João Sequeira Carlos is a family doctor in Portugal, head of General Practice/Family Medicine (GP/FM) Department at Hospital da Luz Lisboa.

He’s also involved in Education and Research currently coordinating the Primary Care Rotation at Católica Medical School in Lisbon.

He has special interest in preventive medicine, social determinants of health, doctor-patient relationship, chronic diseases/multimorbidity management and healthcare policy.

João is a former president of the Portuguese Association of GP/FM – APMGF (2009-2014) where he was previously a junior member in the executive board (2002-2008).

In WONCA collaborative work, João was one the founders and former president of the European Young Family Doctors Movement, previously named Vasco da Gama Movement.

Later on, he was the president of Lisbon’s 2014 WONCA Europe Conference.

Currently, collaborates on behalf of APMGF as co-chair of the Scientific Committee of Lisbon’s 2025 WONCA World Conference.

He also collaborates as co-convenor of WONCA Special Interest Group on Non-Communicable Diseases.

João strongly believes on the power of family doctors to improve health systems and to inspire transforming policies, acting as community leaders and patients’ partners.