Medical docter in Hospital de Braga since 1987. Coordenator of the Pediatric Gastrenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit in Hospital de Braga, since 1996. Sub-specialist in GI by medical Portuguese board since 2004. Coordenator of the Adolescent Unit in Hospital de Braga, since 1999, "sub-specialist" in Adolescent Medicine since 2018. Coordenator of NHACJR in Hospital de Braga since 1996. The Professor of Pediatrics in School of Medicine, University of Minho, since 2008. Investigator in ICVS since 2005, in ICVS/3B's and in Clinical Academy Center since the start. Actually, President of the Portuguese Society of Gastrenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SPGP).
