Medical Doctor, specialized in Laboratory Medicine, head of the Clinical Pathology Department from Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental and current president of the Portuguese Society of Laboratory Medicine. Former head of the Immunology Laboratory in the Clinical Pathology Department, Director of the Hospital Quality Department and Clinical Director of the hospital (Administration board). Former monitor o Biology and Biochemistry of the Luanda University (Angola), junior researcher in the Biophysics Unit of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, “Médecin Résident Étranger at the Hospices Civils de Lyon – Unité d’Immunocytologie du Laboratoire d’Hématologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpital Édouard Hérriot and assistant at the Laboratory Medicine unit of the Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Main scientific interests are Proteins, Autoimmunity, Laboratory Quality (Statistical Process Control and Quality Assurance) and test performance evaluation.