Professional experience

2002-2003: General Residency, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

2004-2009: Residency in Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisbon, Portugal

2008 (Sept-Dec): Vascular Surgery Endovascular Fellowship, Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasums University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2010 (Feb): Vascular Surgery National Examination, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Classification: 19/20) 

2010-present: Vascular Surgery Specialist, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisbon, Portugal 

2010 (Sept): Vascular Surgery European Board Exam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Classification: Approved)

2013-2015: Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery – NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal

2015 (April): Doctoral degree cum laude with the thesis entitled: “Endovascular aortic repair: clarifying risk factors, complications and follow-up strategies”, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

2016-present: Examiner of the European Board of Vascular Surgery examination

Current positions

Vascular Surgeon at Hospital de Santa Marta, CHLC, Lisbon, Portugal (since 2010)

Auxiliary Professor of Vascular Surgery, NOVA Medical School, NOVA University, Lisbon (since 2015)

Secretary General of the Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery (since 2016)

VASCUNET sub-Committee Member (since 2016)

EJVES Editorial Board Member (since 2016)

ESVS Guideline Committee Member (since 2018)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Portuguese Registry of Vascular Procedures (since 2019)

National representative at the European Board of Vascular Surgery – UEMS (since 2019)

Past positions

2010-2016: Coordinator of the Vascular Biology Working Group - Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery

2012-2016: Associate Editor of the Portuguese Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Membership of scientific organisations

2005-present: Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery

2007-present: European Society of Vascular Surgery