PLACE OF BIRTH: Lisbon, Portugal CITIZENSHIP: Portuguese TITLE & AFFILIATION: Consultant Urologist

PROFISSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Hospital de S. José – 1968/71 – Surgical PreceptorshipHospital de S. José – 1971/74 – Urology ResidencyHospital Curry Cabral – 1974/77 – Assistant Professor of UrologyFaculty of Medicinal Sciences – 1977/80 – Assistant Prof. In UrologyHospital do Desterro – 1980/Present – Chief Department of Urology

CERTIFICATION:
Ordem dos Médicos – February 1975

PROFISSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, MEMBERSHIP:
APIO - (Chairman) Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Oncológica
APU - Associação Portuguesa de Urologia
EORTC - European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer
EORTC GU GROUP - (National Coordinator) EORTC Genito Urinary Cooperative Group
EORTC Q.L. - (Ex-Chairman) Quality of Life Group of EORTC
EORTC Q.L. - Quality of Life Group of EORTC
EORTC Q.L. - Quality of Life Group of EORTC
BAUS - British Association of Urological Surgeons
EAU - European Association of Urology
ESSO - European Society of Surgical Oncoloy
SIU - Societé International d’UrologieAUA - American Urological Association
AFU - Association Française d’UrologieSUO - Society of Urological Oncology
ESPO - European Society of Psychological Oncology
AEU - Association Española de Urologia
APIO - Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Oncológica, National
Coordinator of the Potuguese Group of Quality of the Life of A.P.I.O.
GPGU - (National Coordinator) Grupo Português Génito Urinário da
EORTC
Expert reviewer "The Gold Journal (Urology)"

COLLABORATION WITH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMES
European Code Against Cancer
Collaborative Aetiological Studies of Prostatic Cancer
European Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (Chairman – Prof. Schroder)International Prostate Screening (NCI – National Cancer Institute)National Coordinator of the Portuguese Study of Screening for Prostate
National representative on Continuing Medical Education in Oncology
BIOMED 2 PROJECTS (BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH RESEARCH)
Bladder Cancer with Measurement of Clinical Outcome in Conjuction with p53 and WAF-1
Staining (Newcastle University)
Identification of Genes Important in Causing Soms Individuals to Have a High Risk
Prostate Cancer (St. James’s Hospital – Leeds University)European Epidemiological Study on Prostatic Cancer
(Instituto Europeo di Oncologia)
Multicenter Randomized Trial of Screening for Prostate Cancer
(Nijmegen University)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, BEEING THE ORGANIZER AND CHAIRMAN:
I Symposium of Urological Oncology, Lisbon, 1981
II Symposium of Urological Oncology, Lisbon, 1982
Clinical Progress in Urological Cancer, Lisbon, 19 March 1983
Urological Oncology / Update Symposium, Lisbon, 15 -17 March 1984
Advances in Urology / UpdateSymposium, Lisbon 28 Feb., 1 - 2 March 1985
I Portuguese Course of Urological Oncology of E.S.O. (European School of Oncology),
Sesimbra, October 1986
Aspectos Controversos da Patologia e Terapêutica em Oncologia Oncológica,
Lisbon 9 – 12 Dec. 1987II Portuguese Course of Urological Oncology of E.S.O. (European School of Oncology),
Sesimbra, October 1988
VI International Symposium on Urological Oncology, Vilamoura, 26 – 28 October 1989III Portuguese Course of Urological Oncology of E.S.O. (European School of Oncology),
Sesimbra, 22 – 26 October 1990VII International Symposium on Urological Oncology, Lisbon, 11 – 12 November 1991IV Portuguese Course of Urological Oncology of E.S.O. (European School of Oncology),
Sesimbra, 8 – 13 November 1992VIII International Symposium of Urology / Update 1993, Espinho, November 1993
V Portuguese Course of Urological Oncology of E.S.O. (European School of Oncology),
Vilamoura, 20 – 23 November 1994IX International Symposium of Urology – II Meeting Galaico Duriense, Oporto,November 1995
VI Portuguese Course of Urological Oncology of E.S.O. (European School of Oncology),
Carvoeiro, 23 – 26 Outubro 19961st Awareness Week on Prostate Cancer, Lisbon, 25 – 29 November 1996ORTC GU – Fall meeting – Lisbon, 9 – 11 October, 19972nd Awareness Week on Prostate Cancer – Lisbon, 3 – 7 November 1997GPGU Group Meeting – Oporto – 18 – April 1998GPGU Group Meeting – Carvoeiro/Algarve – 20 October 19981rst Iberian Course of Urological Oncology – Carvoeiro/Algarve – 21-24 October 1998South European Uroncological Group – Meeting-Carvoeiro/Algarve –24 October- 1998GPGU Group - Meeting – Évora – 20 - March 1999South European Uroncological Group – Meeting - Évora – 21 March 19991st Workshop on Prostatic Diseases – Évora – 22-23 March 1999South European Uroncological Group – Meeting - Évora – 25 September 19992nd Iberian Course of Urological Oncology – Barcelona – 13-15 October 1999GPGU Group – Meeting - Oporto – 6 November 1999GPGU Group – Meeting - Oporto – 8 April 2000

SCIENTIFIC AND SURGICAL ACTIVITY:
After a training period – residency – done in Lisbon, and complemented with periods of training in England with Prof. John Blandy and Mr. Turner Warwick, fellowship in Urology in 1975, including a Training of 3 years in General Surgery.Professor Assistant of Urology – 1978 – New University – Faculty of Medicinal Science. Became Chief of Department in 1980, after a public contest.Since then – being the chief of young team of urologists, developed a work with them, organizing round tables, Symposiums, Courses of E.S.O. (the first Course of Urogical Oncology organized by the E.S.O. was done in Lisbon) and almost all of them are now experts and Chief of Service all over the country.Since 1978 – belongs to the E.O.R.T.C. GU Group developing an activity related with Oncological Tumors participating in various clinical trials.In 1986 was nominated Chairman of the Committee on Q-Life of the GU-Group and developed a lot of work on Prostate Cancer in cooperation with Neil Aaronson of the Cancer Institute in Amsterdam and with protocol 30853 (Orchiectomy versus Zoladex + Flutamide) developed the first trial with a quality of life questionaire and results are published in Cancer.
Appointed National Coordinator of E.O.R.T.C. GU Group (Portugal) in 1987 and creates the Portuguese Genito Urinary Group of the E.O.R.T.C., devloping a lot of activities in the field of Urological Oncology in Portugal, promoting investigational clinical trials namely in Prostate and Bladder tumors, and the results have been published and communicated all over the world.
We have visited most of the Urological Departments, not only in Europe, but also in America, namely Fundació Puigvert (Barcelona), Middelheim Hospital (Antwerp), Erasmus University (Rotterdam), London Hospital, Midlesex Hospital Aachen University Hospital, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Cleveland Clinic, Waine State University (Detroit), where we have been invited to participate in the field of Urological Oncology.
We have cooperate in all the Consensus Conferences in Bladder and Prostate organized by the E.O.R.T.C. GU Group, under the auspicious of the E.O.R.T.C. being part of the committee contributing to the publication of the conclusions.
We have been invited to be a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the EIO Prostate Centre and accepted to participate.
We have been invited to be a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the EIO Prostate Centre and accepted to participate.
We have organized the screening program of Prostatic Cancer in Portugal , being part of the E.R.S.P.C. – European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer, being member of the Scientific Committee and Quality Control Committee, and Chairman of the Q.Life Committee.We became a member of College of Portuguese Urologists in 1975.
Since then we developed an intensive surgical activity, first within all the topics of the specialty but since the last ten years, namely Urological Oncology, performing radical prostatectomy, radical nephrectomy, lymphdenectomy, urinary diversion, continent urinary diversion, radical cystectomy.