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Fábio Sousa Nunes (MD) is a Cardiologist at the Local Health Unit of Vila Nova de Gaia / Espinho (Portugal). He finished his medical degree in 2018 from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). Since then, he has completed a two-year post-graduate certification in clinical research (Clinical Scholars Research Training Program) from the Foundation For Science and Investigation (Portugal) and Harvard Medical School (US). He has enrolled in the PhD program in Cardiovascular Sciences at FMUP in 2021. He is an author or co-author to 15 PubMed indexed papers and has presented works at both national and international scientific events. He is also an invited assistant of Medical Physiology at FMUP.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
FÁBIO SOUSA NUNES

Citation names

  • NUNES, FÁBIO
  • Sousa-Nunes, F

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A717-21AB-82D0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0363-4805

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
Education
Degree Classification
2025
Ongoing
 Ciências Cardiovasculares (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/02 - 2021/02
Concluded
 Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Medical Education, Portugal Clinical Scholars Research Training Program, 2-year Certificate Program (2019 – 2021) (Outros)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Harvard Medical School, United States
2012/09/01 - 2018/07/31
Concluded
 Medicina (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"O Papel dos MicroRNA na Fisiopatologia da Cachexia: uma Opção Terapêutica Viável?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06/01 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - 2025/03/31 Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/04/01 - Current Médico Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia / Espinho, Portugal
2019 - Current Formador para a Prova Nacional de Acesso à Formação Especializada Saber Articulado, Lda, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current Exploring SEX-specific DIFferences in ENDothelial (dys)function towards improved HFpEF management
2022.04344.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Impacto do sexo na (dis)função endotelial para o tratamento da insuficiência cardíaca com fração de ejeção preservada
2022.04344.PTDC
10.54499/2022.04344.PTDC
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015 - 2017 Changing lifestyle may prevent or revert pulmonary arterial hypertension (XANPAH).
EA-14-23
Other
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Cardiovascular, Portugal
 European Foundation for Alcohol Research
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rúben Baeza; Carolina Santos; Fábio Nunes; Jennifer Mancio; Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho; Miguel Coimbra; Francesco Renna; João Pedrosa. "A Generalization Study of Automatic Pericardial Segmentation in Computed Tomography Images". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-32029-3_15
Conference abstract
  1. Sousa-Nunes, F. "Abdominal aortic aneurysm patients show higher periaortic fat density in the sac than in the neck.". 2017.
    10.1177/1708538117729061
Journal article
  1. Fábio Sousa Nunes; Mariana Ribeiro Silva; Catarina Relvas Novo; Nuno Dias Ferreira; Abdelsalam Bensaaud; Mohammed Shahbaaz Khan; Ryaan El-Andari; Edin Begic. "From diagnosis to surgery: managing left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm with cardiac computed tomography". European Heart Journal - Case Reports (2025): https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf116.
    10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf116
  2. Fábio Sousa Nunes; Catarina Gonçalves Coelho; Eduardo Matos Vilela; Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho; Fátima Sousa Neves. "A Starr-Edwards Prosthesis Can Last Forever (But Its Sutures May Not)". Hellenic Journal of Cardiology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjc.2024.03.011.
    10.1016/j.hjc.2024.03.011
  3. Maria Vieira Santos-Silva; Fábio Sousa-Nunes; José Fernando Teixeira; Adelino Leite-Moreira; António Barros; Marina Dias-Neto. "The Use of Radiomic Analysis in Cardiovascular Diseases". Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (2022): Vol. 29 No. 3 (2022)-Sep. https://pjctvs.com/index.php/journal/article/view/286.
    10.48729/PJCTVS.286
  4. Jennifer Mancio; Fábio Sousa-Nunes; Rafael Martins; Mariana Fragao-Marques; Gloria Conceicao; Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim; Antonio S Barros; et al. "Decoding the radiomic and proteomic phenotype of epicardial adipose tissue associated with adverse left atrial remodelling and post-operative atrial fibrillation in aortic stenosis". European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging 23 9 (2022): 1248-1259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeac092.
    10.1093/ehjci/jeac092
  5. Rita Nogueira-Ferreira; Fábio Sousa-Nunes; Leite-Moreira, AF; Liliana Moreira-Costa; Vitorino, R.; Lúcio Lara Santos; Moreira-Gonçalves, D; Rita Ferreira. "Cancer- and cardiac-induced cachexia: same fate through different inflammatory mediators?". Inflammation Research 71 7-8 (2022): 771-783. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00011-022-01586-y.
    10.1007/s00011-022-01586-y
  6. "A Pleasant Surprise in the Face of ST-Segment Elevation". JACC: Case Reports 3 11 (2021): 1384-1386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.06.035.
    10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.06.035
  7. "Effects of chronic moderate alcohol consumption on right ventricle and pulmonary remodelling.". Experimental physiology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1113/EP088788.
    10.1113/ep088788
  8. Sousa-Nunes, F. "Impact of gradual adoption of EVAR in elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Retrospective cohort study from 2009 to 2015.". Annals of vascular surgery (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2020.06.029.
    10.1016/j.avsg.2020.06.029
  9. NUNES, FÁBIO. "Anti-Remodeling Effects of Xanthohumol-Fortified Beer in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Mediated by ERK and AKT Inhibition.". Nutrients (2019): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6472147.
    10.3390/nu11030583
  10. NUNES, FÁBIO. "Abdominal aortic aneurysm calcification: trying to identify a reliable semiquantitative method". The Journal of cardiovascular surgery (2018): https://doi.org/10.23736/S0021-9509.18.10132-7.
    10.23736/s0021-9509.18.10132-7
  11. NUNES, FÁBIO. "High Density of Periaortic Adipose Tissue in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm". European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.07.008.
    10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.07.008
  12. NUNES, FÁBIO. "Mini-Review on Cachexia-Related miRNA". Critical reviews in eukaryotic gene expression (2017): https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2017019085.
    10.1615/critreveukaryotgeneexpr.2017019085
Activities

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/06/01 - Current Fisiologia Médica Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/06 Entrevista a propósito do prémio Professor Dr. Daniel Serrão na revista Norte Médico da secção regional do Norte da Ordem dos Médicos Norte Médico

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2016/09/08 - Current Mentes que Brilham (Programa sobre ciência e investigação que dá voz aos mais variados temas da atualidade com uma marca do Porto Canal)
Distinctions

Award

2020 Prémio de Inovação Pedagógica da U.Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019 Prémio Daniel Serrão
Ordem dos Médicos - Secção Regional do Norte, Portugal
2018 Prémio Maxdata Excelência em Medicina
Maxdata Software, S.A., Portugal
2016 Prémio Professor Ernesto Morais
2016 Prémio Professor Ernesto Morais
2016 Prémio Professor Lopes Martins
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 Prémio Professor Luís Pinto da Fonseca
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 Prémio Professor Silva Pinto
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 Prémio João Alberto Gonçalves de Macedo Pinto
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 Prémio Professor Ernesto de Morais
2014 Prémio Manuel Miranda Magalhães
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 Prémio Incentivo
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2014 Prémio Faria Guimarães
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012 Prémio Nacional "Isto é uma Ideia"
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial IP, Portugal

Other distinction

2017 Best Oral Presentation in Cardiology at ISCOMS 2017
2017 Best Oral Performance Award at ISCOMS 2017
2016 II AstraZeneca Foundation Award