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Ana Manuela Fernandes Teixeira França. Medical Graduation (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto) in 2001. Consultant in Pediatrics. Fellow in Pediatric Nephrology. Rare Kidney Diseases Post Graduation. Teacher of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (2010-2017). PhD student in Public Health at Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (2017-2020). Ex-council member of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN). Co-chair of the Education Committee of ESPN. Council member of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA). National coordination of the World Kidney Day activities. Representative of the European Reference Network (ERN) of Transplantation in Children - TransplantChild. Co-chair of the CAKUT and Ciliopathies Working Group of the ERN on Rare Kidney Diseases - ERKNet. Author and co-author of several publications in national and international journals and book chapters. Invited speaker in several national and international meetings. Main scientific areas of interest and research: Clinical Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplantation, and Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatrics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Manuela Fernandes Teixeira

Citation names

  • Teixeira, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6112-0D75-741C

Email addresses

  • anafteixeira.pediatria@chporto.min-saude.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar do Porto. Largo da Maternidade de Júlio Dinis, 4050-651, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Paediatrics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2024
Concluded
 Nefrologia Pediátrica (Título de especialista)
Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António EPE, Portugal
2021 - 2023
Concluded
 Rare Kidney Diseases Especialisation (Postgraduate Certificate)
European Rare Kidney Disease Reference Network, Germany
2017 - 2019
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 Master in Pediatric Nephrology (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Pediatric Nephrology
European Society for Pediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2001
Concluded
 Medicina (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010 - 2017 Assistant (University Teacher) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/12/05 - Current Assistente Graduada de Pediatria Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António EPE, Portugal
2017/12/04 - 2021/12/02 Assistente Hospitalar de Pediatria Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto EPE Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte Dr Albino Aroso, Portugal
2010/03/27 - 2017/12/03 Assistente Hospitalar de Pediatria, formação em Nefrologia Pediátrica Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2010/03/26 Internato Complementar de Pediatria (Pediatrics Residency) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
2002/01/01 - 2003/12/31 Internato Geral (General Internship) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - Current EURAKID – European Registry of Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury treated with dialysis
NCT02960867
Researcher
Ongoing
2019 - Current Urinary Tract Infection and Levels of HSP-70 In Children as a Sensitive Marker Excluding Other Infections
Researcher
Ongoing
2016 - Current Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Renal Damage in Congenital Abnormalities of the Kidney and Urinary Tract” – Predict trial (prospective multicentric International trial)
EudraCT number 2013-000309-21
Researcher
Ongoing
2014 - Current International Registry of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Renal Disease – ADPedKD registry
University Hospitals Leuven, European Society of Pediatric Nephrology, European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Researcher
Ongoing
2014 - Current International Registry of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Renal Disease - ARegPKD
BMBF grant 01KN1106
Researcher
Ongoing
2004 - Current Cardiovascular Complications in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease” – 4C Study (prospective observational multicentric study)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reference no. 01EO0802)
Researcher
Ongoing
2004 - Current European Research Project “PodoNet” for clinical and experimental research into podocyte disorders (multicentric registry)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reference no. 01EO0802)
Researcher
Ongoing
2001 - 2009 Effect of Strict Blood Pressure Control and ACE Inhibition on Progression of Chronic Renal Failure in Paediatric Patients” – ESCAPE Trial (prospective multicentric European trial)
European Commission (Fifth Framework Programme, QLRT-2001-00908)
Researcher
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ana Teixeira. "Progression del fallo renal". In Nefrologia Pediatrica, 697-702. Oviedo, Spain: Ediciones de la Universidades d Oviedo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma do México, 2021.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Ana Teixeira. "Risks and benefits of ChatGPT in informing patients and families with rare kidney diseases: an explorative assessment by the European Rare Kidney Disease Reference Network (ERKNet)". Pediatric Nephrology (2025):
    Published
  2. Ana Teixeira. "Renal Tubular Dysgenesis: Broadening the Discussion of the Etiological Spectrum". ureus (2025):
    Published
