Joana Boto Fernandes

Invited Teaching Assistant

Bio

Participation at FM-UCP

  • SkillsLab Assistant

Fields of Activity

  • Infectious Diseases / Multidrug-resistant Microorganisms / Travel Medicine

Professional Activity

  • Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Católica (FM-UCP)
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL)
  • Hospital das Forças Armadas (Lisbon)

Education

  • 1994-2000 — Medical Degree, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
  • 2004 — Master in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon

Postgraduate Qualifications

  • 2001 — Tropical Medicine Course, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
  • 2002 — Travel Medicine Course, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
  • 2022 — VIII Postgraduate Course in Aeronautical Medicine, Portuguese Air Force
  • 2022 — Cross of St. George Medal, Second Class, Portuguese Armed Forces
  • 2024 — Competence in Infection Control and Rational Use of Antibiotics (CIURA), Ordem dos Médicos

Summary of Professional Career

  • 2001-2002 — General Internship, Hospital Pulido Valente
  • 2003-2008 — Complementary Internship in Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital de Santa Maria
  • 2003-2018 — Hospital Assistant, Infectious Diseases Service, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE
  • 2018-present — Senior Hospital Assistant, Center for Epidemiology and Preventive Intervention, Hospital das Forças Armadas
  • 2024-present — Infection Control Committee, Hospital das Forças Armadas, Lisbon branch

Languages

Portuguese | English | Spanish | French | German

Other Interests

  • Can't sit still
  • Love traveling
  • Family, friends, chaos
  • Laugh, laugh, laugh