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