  3. Ana Teixeira. "Achievements, priorities and strategies in pediatric nephrology in Europe: need for unifying approaches or acceptance of differences?". Frontiers in Pediatrics (2024):
    Open access • Published
  4. Ana Teixeira. "Factors influencing circuit lifetime in paediatric continuous kidney replacement therapies - results from the EurAKId registry". Pediatric Nephrology (2024):
    Published
  5. Ana Teixeira. "Prediction of Allograft Failure in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Validation Study of the Four-Variable Kidney Failure Risk Equation". Cureus (2024):
    Published
  6. Ana Teixeira. "Association between proinflammatory cytokines and arterial stiffness in type 1 diabetic adolescents". J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab (2024):
    Published
  7. Ana Teixeira. "Metabolic Acidosis Is Associated With an Accelerated Decline of Allograft Function in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation". Kidney Int Rep (2024):
  8. Ana Teixeira. "Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease in children: can Sars-Cov-2 be a trigger?". J Bras Nefrol (2024):
    Published
  9. Ana Teixeira. "Urine soluble TLR4 levels may contribute to predict urinary tract infection in children: the UTILISE Study". Pediatr Nephrol (2024):
    Published
  10. Ana Teixeira. "Vaccination practices in pediatric transplantation: A survey among member centers of the European reference network TransplantChild". Pediatr Transplant (2023):
    Published
  11. Ana Teixeira. "Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Infants with Grade III, IV, or V Vesicoureteral Reflux". N Engl J Med (2023):
    Published
  12. Ana Teixeira. "Rituximab therapy for childhood onset idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: experience of a Portuguese tertiary center". J Bras Nefrol (2023):
    Published
  13. Ana Teixeira. "Clinical Characteristics and Courses of Patients With Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease-Mimicking Phenocopies". Kidney Int Rep (2023):
    Published
  14. Ana Teixeira. "Association between blood pressure and angiotensin-converting enzymes activity in prepubertal children". J Hypertens (2023):
    Published
  15. Teixeira, Ana. "Diagnostic and therapeutic management of vesico-ureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplantation-Results of an online survey on behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology". Pediatr Transplant (2023):
    Published
  16. Ana Teixeira. "Urinary HSP70 improves diagnostic accuracy for urinary tract infection in children: UTILISE study". Pediatric Nephrology (2023):
    Published
  17. Ana Teixeira. "Acute paediatric kidney replacement therapies in Europe: demographic results from the EurAKId Registry". Nephrol Dial Transplant (2022):
    Published
  18. Ana Teixeira. "Early childhood height-adjusted total kidney volume as a risk marker of kidney survival in ARPKD". Sci Rep (2021):
    Published
  19. Ana Teixeira. "Refining genotype-phenotype correlations in 304 patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and PKHD1 gene variants". Kidney International (2021):
    Published
  20. Ana Teixeira. "Genetic atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in children: a 20-year experience from a tertiary center". J Bras Nefrol (2021):
    Published
  21. Doná, Daniele; Torres Canizales, Juan; Benetti, Elisa; Cananzi, Mara; De Corti, Federica; Calore, Elisabetta; Hierro, Loreto; et al. "Pediatric transplantation in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: early impact on activity and healthcare". Clinical Transplantation (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14063.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/ctr.14063
  22. Azukaitis, Karolis; Ju, Wenjun; Kirchner, Marietta; Nair, Viji; Smith, Michelle; Fang, Zhiyin; Thurn-Valsassina, Daniela; et al. "Low levels of urinary epidermal growth factor predict chronic kidney disease progression in children". Kidney International 96 1 (2019): 214-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2019.01.035.
    Published • 10.1016/j.kint.2019.01.035 • Assistant staff
  23. Guzzo, Isabella; de Galasso, Lara; Mir, Sevgi; Bulut, Ipek Kaplan; Jankauskiene, Augustina; Burokiene, Vilmanta; Cvetkovic, Mirjana; et al. "Acute dialysis in children: results of a European survey". Journal of Nephrology 32 3 (2019): 445-451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40620-019-00606-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s40620-019-00606-1
  24. Burgmaier, Kathrin; Kunzmann, Kevin; Ariceta, Gema; Bergmann, Carsten; Buescher, Anja Katrin; Burgmaier, Mathias; Dursun, Ismail; et al. "Risk Factors for Early Dialysis Dependency in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease". The Journal of Pediatrics 199 (2018): 22-28.e6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.03.052.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.03.052
  25. Alves, Inês; Martins, Tânia; Neves, Ana Luísa; Rodrigues, Esmeralda; Teixeira, Ana; Afonso, Caldas; Pinto, Helena. "Should first blood pressure measurement be performed in the newborn?". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) 37 7 (2018): 625.e1-625.e5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.repce.2017.03.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.repce.2017.03.012
  26. Massella, Laura; Mekahli, Djalila; Paripovic, Dušan; Prikhodina, Larisa; Godefroid, Nathalie; Niemirska, Anna; Agbas, Ayse; et al. "Prevalence of Hypertension in Children with Early-Stage ADPKD". Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 13 6 (2018): 874-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/cjn.11401017.
