Head of the Department of Gastroenterology of Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira. Phd in Medicine, by University of Minho - Portugal (2015); Hepatology Subspecialty, by the Portuguese Medical Association (2005); Gastroenterology Specialty, by the Portuguese Medical Association (1991); Resident at the Erasme Hospital (Free University of Brussels) and Gasthuisberg Hospital (Catholic University of Leuven) – Belgium (1989).Complementary Internship in Gastroenterology, Santa Maria Hospital - Lisbon; MD by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (1983).