PhD and associate professor in Orthopaedics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto.

Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto.

 

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (head of Orthopaedics, postgraduate course in Sports Medicine and optional course in Sports Traumatology).

Director of the Postgraduate Course in Rehabilitation in Exercise and Sports Medicine at FMUP.

Graduate Assistant in Orthopaedics at São João Hospital, Porto.

Head of the Shoulder Unit at São João Hospital (Teaching Centre SECEC).

Head of Orthopaedic Department at Hospital Fernando Pessoa (2023–2025). 

Internships in knee and shoulder surgery at the Mayo Clinic and Cincinnati Sports Medicine Centre (USA).

Coordinator of the Sports Medicine and Performance Unit at Hospital Cuf Trindade Porto. 

 

Member of the Board of the Portuguese Knee Society.

Member of the Board of the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT - 2011).

Mastering Health Care Finance (Harvard Medical International).

Reviewer for the Portuguese Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – RPOT.

Associate Editor of the Porto Biomedical Journal. 

 

Founding member of the Portuguese Knee Society.

Member of the Knee and Shoulder sections of the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and the Portuguese Society of Arthroscopy.

Accredited member of SECEC (European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery).

 

Prof. Carlos Lima Award (best research article in the field of Orthopaedics in 2006).

 

Areas of Specialisation:

› Knee Surgery

› Shoulder Surgery

› Arthroscopy

› Sports Trauma

› Joint Replacement