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Rafael Moiteiro da Cruz is a MD and MSc in Medicine by Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (2016); currently, he is a Lecturer and Invited Assistant of Histology at the same institution. Since 2023, he is an attending physician of Surgical Pathology at Hospital de Santa Maria, ULS Santa Maria, where he concluded his residency. Histology and histopathology are his main of research interests, since his pre-graduation studies; he presented his final mater thesis entitled "Relationship between Calcium in Atherosclerotic Plaques and Bone Mineral Density - A Clinical and Histological Perspective", for which received a bursary, in 2015, by GAPIC Bolsas FMUL/Gulbenkian. Since then, he has been working in several multidisciplinary team projects, as co-author, as well as principal investigator, from which have been publishing several papers as first author and co-author in national and international peer-review journals, the majority of them related with gastrointestinal, pancreas and liver pathology. He also lectured several oral communications and posters in national and international pathology meetings.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael António Moiteiro da Cruz

Citation names

  • Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael
  • Cruz, Rafael
  • Moiteiro Cruz, Rafael
  • Da Cruz, Rafael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B817-6036-0A77
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0930-2502

Email addresses

  • rafaelcruz@fm.ul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, CHULN - Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
  • Instituto de Histologia e Biologia do Desenvolvimento, FMUL - Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pathology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Anatomy and mMrphology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/01/01 - 2023
Ongoing
 Internato de Formação Especializada em Anatomia Patológica (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31
Concluded
 Internato de Ano Comum (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal
2010 - 2016
Concluded
 Medicina (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Relationship between Calcium in Atherosclerotic Plaques and Bone Mineral Density – A Clinical and Histological Perspective –" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/11 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Histologia e Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2011 - 2018 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Histologia e Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01 - Current Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/12 Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal
Hospital de São José, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Rocha, J.; Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Alexandre, M.; Gomes, A.; López-Presa, D.; Bugalho, M.J.. "Choristoma: A Very Rare Cause of Thyroid Nodule. Clinical Case and Literature Review". Paper presented in ENDO 23 - Journal of the Endocrine Society, Chicago, Ilinois, 2023.
    Published
  2. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Tiago André Oliveira; Cristina Ferreira; Dolores López-Presa; João Boavida; Mafalda Pinho. "High-risk HPV screening - A retrospective study of a Portuguese cervical cancer screening program". 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.10218.59848
  3. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Vasco Lobo; Cecília Alvim-Moreira; Rita Luis. "Microsatellite instability status and tumour regression grading on gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma - the first portrait of a Portuguese reality". 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.13364.32644
  4. João Boavida; Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Lurdes Correia Encarnação. "Analysis of intraoperative frozen sections of sentinel lymph node - a 10-year long series in a tertiary Portuguese hospital". 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.35155.04643
  5. Mafalda Pinho; Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Tiago André Oliveira; João Boavida; Rita Luis. "Cervical atrophy as a pitfall for cytological diagnosis a 5 year study from a tertiary centre". 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.20055.55202
  6. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Joana Almeida-Tavares; Sofia Lérias. "PD-L1 and mismatch repair protein expression in small cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix". 2022.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.13344.66568
  7. Pinho, Mafalda; Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Oliveira, Tiago; Boavida, João; Luis, Rita M. "The Paris System for reporting urinary cytology: 5 years of institutional experience in a tertiary hospital". Paper presented in 34th European Congress of Pathology, Basileia, 2022.
    Published
  8. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; João Boavida; Alexandra Pignatelli. "Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour - a rare mesenchymal entity in the colon". 2021.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.13783.75688
  9. João Boavida; Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Lurdes Correia Encarnação. "Renal malakoplakia: an unexpected diagnosis". 2021.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.33496.98563
