Specialty
Areas of Differentiation
- Pre-conception care
- Pregnancy monitoring (Normal and High-Risk)
- Fetal pathology
- General gynecology (screening for uterine, ovarian, and breast diseases; contraception; menstrual cycle irregularities; pelvic pain; genital infections; PCOS; reproductive system pathologies: adenomyosis, endometriosis, fibroids, uterine polyps, cysts/masses in adnexal areas)
- Adolescence
- Perimenopause and Menopause
Education / Training
Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine from Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon University, 2005
Postgraduate Training
- National and international courses in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetric Ultrasound, Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Neurosonography, and Medical Genetics
- Courses by the Portuguese Society of Gynecology in Contraception, Endocrine Gynecology, Perimenopause, Menopause, and Osteoporosis, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Breast Pathology, Vulvovaginal Diseases, and Sexuality
- National and international courses in Gynecological Ultrasound
- Courses in Hormonal Modulation (2021 and 2024)
- Training in Health Ethics
- Training in Chorionic Villus Sampling at the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Service of the Institut Clínic de Barcelona, Spain (2014)
- Fellowship in Fetal Medicine at the Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King’s College Hospital, UK (2011)
- Fellowship in Prenatal Diagnosis and Maternal-Fetal Medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center, Bellevue, and Tish Hospitals, USA (2011)
- Fellowship in Prenatal Diagnosis and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa, Portugal (2008 and 2011)
- Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal (2010)
- Fellowship in Gynecological Oncology, IPO Lisbon, Portugal (2010)
Professional Career
- Senior Hospital Assistant in Gynecology and Obstetrics (since 2022)
- Attained Consultant Rank in the Medical Career for Gynecology and Obstetrics (2022)
- Head of the Fetal Pathology Consultation, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (2014–2023)
- Hospital Assistant in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (2014–2023)
- Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics (since 2013)
- Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro-Montijo (2007–2012)
- Medical Internship, Hospital Garcia de Orta (2006)
Scientific Activity
- Participation in over 50 national and international scientific meetings
- Author of clinical protocols and institutional informed consents
- Author and co-author of publications in national and international journals in the specialty
- Author and co-author of posters, presentations, and oral communications at national and international scientific meetings and congresses
Teaching Activity
- Collaborated in training medical students (4th and 6th year) from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Lisbon, foreign Erasmus students, general internship doctors, and residency doctors specializing in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Family Medicine, and Imaging (2014–2023)
- Tutor in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Lisbon (Medicine degree), in 2011.
- Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal School of Health (Nursing degree, 2008–2011)
