PODIATRIST SINCE 2005, GRADUATED FROM THE CESPU (Escola Superior de Saúde de Vale do Sousa) Gandra – Paredes, and entitled with the professional license nº 152, issued by the Portuguese Association of Podiatry (APP – Associação Portuguesa de Podologia);

MASTER DEGREE IN PODOLOGIA CLÍNICA Y QUIRURGICA (UEM) / CLINIC PODIATRY AND PODIATRIC SURGERY, Fellowship in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (at the Temple University), including an internship at hospitals and clinics in the US;
Lecturer at the “IV JORNADAS IBÉRICAS DE PODOLOGIA”, on the theme “Características no membro inferior de um indivíduo portador de PAF”;

Member of the Executive Committee of the “VIII CONGRESSO EUROPEU DE PODOLOGIA E I CONGRESSO NACIONAL DA A.P.P.” organization, under the theme “Uma Dinâmica Europeia” (“An European Dynamic”);

Attendee at the “VI CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE PODOLOGIA E 1AS JORNADAS DE PODIATRIA”, Apr. 2011, Oporto;

Attendee at the “42º CONGRESO NACIONAL DE PODOLOGÍA”, Oct. 2011, Valencia (Spain);

Lecturer at the Seminars “CUIDADOS FARMACÊUTICOS NA PODOLOGIA” (Pharmaceutical care on Podiatry), included in the Program of Internship’s Seminars (Pharmaceutical Sciences Degree) – Instituto Superior de Saúde do Norte;

Attendee at the “TALLER PRÁCTICO DE OSTEOTOMIAS DE MINIMA INCISION SOBRE MODELOS ESQUELÉTICOS”, Apr. 2012, Valencia (Spain);

Attendee at the “VI SEMINARIO PRÁTICO DE CIRUGÍA MAYOR AMBULATORIA EN PODOLOGÍA SOBRE CADAVER” – “Cirurgía Ungial y Digita y Cirugía Metatarsal, Primer Radio y Retropié”, Jun. 2012, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche;

Attendee at the “AÇÃO DE FORMAÇÃO SOBRE HIPERQUERATOSES” (Training on hyperkeratosis), Jul. 2012, Oporto;

Member of the “BRIGADA HUMANITÁRIA DE CIRURGIA PODOLÓGICA, HONDURAS” (HUMANITARIAN BRIGADE OF PODOLOGICAL SURGERY, HONDURAS), Aug. 2012: Carrying out surgeries to people in need in Honduras. Voluntary work carried out with the support of the “Organización Internacional dos Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos” (an association that houses and educates abandoned children aiming for their reintegration into society and making them autonomous);

Attendee at the “43º CONGRESO NACIONAL DE PODOLOGIA”, Oct. 2012, Valladolid (Spain);