life memories), communication skills, and evidence-based medicine among family physicians.