Positions and Awards
2025
Stanford World's Top 2% Scientific list
Maestro de la Flebologia, Foro Venoso Mexicano
President, European Society for Vascular Surgery
2025
President, European Society for Vascular Surgery
2024
President, 31st World Congress of the International Union of Angiology
President, International Union of Angiology
Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England
2024
Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England
2024
Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England
2023
President, Northern Regional Assembly, Portuguese Medical Association
Honorary Member, CEFyL of Sociedad Espanola de Angiología y Cirurgía Vascular
Honorary Member, Hellenic Angiological Society
President, Section of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Portuguese Medical Association
Deputy President Elect, European Society for Vascular Surgery
2022
Director of the Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery at the São João University Hospital
Honorary Member, International Union of Angiology
Platinum Examiner, UEMS Section and Board of Vascular Surgery
2022
Platinum Examiner, UEMS Section and Board of Vascular Surgery
2021
President elect, International Union of Angiology
Best International Scientific Contribution, SPACV Award
President, International Union of Angiology European Chapter
2020
EVST Training Center
Best International Scientific Contribution, SPACV Award
2019
President, Portuguese Society of Phlebology
UEMS Accreditation as European Rotating Centre of Phlebology
2019
UEMS Accreditation as European Rotating Centre of Phlebology
Best International Scientific Publication, SPACV Award
Best International Scientific Contribution, SPACV Award
2018
Editor in Chief, International Angiology Journal
President, Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery (SPACV)
2018
President, Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery (SPACV)
President, EVF International Relations Committee
2017
Member, Moynihan Club
Honorary Member, Societat Catalana d’Angiologia, Cirurgia Vascular I Endovascular
2016
President, European Venous Forum
2015
President of the LOC Annual Meeting, European Society for Vascular Surgery
2014
Council Member, International Union of Angiology
2013
Chairman, Porto Vascular Conference
2013
Chairman, Porto Vascular Conference
Council Member, Mediterranean League of Angiology and Vascular Surgery
Honorary Member, The Vascular Society for Great Britain and Ireland
2011
Section Editor, Reviews in Vascular Medicine
2009
Secretary General, UEMS Section and Board of Vascular Surgery
Council Member, European Society for Vascular Surgery
2006
Executive Committee, College of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Portuguese Medical Association
2005
Council Member, Union International de Phlébologie
2003
Examiner, UEMS Section and Board of Vascular Surgery
2002
FEBVS - Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery, UEMS
2001
Research Grant, European Society for Vascular Surgery
2000
Research Award, International Society for CardioVascular Surgery
Research Grant, European Society for Vascular Surgery