    Published • 10.2215/cjn.11401017
  27. Massella, Laura; Mekahli, Djalila; Paripovic, Dušan; Prikhodina, Larisa; Godefroid, Nathalie; Niemirska, Anna; Agbas, Ayse; et al. "Prevalence of Hypertension in Children with Early-Stage ADPKD". Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 13 6 (2018): 874-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/cjn.11401017.
    Published • 10.2215/cjn.11401017
  28. Ana Teixeira. "Hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome secondary to renal ischemia – Case report". Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine 7 1 (2018):
    Open access • Published • 10.7363/070110
  29. Vivier, Pierre-Hugues; Augdal, Thomas A.; Avni, Fred E.; Bacchetta, Justine; Beetz, Rolf; Bjerre, Anna K.; Blickman, Johan; et al. "Standardization of pediatric uroradiological terms: A multidisciplinary European glossary". Journal of Pediatric Urology 13 6 (2017): 641-650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.05.026.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.05.026
  30. Vivier, Pierre-Hugues; Augdal, Thomas A.; Avni, Fred E.; Bacchetta, Justine; Beetz, Rolf; Bjerre, Anna K.; Blickman, Johan; et al. "Standardization of pediatric uroradiological terms: a multidisciplinary European glossary". Pediatric Radiology 48 2 (2017): 291-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-4006-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s00247-017-4006-7
  31. Alberici, Irene; Bayazit, Aysun Karabay; Drozdz, Dorota; Emre, Sevinç; Fischbach, Michel; Harambat, Jérôme; Jankauskiene, Augustina; et al. "Pathogens causing urinary tract infections in infants: a European overview by the ESCAPE study group". European Journal of Pediatrics 174 6 (2014): 783-790. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-014-2459-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00431-014-2459-3
  32. Lipska, Beata S.; Ranchin, Bruno; Iatropoulos, Paraskevas; Gellermann, Jutta; Melk, Anette; Ozaltin, Fatih; Caridi, Gianluca; et al. "Genotype–phenotype associations in WT1 glomerulopathy". Kidney International 85 5 (2014): 1169-1178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2013.519.
    Published • 10.1038/ki.2013.519
  33. Teixeira, A.; Edery, P.; Cochat, P.. "Cowden disease and multicystic dysplastic kidney: increased risk of renal cancer?". Clinical Kidney Journal 5 5 (2012): 453-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfs069.
    Published • 10.1093/ckj/sfs069
  34. Ana Teixeira. "Strict Blood-Pressure Control and Progression of Renal Failure in Children". New England Journal of Medicine 361 17 (2009): 1639-1650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0902066.
    Published • 10.1056/nejmoa0902066
  35. Gimpel, Charlotte; Wühl, Elke; Arbeiter, Klaus; Drozdz, Dorota; Trivelli, Antonella; Charbit, Marina; Gellermann, Jutta; et al. "Superior consistency of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children: implications for clinical trials". Journal of Hypertension 27 8 (2009): 1568-1574. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0b013e32832cb2a8.
    Published • 10.1097/hjh.0b013e32832cb2a8
  36. Weber, Stefanie; Moriniere, Vincent; Knüppel, Tanja; Charbit, Marina; Dusek, Jirí; Ghiggeri, Gian Marco; Jankauskiené, Augustina; et al. "Prevalence of Mutations in Renal Developmental Genes in Children with Renal Hypodysplasia: Results of the ESCAPE Study". Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 17 10 (2006): 2864-2870. http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.2006030277.
    Published • 10.1681/asn.2006030277
  37. Wühl, Elke; Hadtstein, Charlotte; Mehls, Otto; Schaefer, Franz. "Ultradian but not Circadian Blood Pressure Rhythms Correlate with Renal Dysfunction in Children with Chronic Renal Failure". Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 16 3 (2005): 746-754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.2004070537.
    Published • 10.1681/asn.2004070537
  38. Wühl, Elke; Mehls, Otto; Schaefer, Franz. "Antihypertensive and antiproteinuric efficacy of ramiprilin children with chronic renal failure". Kidney International 66 2 (2004): 768-776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00802.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00802.x
Magazine article
  1. Ana Teixeira. "A hipertensão nas crianças e jovens é comum?", Bigger, 2025
  2. Ana Teixeira. "Foi diagnosticado ao meu filho hipertensão arterial. O que devo fazer e que cuidados devo ter?", Bigger magazine, 2017
Online resource
  1. Ana Teixeira. Mechanisms of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease - Pediatric Nephrology Expert Online Course (Oviedo University). 2020.
  2. Ana Teixeira. Chronic Kidney Disease – Clinical manifestations and Treatment - Pediatric Nephrology Expert Online Course (Oviedo University). 2018.
  3. Ana Teixeira. Disorders of Distal and Collector Tubule - Pediatric Nephrology Expert Online Course (Oviedo University). 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025 IPNA Junior Empowerment and Mentorship Program IPNA meeting
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Cape Town, South Africa)
2025 Água e Rim Semana da Ciência
Colégio Ribadouro (Guimarães, Portugal)
2025 Sal e Rim Semana da Ciência
Escola Didaxis (Guimarães, Portugal)
2024 Exchanging Mentor and Mentee experiences IPNA meeting
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Valencia, Spain)
2024 Malformações Nefro-urológicas Oporto Biomedical Summit
(Porto, Portugal)
