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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Alberto Castro Guimarães Consciência

Citation names

  • Consciência, José
  • José Guimarães Consciência
  • José G Consciência
  • José Alberto Castro Guimarães Consciência
  • J G Consciencia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
071F-C8B4-03F7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7633-0589
Scopus Author Id
56986419000
Education
Degree Classification
2008
Concluded
 Medicina (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Cirurgia - Ortopedia
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
"Estabilização Dinâmica Inter-espinhosa Lombar: Análise da Densidade Mineral Óssea Vertebral" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom com Distinção e Louvor
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2024/06/03 Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2024 Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - 2019 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal
2014 - 2019 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Portugal
2008 - 2014 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - 2021 Conselho de gestão ou orgão correspondente Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018 - 2021 Conselho pedagógico Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Stenosis". {eccElearning, 2017.
    10.28962/01.3.048
  2. José Guimarães Consciência. "-“ENVOLVIMENTO OSTEO-ARTICULAR EM PATOLOGIA HEMATOLÓGICA". In HEMATOLOGIA NA PRÁTICA CLINICA – UMA ABORDAGEM MULTIDISCIPLINAR. Lidel, 2016.
  3. Guimarães Consciência, José; Pinto, Rui; Saldanha, Tiago. "Infections of the Spine". In European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 801-812. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-642-34746-7_205
  4. José Guimarães Consciência; Rui Pinto; T. Saldanha; Tiago Saldanha. "Infections of the Spine". 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-642-27293-6_7
  5. Consciência, José Guimarães; Pinto, Rui; Saldanha, T.. "Infections of the Spine". In European Instructional Lectures, 75-86. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-642-27293-6_7
Book review
  1. Laires, Pedro; Perelman, Julian; Consciência, José G; Monteiro, J; Branco, Jaime. "Actualização sobre o impacto epidemiológico e socioeconómico das fracturas da extremidade proximal do fémur". http://hdl.handle.net/10362/21964.
Journal article
  1. Pedro Dantas; Sergio R. Gonçalves; André Grenho; Vasco Mascarenhas; Jorge Martins; Miguel Tavares da Silva; Sergio B. Gonçalves; José Guimarães Consciência. "Hip joint contact pressure and force: a scoping review of in vivo and cadaver studies". Bone & Joint Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.1212.BJR-2022-0461.R2.
    10.1302/2046-3758.1212.BJR-2022-0461.R2
  2. Jose Miguel Sousa; Hugo Ribeiro; João Gamelas; Jose Guimarães Consciencia. "TRANSILIAC ENDOSCOPIC ASSISTED ILIF: A CADAVERIC STUDY". Coluna/Columna (2023): https://doi.org/10.1590/s1808-185120222202268180.
    10.1590/s1808-185120222202268180
  3. Sousa, José Miguel; Ribeiro, Hugo; Gamelas, João; Consciência, José Guimarães. "ILIF ASISTIDA POR ENDOSCOPIA TRANSILÍACA". (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/157753.
    https://doi.org/10.1590/S1808-185120222202268180
  4. Sousa, José Miguel; Silva, João Luís; Gamelas, João; Guimarães Consciência, José; José Miguel Sousa; António Serrano; Afonso Nave; et al. "Transiliac Endoscopic-Assisted L5S1 Intraforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion". World Neurosurgery (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/158260.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.153
  5. Sousa, José Miguel; Serrano, António; Nave, Afonso; Mascarenhas, Vasco; Nogueira, Paulo; Gamelas, Joao; Guimarães Consciência, José. "Transforaminal Endoscopic Approach to L5S1". (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/154453.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.04.026
  6. Sousa, José Miguel; Ribeiro, Hugo; Silva, João Luís; Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Consciência, José Guimarães; Sousa, José Miguel; Ribeiro, Hugo; et al. "Clinical outcomes, complications and fusion rates in endoscopic assisted intraforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (iLIF) versus minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF): systematic review and meta-analysis". Scientific Reports (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/51267.
    10.1038/s41598-022-05988-0
  7. Guerra-Pinto, Francisco; Caetano, João; Alçada, Rita; Brito Camacho, António; Pacheco, Jácome; Lacerda, Diogo; Alves-da-Silva, Teresa; et al. "Consecutive Ankle Sprain Classification and Injury Systematization (CASCaIS), Uma Nova Classificação de Entorse Lateral do Tornozelo Baseada no Teste de Pivot". Acta medica portuguesa (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/135927.
    https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.13804
  8. "Lack of Definition of Chronic Ankle Instability With Arthrometer-Assisted Ankle Joint Stress Testing: A Systematic Review of In Vivo Studies". The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery 60 6 (2021): 1241-1253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2020.04.026.
    10.1053/j.jfas.2020.04.026
  9. "Chronic ankle instability has no correlation with the number of ruptured ligaments in severe anterolateral sprain: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 29 11 (2021): 3512-3524. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-021-06610-y.
    10.1007/s00167-021-06610-y
  10. "Biomechanical study of autograft anatomic reconstruction in lateral ankle instability". Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (English Edition) 65 2 (2021): 124-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.recote.2021.01.007.
