Medical Degree - Faculty of Medicine University of Porto - 1983-1989 Cardiology Consultant - Cardiology Department of Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - 1998 Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology - Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse - 2002-2003 Sub-specially in Interventional Cardiology- 2008 Invited Associated Professor of Cardiology, ICBAS since 2007 Areas of interest - CHIP - CTO´s, LM, Bifurcation, Calcified lesions, MVD and LVD...; IVL; BRS and intravascular imaging. LAA closure CTO Proctor Chairman of the Board of APIC - 2017-2019 Chairman of the Board of APIC - 2019-2021 Member of National Societies &International Affairs Committee of EAPCI 2018-2020 Representative of Portugal in EAPCI Atlas Representative of Portugal in Euro4C group Honorary Member of SBHCI - Sociedade Brasileira de Hemodinamica e Cardiologia Intervencionista - 2019 head of Cath Lab CHUP - Hospital Santo Antonio, Porto