2024 Doenças Quísticas Renais IPNA-ALANEPE Junior Master Class
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Recife, Brazil)
2024 Nefrolitiase. O papel do Nefrologista. 4º Curso Prático de Lesão Renal Aguda na Criança
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Porto, Portugal)
2023 Juniors Ask and Experts Respond IPNA meeting
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Valencia, Spain)
2023 Fármacos e Nefrotoxicidade. 3º Curso Prático de Lesão Renal Aguda na Criança
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Porto, Portugal)
2022 Quistos Renais – Abordagem Prática Curso de Formação Contínua em Pediatria da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022 Lesão Renal Aguda na Criança nos Países com Baixos Recursos – Fatores de Risco e Exposições 2º Curso Prático de Lesão Renal Aguda na Criança
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Porto, Portugal)
2022 Atividades Educacionais da Sociedade Europeia de Nefrologia Pediátrica. 4º Workshop da Rede Europeia de Referência TransplantChild Novel Training Programmes for Paediatric Transplantation
TransplantChild ERN (Porto, Portugal)
2022 Novel Training Programmes for Paediatric Transplantation Novel Training Programmes for Paediatric Transplantation
TransplantChild ERN (Porto, Portugal)
2022 Atividades Educacionais da Associação Internacional de Nefrologia Pediátrica Especialmente Dirigidas a Juniores European Society for Paediatric Nephrology Meeting
European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (Liubliana, Slovenia)
2022 Programa de Mentoring da Associação Internacional de Nefrologia Pediátrica – IPNA Junior Empowerment and Mentorship Program IPNA meeting
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (Calgary, Canada)
2021 Infeção por vírus SARS-CoV2 em Doentes Transplantados em Portugal e na Europa XVII Congresso Brasileiro de Transplantes
(Porto, Portugal)
2021 Lesão Renal Aguda na Criança – Particularidades dos Países com Baixos Recursos
2019/10/01 Renoproteção – Mecanismos e Estratégias.
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019 Renoproteção. Mecanismos e estratégias. Portuguese Society for Pediatric Nephrology Anual Meeting
Portuguese Society for Pediatric Nephrology (Portugal)
2019 Registos em Nefrologia Pediátrica – Doença Renal Poliquística AD e Doença Renal Poliquística AR.
2019 Caso clínico 3 (Nefrite Lúpica) CMIN Summit
2019 Testes Laboratoriais para a Avaliação da Função Renal – Avaliação da Função Glomerular.
2018 Renal Embryology and Postnatal Renal Function Adaptation Post-graduate Course in Neonatology CMIN-CHUP
CMIN-CHUP (Portugal)
2017 Laboratory Tests of Renal Function – Glomerular Function Evaluation Pediatric Nephrology Post Graduate Course
Portuguese Society of Pediatrics (Portugal)
2017 Hypertension in Children – Pathogenesis and Treatment Post-graduate Course in Nephrology CHP-HSA / ICBAS/UPorto
CHP-HSA / ICBAS/UPorto (Portugal)
2017 Becoming a New Paediatric Nephrologist and Balancing Clinical Work, Clinical and Lab Research and Family!... ESPN Annual Meeting
European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (United Kingdom)
2016 Hypokalemia – evaluation and management Asian Society Pediatric Nephrology Association Master Class
Asian Society Pediatric Nephrology Association (India)
2016 Hypertension – Salt and Physical Exercise Post Graduate Course in Pediatrics – Basic to Differentiation – Cardiovascular Diseases
Portuguese Society of Pediatrics (Portugal)
2015 Proteinuria in Children: when to treat? Portuguese Society of Pediatrics Annual Meeting
Portuguese Society of Pediatrics (Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Internato de Formação Especifica em Pediatria Médica
Supervisor
Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto EPE Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte Dr Albino Aroso, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Portuguese Society for Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting (2018)
Meeting
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia Pediátrica, Portugal
2016 - Current World Kidney Day organization and coordination in Portugal (2016)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 World Kidney Day Association, Belgium
2014 - 2021 IPNA-ESPN Master for Junior Classes (2014)
Seminar (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 European Society for Pediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2020 - 2020 European Society for Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting (2020 - 2020)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 European Society for Pediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2017 - 2017 Post Graduate Course in Pediatric Nephrology (2017 - 2017)
Seminar (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia Pediátrica, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Hispano-Portuguese Pediatric Nephrology Congress (2016 - 2016)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Asociación Española de Nefrologia Pediatrica, Spain
2016 - 2016 Portuguese Society of Pediatric Rheumatology Annual Meeting (2016 - 2016)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Portuguese Society of Transplantation
2023 - Current ERA-EDTA
2022 - Current Portuguese Society of Nephrology
2017 - Current European Society for Paediatric Nephrology Council member
2014 - Current International Pediatric Nephrology Association Junior Representative from the European Society for Pediatric Nephrology
2014 - Current Portuguese Society for Pediatric Nephrology Board member - Treasurer

