Founder of UIC - Unidade de Imunologia Clínica (Clinical Immunology Unit) of Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto (CHUP) since 2004 to 2016, when he retired from public functions; he is still working regularly pro bono in the UIC. Full Professor of Medicine at the Medical School Instituto Biomédicas Abel Salazar /CHUP, University of Porto. Coordinator of the hospital Infection Control Committee of CHUP and member of the National Committee against AIDS. Member of Euro-Lupus, Euro-Phospholipid, international Lupus Nephritis Terminology Advisory Group, American College of Rheumatology, Portuguese Immunology Society, Portuguese Internal Medicine Society and of the Consortium of Autoimmune Centers. He and his team participated in international projects as BIOLUPUS, PreciseSADs, T2T in SLE and EULAR Lupus task force. He participated in many congress committees in the field of clinical immunology and rheumatology; he was chair of the 8º European Lupus Meeting, Porto Abril 2011, and honorary president of the 11º Autoimmunity congress, Lisbon 2018. Member elected for the direction of SLEuro, European Lupus Society. He received the first National prize of the Portuguese Internal Medicine Societyb in 2016. Co-author of more than 140 publications in peer review international publications.