    10.1016/j.recote.2021.01.007
  11. Mellado-Romero, María Ángela; Guerra-Pinto, Francisco; Guimarães-Consciência, José; Sánchez-Morata, Enrique J.; Vacas-Sánchez, Elena; Arroyo-Hernández, Marta; Abarquero-Diezhandino, Ana; et al. "Estudio biomecánico de la reconstrucción ligamentosa anatómica con autoinjerto en la inestabilidad lateral de tobillo". Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología 65 2 (2021): 124-131. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/114139.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.recot.2020.06.010
  12. "Gravity stress tibiotalar laxity evaluation with a biomedical gyroscopes device – cadaver study with progressive sectioning of lateral ankle ligaments". Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics 7 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40634-020-00269-z.
    10.1186/s40634-020-00269-z
  13. Francisco Guerra-Pinto; Nuno Côrte-Real; Tiago Mota Gomes; José Guimarães Consciência; Mark Glazebrook; Xavier Martin Oliva. "Varus talar tilt combined with an internal rotation pivot stress assesses the supination instability vector in lateral ankle ligaments’ injury — cadaver study". Foot and Ankle Surgery 26 3 (2020): 258-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2019.03.007.
    10.1016/j.fas.2019.03.007
  14. "Ultrasonographic Assessment of Deltoid Ligament Integrity in Ankle Fractures". Foot & Ankle International (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071100719882679.
    10.1177/1071100719882679
  15. Isabel Rosa; Joaquim Rodeia; Pedro Xavier Fernandes; Raquel Teixeira; Hugo Ribeiro; José Guimarães Consciência. "Comparison of deltoid ligament repair and syndesmotic fixation in malleolar fractures". Scientific Journal of the Foot & Ankle (2019): https://doi.org/10.30795/scijfootankle.2019.v13.977.
    10.30795/scijfootankle.2019.v13.977
  16. Vaz, Rita Alexandra; Xavier, Pedro; Brito, Sergio; Dantas, Jorge; Duque, Sofia; Consciência, Jose Guimarães; Campos, Luis. "Metallosis: a new form of autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants syndrome (ASIA)?". European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54186.
    10.12890/2019_001034
  17. Duarte Silva,Miguel; Pinto,Francisco Guerra; Caetano,João; Dias,Rafael; Oliva,Xavier Martin; Consciência,José Guimarães; Côrte-Real,Nuno. "Eixo de Mobilidade Tibio-Talar". (2019): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-21222019000200004.
  18. "Can We Discriminate Symptomatic Hip Patients From Asymptomatic Volunteers Based on Anatomic Predictors? A 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Study on Cam, Pincer, and Spinopelvic Parameters". The American Journal of Sports Medicine (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363546518800825.
    10.1177/0363546518800825
  19. Francisco Guerra-Pinto; Nuno Côrte-Real; Tiago Mota Gomes; Miguel Duarte Silva; José Guimarães Consciência; Mariano Monzo; Xavier Martin Oliva. "Rotational Instability after Anterior Talofibular and Calcaneofibular Ligament Section: The Experimental Basis for the Ankle Pivot Test". The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (2018): https://doi.org/10.1053%2Fj.jfas.2018.03.038.
    10.1053/j.jfas.2018.03.038
  20. Afonso Cevadinha Caetano; Pedro Xavier Fernandes; Raquel Teixeira; Andreia Mercier Nunes; José Miguel Sousa; Clara Azevedo; José Guimaraes Consciencia. "C2 dens fracture with closed cervical migration of a 6cm humeral fragment". International Journal of Orthopaedics Sciences 4 1h (2018): 517-521. https://doi.org/10.22271%2Fortho.2018.v4.i1h.74.
    10.22271/ortho.2018.v4.i1h.74
  21. Madaíl, Carla Alexandra; Vaz, Maria de Fátima; Amaral, Pedro Miguel; Consciência, José Guimarães; Silva, Alcindo Lucas; Carla Alexandra Madaíl; Maria de Fátima Vaz; et al. "Quadruple Semitendinosus Graft Construct With Double Cortical Suspensory Fixation for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30931-7.
    10.1038/s41598-018-30931-7,title
  22. "Hip shape is symmetric, non-dependent on limb dominance and gender-specific: implications for femoroacetabular impingement. A 3D CT analysis in asymptomatic subjects.". European radiology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29110047.
    10.1007/s00330-017-5072-9
  23. "The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Clinical Evaluation in Palliative Care: Two Clinical Cases with Bone Fracture". (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.21767/2386-5180.1000197.
    10.21767/2386-5180.1000197
  24. Vasco V. Mascarenhas; Paulo Rego; Pedro Dantas; Augusto Gaspar; Francisco Soldado; José G Consciência. "Cam deformity and the omega angle, a novel quantitative measurement of femoral head-neck morphology: a 3D CT gender analysis in asymptomatic subjects". Eur Radiol (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-016-4530-0.
    10.1007/s00330-016-4530-0
  25. Vasco V. Mascarenhas; Paulo Rego; Pedro Dantas; Fátima Morais; Justin McWilliams; Diego Collado; Hugo Marques; et al. "Imaging prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement in symptomatic patients, athletes, and asymptomatic individuals: A systematic review". European Journal of Radiology 85 1 (2016): 73-95. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ejrad.2015.10.016.
    10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.10.016
  26. Pinto,Francisco RL Guerra; Côrte-Real,Nuno; Consciência,José A. Guimarães. "Entorse lateral do tornozelo: capacidade diagnóstica do exame objectivo e exames imagiológicos". (2016): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-21222016000100005.
  27. Laires PA; Perelman J; Consciência JG; Monteiro J; Branco JC. "[Epidemiology of hip fractures and its social and economic impact. An update for 2014.]". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25984784.
  28. Campos,Bárbara; Consciência,José Guimarães. "Necrose muscular paravertebral pós-cirúrgica". (2014): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-21222014000100010.
  29. Consciência,José Alberto de Castro Guimarães; José Alberto de Castro Guimarães Consciência; Consciência, José Guimarães. "Evolução psicossomática e clínica de pacientes com estenose do canal lombar operados com sistema interespinhoso". Coluna/Columna 12 3 (2013): 212-217. http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512013000300008.
    10.1590/s1808-18512013000300008
  30. Morais RB; Gonçalves V; Pedro I; Costa MA; Durães F; Consciência G. "[Infant cervical spondylodiscitis and abscess].". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22521025.
  31. Mourão, A F; Falcão, Sandra; Consciência, José; Nero, Patrícia; Santos, F Pimentel dos; Guimarães, José; Branco, Jaime. "Dermatomiosite juvenil associada a anasarca - a propósito de um caso clínico". (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/21956.
  32. Consciência,José Alberto de Castro Guimarães; José Alberto de Castro Guimarães Consciência. "Instrumentação interespinhosa na doença degenerativa da coluna lombar: medição da altura do disco no segmento instrumentado". Coluna/Columna 8 3 (2009): 303-309. http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512009000300011.
    10.1590/s1808-18512009000300011
  33. Haefeli M; Elfering A; Aebi M; Freeman BJ; Fritzell P; Guimaraes Consciencia J; Lamartina C; et al. "What comprises a good outcome in spinal surgery? A preliminary survey among spine surgeons of the SSE and European spine patients.". (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17990007.
    10.1007/s00586-007-0541-5
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pinto, Maria Isabel Pires Rosa da Costa. "Fraturas maleolares - a importância da competência do ligamento deltoide". PhD, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/119449.
  2. Mascarenhas, Vasco Miguel Vogado Torres. "Hip deformities and femoroacetabular impingement". PhD, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/105505.
  3. Consciência, José Alberto de Castro Guimarães. "Estabilização dinâmica em patologia degenerativa da coluna lombar: estado da arte e contributo pessoal". PhD, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5204.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Hip contact force and pressure in cam-type femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2021 - Current Contribution of ramp and lateral meniscus posterior root repair for additional knee stability during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2019 - Current Endoscopic Spine Surgery – Transforaminal access to the lower lumbar spine
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2019 - Current Sacro-iliac Joint Dysfunction
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2018 - Current Síndrome de Dor Trocantérica Femoral - Protocolo de tratamento.
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2018 - Current Double cortical fixation - semitendinosus construct in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) reconstruction: biomechanical and histological evaluation. Clinical comparison with quadrupled hamstrings
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2015 - Current “Lateral Ankle Instability: from pathology to Prognosis”
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2015 - Current “Hip deformities and femoroacetabular impingment”
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2015 - Current Fraturas Maleolares – A Importância da competência do ligamento deltoide
Supervisor
 doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current AO Spine Advanced Level Specimen Course— Challenging Spine Conditions in the Elderly: Evidence in Decision-Making and Treatment (2022)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2019 - Current CERVICAL SPINE - COMPLICATION AVOIDANDE/MANAGEMENT. Edinburgh, United Kingdom . (2019)
2016 - Current 10th AOSPINE ADAVNCED LEVEL TISSUE TRAINING DAYS - Strasbourg, France – Course 1 (2016)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2016 - Current 10th AOSPINE ADAVNCED LEVEL TISSUE TRAINING DAYS Strasbourg, France - Course 2 (2016)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2014 - Current - AOSPINE PRINCIPLES SPECIMEN COURSE (AMTS). Muttenz - Switzerland (2014)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2013 - Current AOSPINE PRINCIPLES SPECIMEN COURSE I. Lucerne - Switzerland (2013)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2013 - Current -AOSPINE PRINCIPLES SPECIMEN COURSE II. Lucerne - Switzerland (2013)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2013 - Current AOSPINE MASTERS DEGENERATIVE SYMPOSIUM. Lucerne - Switzerland (2013)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2012 - Current AOSPINE PRINCIPLES COURSE – Traumatic and degenerative spine. Milano - Italia (2012)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2011 - Current AOSPINE COURS DE BASE – vois d`abord et techniques d`ostéosynthèse pour jeunes chirurgiens. Ste Maxime - France (2011)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2011 - Current AOSPINE COURSE – Advanced Symposium – Degenerative Deformities. Vicenza - Italy (2012)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland
2007 - Current COORDENADOR de programa científico nacional da “Travelling Fellowship” - EFORT (Federação Europeia de Ortopedia) (2007)
Other (Co-organisor)
 European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Switzerland
2010 - 2010 Spine 4D and the aging spine - SANTIAGO DE COMPUSTELA (2010 - 2010)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 AOSpine International, Switzerland

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2009/01/02 - Current EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR/ADVISOR - AOSPINE INTERNATIONAL organização e "faculty "de cursos sobre patologia / cirurgia da coluna vertebral na Europa, America do Norte e Sul
2008 - Current EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY MEMBRO

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Membro da comissão qu elaborou o documento: Reflexão Sobre oPerfil doMédico Recém-Formado em Portugal" Conselho das Escolas Médicas Portuguesas
Member
2018 - Current MEMBRO do Scientific Committee do World Spine 8 Congress
Member
2015 - Current Representante da NOVA Medical School (nomeação da Direção).
Other
2008 - 2011 ORDEM DOS MÉDICOS - Vogal do CONSELHO NACIONAL DO EXERCÍCIO DA MEDICINA LIVRE
Member
2005 - 2006 PRESIDENTE da SECÇÃO DE COLUNA TORACO-LOMBO-SAGRADA -sociedade portuguesa de patologia da coluna vertebral

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Membro do painel de peritos que elaborou o livro: Rede Nacional de Especialidade e de Referenciação em Ortopedia” Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde IP, Portugal
2016 - Current Perito Ortopedista - ACSS Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde IP, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Perito Médico de ortopedia – Membro da Comissão Nacional de avaliação e revisão da tabela nacional dos MCDT – ACSS Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde IP, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2009/06/18 - Current EUROPEAN Spine Journal Springer
2008 - Current Coluna - Columna Scielo
2006 - Current RPOT -Revista Portuguesa de Ortopedia e traumatologia on line

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2001 - 2007 MEMBRO DE JÚRI NACIONAL DA ORDEM DOS MÉDICOS– atribuição da equivalência a especialista de ortopedia

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2003 - Current EUROPEAN AOSPINE OFFICIAL DEPUTY – FELLOWSHIPS AOSpine International, Switzerland
Distinctions

Award

2011 MELHOR POSTER - PODIUM PRESENTATION - SICOT 2011 -PRAGA
2010 MELHOR POSTER CONGRESSO LUSO-BRASILEIRO DE CIRURGIA DA COLUNA
Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna, Brazil

Title

2019 presidente da direção - SPOT
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Portugal
2016 Agregado
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2015 SPINE SURGEON EXPERT - EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY
EUROSPINE The Spine Society of Europe, Switzerland
2013 PLATINIUM MEMBER -AOSPINE INTERNATIONAL
AOSpine International, Switzerland
2011 GUEST OF HONOR - POLISH ORTHOPEDIC SOCIETY
Polskiego Towarzystwa Ortopedycznego i Traumatologicznego, Poland

Other distinction

2022 Louvor em Diário da Républica
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2009 EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR/ADVISOR
AOSpine International, Switzerland
2005 Selecionado como Portuguese Representative Delegate - Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie
2003 EUROPEAN CHAIRMAN of the ORP group - AOSPINE INTERNATIONAL
AOSpine International, Switzerland
1997 1º fellow português em cirurgia da coluna -AO International
AOSpine International, Switzerland
1988 Representante da sociedade portuguesa de ortopedia e traumatologia no COCOMAT