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current IPNA Junior Master Class Committee
Coordinator
 International Pediatric Nephrology Association, United States
2023 - Current IPNA Global Curriculum in Pediatric Nephrology Committee
Member
2023 - Current IPNA-ALANEPE Junior Master Class
Coordinator
 International Pediatric Nephrology Association, United States
2022 - Current IPNA Junior Empowerment and Mentorship Program
Coordinator
 International Pediatric Nephrology Association, United States
2022 - Current Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Working Group
Member
 European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2022 - Current IPNA-AfPNA
Coordinator
 International Pediatric Nephrology Association, United States
2020 - Current Pediatric Nephrology European Board Examination
Coordinator
 European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2018 - Current European Society for Pediatric Nephrology - Educational Committee Member Responsible for Educational activities and CME accreditation
Advisor / Consultant
 European Society for Pediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2017 - Current Grupo de Trabalho de Hipertensão Arterial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria, Portugal
2016 - Current World Kidney Day Champion, activities coordination in Portugal
Coordinator
 World Kidney Day Association, Belgium
2014 - Current IPNA-ESPN Junior Master Class
Coordinator
 European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Belgium
2014 - Current IPNA-ESPN Junior Master Class
Coordinator
 European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Belgium

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020 - Current CMIN Summit
2014 - Current IPNA-ESPN Junior Master Class
2019/10/19 - 2019/10/19 IPNA meeting - Disorders of sodium and assessment of intravascular volume in the ICU Veneza
2019/04/04 - 2019/04/04 V Curso Teorico-Pratico de Nefrologia Pediátrica Coimbra
2018/10/06 - 2018/10/06 ESPN Annual Meeting - Young nephrologists symposium Antalya
2018/10/05 - 2018/10/05 ESPN Annual Meeting - Should we screen healthy family members of children with inherited diseases? Antalya
2016 - 2016 IPNA meeting - Critical Care – Special Issues in Neonates and Children Iguassu
2016 - 2016 Renal Involvement in Rheumatologic Diseases Porto

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - Current European Board Examination in Pediatric Nephrology
Coordinator
 European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Belgium

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020 - 2023 Pediatric Nephrology Cristina Blasquez
Distinctions

Award

2023 Bolsa de Apoio à Formação Médica
Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
2020 Cardiovascular risk and effect of obesity and diabetes in children and adolescents
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2019 Bolsa de Investigação do Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto
Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto EPE, Portugal
2018 Bolsa da Investigação da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria, Portugal

Title

2021 Fellow of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology
European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Belgium