Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1998
- United States Medical Licence Examination (USMLE), 2003
- Specialist Degree in Gastroenterology, 2006
- Consultant Degree in Gastroenterology, 2015
- Healthcare Management Program, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 2016
- Doctorate in Medicine, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, 2020
Professional Career
- General Internship, Garcia de Orta Hospital (1999-2000)
- Specific Training Internship in Gastroenterology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Lisbon (2001-2005)
- Gastroenterologist at Hospital da Luz Torres de Lisboa (since 2006) and Hospital da Luz Lisboa (since 2021)
- Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Medical University of South Carolina - USA (2004-2005)
- Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Institut Paolli Clamettes, Marseille, France (2008)
- Master Class Program in Endoscopic Ultrasound, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2014)
- European Society of Gastroenterology Scholarship in ERCP, Rome (2014)
- Advanced training in ERCP, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon (2013-2016)
- SPED, LPCC, and FLAD scholarships for digestive endoscopy internships
- Principal investigator of the study Differential diagnosis of pancreatic cysts by NMR spectroscopy, awarded the LPCC/Terry Fox Oncology Research Scholarship (2021-2022)
- Scientific studies in the field of pancreatic oncology in collaboration with the Health Sciences Research Center of the University of Beira Interior (CICS-UBI), Department of Life Sciences of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the New University of Lisbon (FCT-UNL), and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
- Received 9 awards for papers presented at conferences, 6 as first author
- She has 26 publications in national and international scientific journals, more than 50 oral presentations, and more than 50 poster presentations at national and international scientific meetings.
- She belongs to four national and international scientific societies.
- Member of the Board of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology (2010-2012).
- Member of the Organizing Committee of Digestive Week (2011).
- Member of the Editorial Board of GE - Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology since 2010 and reviewer for Acta Médica Portuguesa (2010).