  10. João Boavida; Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Lurdes Correia Encarnação. "Male breast carcinomas - A 20-year long series in a tertiary portuguese hospital". 2021.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.33916.41603
  11. Pinho, Mafalda; Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Ferreira, Cristina ; Luis, Rita M. Corresponding author: Pinho, Mafalda. "Pancreatobiliary adenocarcinomas: an immunomarker panel proposal". 2021.
    Published
  12. Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Pinho, Mafalda; Luis, Rita M; Ferreira, Cristina. "Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas – a 21-year long experience in a tertiary Portuguese institution". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Pathology, 2021.
    Published
  13. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Irina Alves. "Breast myofibroblastoma – a benign rarity on biopsy". 2020.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.31399.83361
  14. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Catarina Quadros; Dolores López-Presa. "Cardiac Tumours - A 20 Year-long Experience in a Tertiary Portuguese Institution". 2020.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.21333.50405
  15. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Catarina Quadros; Irina Alves. "Adult cystic nephroma - A rare member of the MEST family". 2020.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.35594.13763
Conference poster
  1. Rafael Moiteiro Da Cruz; Dolores López-Presa. "Duplicidade renal - Um diagnóstico macroscópico". 2018.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.12944.89603
Journal article
  1. Botto, Inês; Moiteiro Cruz, Rafael; Noronha Ferreira, Carlos; Valente, Ana Isabel; Carrilho-Ribeiro, Luis; Tato-Marinho, Rui; Ferreira, Cristina; Correia, Luis. Corresponding author: Botto, Inês. "Simultaneous Gastric and Colonic Metastasis of Breast Cancer". ACG Case Reports Journal 10 10 (2023): e01168. http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001168.
    Open access • Published • 10.14309/crj.0000000000001168
  2. Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Gröchenig, Hans Peter; Langner, Cord. "Collagenous colitis incomplete triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection". Histopathology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/his.14920.
    10.1111/his.14920
  3. Cecília Caramujo; Rafael Moiteiro da Cruz; Rui Vale Marques; Emanuel Jesus. "Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea: an elusive diagnosis of chronic dyspnoea". BMJ Case Reports 15 8 (2022): e250227-e250227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-250227.
    10.1136/bcr-2022-250227
  4. Vanessa Rebelo dos Santos; Department of Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Portugal; Carlota Ramos; Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Portugal. "Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Insulinomas: A Series of 15 Years". Journal of Cancer Research Reviews & Reports (2021): 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.47363/jcrr/2021(3)145.
    10.47363/jcrr/2021(3)145
  5. Tiago R. Velho; João Moreira Gonçalves; Rafael Maniés Pereira; Rafael Moiteiro da Cruz; Nuno Carvalho Guerra; Ricardo Ferreira; Ângelo Nobre. "Primary cardiac hydatic cyst with multiple locations: an unusual case of chest pain". General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 69 7 (2021): 1147-1150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-021-01631-3.
    10.1007/s11748-021-01631-3
  6. Diana Carmona-Fernandes; Sofia C. Barreira; Natacha Leonardo; Renata I. Casimiro; Alice M. Castro; Pedro Oliveira Santos; António N. Fernandes; et al. "Atherosclerosis and Bone Loss in Humans–Results From Deceased Donors and From Patients Submitted to Carotid Endarterectomy". Frontiers in Medicine 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.672496.
    10.3389/fmed.2021.672496
  7. Daniela Reis; Filipe Damião; Carlos Noronha Ferreira; Rafael Cruz; Emília Vitorino; Luís Carrilho Ribeiro; Rui Tato Marinho. "Duodenal Gangliocytic Paraganglioma: A Unique Cause of Abdominal Pain". ACG Case Reports Journal 7 1 (2020): e00272-e00272. http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000272.
    10.14309/crj.0000000000000272
Online resource
  1. Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Langner, Cord. Immune checkpoint inhibitor associated gastritis. 2023. https://www.medunigraz.at/engip/case-of-the-month/july-2023.
  2. Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Langner, Cord. Amoebic colitis. 2023. https://www.medunigraz.at/engip/case-of-the-month/june-2023.
  3. Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Gröchenig, Hans Peter; Langner, Cord. Herpes simplex virus oesophagitis. 2023. https://www.medunigraz.at/engip/case-of-the-month/may-2023.
  4. Moiteiro da Cruz, Rafael; Langner, Cord. Misplaced glands / enteritis cystica profunda in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.. 2023. https://www.medunigraz.at/engip/case-of-the-month/april-2023.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current European Network of Gastrointestinal Pathology (ENGIP)
2018 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Anatomia Patológica
2018 - Current European Society of Pathology Member of the Working Group of Digestive Diseases

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Histologia Ciências da Nutrição (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - Current Histologia Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Biopatologia Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal