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Carla Ramalho graduated in Medicine in 1992 in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto and obtained the PhD degree in Medicine in 2011 in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. She is Assistant Professor at Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto and investigator at Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Porto. She is author and co-author of 72 papers published in peer reviewed journals. Until now, she has already supervised 33 undergraduate students (8 in course), 3 MSc students and 8 PhD student (5 in course). Her principal area of research is maternal and fetal medicine. She is the Teacher Responsible of Management of labour and delivery and Co-Responsible or Dissertation of the Master Degree in Medicine. She is also the Teacher Responsible of Fetal Medicine (Continuing Training Course) and participates in Masters and Phd Programs in Faculty of Medicine. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Obstétrica and Ginecológica Portuguesa.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carla RAMALHO

Citation names

  • Ramalho, Carla
  • Ramalho, C

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C717-09E5-E557
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3977-3946
AuthenticusID
R-000-2ZJ
Researcher Id
L-3228-2013
Scopus Author Id
55897936700

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023
Concluded
 Medicina (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020
Concluded
 Subespecialidade em Medicina Materno-Fetal (Título de especialista)
Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
2011
Concluded
 PhD in medicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Contributo para a melhoria da acuidade do diagnóstico pré-natal: análise crítica da correlação entre o diagnóstico pré-natal e o diagnóstico pós-mortem " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada com distinção
2002
Concluded
 Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (Título de especialista)
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
1992
Concluded
 Medicina (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Invited Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2023 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/20 - Current Assistente graduado (Médica) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de S. João, Portugal
2002/01/01 - 2015/10/20 Assistente (Médica) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de S. João, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Vasconcelos, S; Pinto, J; Ramalho, C; Lopes, SMCD; Marques, J; Doria, S. "EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF EPIGENETIC REGULATORS IN HUMAN PLACENTAS FROM IDIOPATHIC PREGNANCY LOSSES". 2022.
  2. Vaz, D; Vasconcelos, S; Canicais, C; Ramalho, C; Fernandes, S; Marques, J; Doria, S. "SKEWED X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION IN RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS". 2022.
  3. Ferreira, A F; Azevedo, M J; Machado, A P; Saraiva, F A; Sampaio Maia, B; Leite-Moreira, A; Ramalho, C; Falcao-Pires, I. "Impact of cardiovascular risk factors in vascular remodelling of pregnant women". 2021.
    10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2901
  4. Ferreira, A F; Azevedo, M J; Proenca, T; Saraiva, F A; Machado, A P; Sousa, C; Sampaio Maia, B; et al. "Cardiac remodelling and reverse remodelling in pregnant women: what can be expected?". 2021.
    10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2904
  5. Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Bracchi, Isabella; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Pinheiro, Cátia; Ferreira, Pedro; Pestana, Diogo; Barreiros-Mota, I; et al. "Iodine status and impact of supplementation in pregnant women ¿ results from Iomum Porto". Paper presented in Acta Obstet Ginecol Port. 2021;15 (supl):77-8, Porto, 2021.
  6. Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Bracchi, Isabella; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Pinheiro, Cátia; Ferreira, P; Pestana, Diogo; Barreiros-Mota, I; et al. "Iodine supplemention in Portugal ¿ survey on current clinical practices". Paper presented in 22º Congresso Português de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, 2021.
  7. Lima, Vera; D'Oliveira, R; Pinto, J; Rodrigues, M; Ramalho, C. "Mosaic der(18) t(6;18)(p226- 5.3; q21.31)". Paper presented in European Cytogenetics conference, Florença, 2015.
    Published
  8. Araujo, JR; Ramalho, Carla; Correia-Branco, Ana; Faria, Ana; Ferraz, Tiago.; Keating, Elisa; Martel, Fatima. "Type 1, but not gestational diabetes, is associated with an increase in placental oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity". Paper presented in 5th Symposium of Metabolism ¿metabolism throughout life, Porto, 2013.
    Published
  9. Araujo, JR; Correia-Branco, Ana; Ramalho, Carla; Martel, Fátima; Keating, Elisa. "Gestational diabetes reduces placental uptake of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids and interferes with trophoblast development". Paper presented in 22nd International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and 37th Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Congress, 2012, Sevilla, 2012.
    Published
  10. Araujo, JR; Correia-Branco, Ana; Ramalho, Carla; Keating, Elisa; Martel, Fatima. "Gestational diabetes mellitus reduces placental uptake of arachidonic long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and interferes with trophoblast development". Paper presented in Meeting of the International-Federation-of-Placenta-Associations (IFPA) 2012, Hiroshima, 2012.
  11. Correia-Branco, Ana; Araujo, JR; Moreira, Liliana; Ramalho, Carla; Martel, Fátima; Elisa Keating. "Gestational diabetes, TNF-a and leptin affect folic acid uptake by the human syncytiotrophoblast: evidence for JAK/STAT signaling involvement". Paper presented in Meeting of the International-Federation-of-Placenta-Associations (IFPA) 2012, Hiroshima, 2012.
    Published
  12. Araujo, JR; Correia-Branco, Ana; Ramalho, Carla; Keating, Elisa. "Uptake of L-Methionine by BeWo cells: characterization and modulation by diabetes-associated conditions". Paper presented in 14th European Placenta Group Meeting, 2011.
    Published
  13. Lima, Vera; Dória, S; Madureira, C; Ventura, V; Loureiro, T; Ramalho, C; Brandão, O; et al. "Confined placental mosaicism?". Paper presented in European cytogenetics conference, Porto, 2011.
    Published
  14. Elisa Keating; Araujo, JR; Correia-Branco, Ana; Ramalho, Carla; Martel, Fátima. "L-methionine transport in human cytotrophoblasts isolated from diabetic pregnancies". Paper presented in International Federation of Placenta Associations Meeting 2011, Geilo, 2011.
    Published
  15. Oliveira, R; Doria, S; Madureira, C; Lima, V; Almeida, C; Ramalho, C; Barros, A; et al. "Familial pericentric inversion of chromosome 21 and mental retardation". Paper presented in European cytogenetics conference, Porto, 2011.
    Published
  16. Dória, S; Carvalho, F; Ramalho, C; Lima, Vera; Moreira, ML; Duarte, -A; Sousa,M; Matias, A; Barros, Alberto. "Application of Touch Fish as an additional tool in the study of spontaneous abortions". Paper presented in European Cytogenetics conference, 2009.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Bastos, M.A.; Duarte, S.C.A.; Araújo, R.M.S.; Ramalho, C.; Torres Da Costa, J.. "Occupational noise exposure during pregnancy: A systematic review". 2014.
Conference poster
  1. Fernandes da Rocha, Diogo; Ramalho, Carla; Grangeia, Ana. Corresponding author: Fernandes da Rocha, Diogo. "Unravelling the c.295C>T variant in FANCA: Examining Its Ubiquity and Diverse Prenatal Manifestations among the Romani Iberian Population". Paper presented in 27º Reunião anual - SPGH, 2023.
  2. Fernandes da Rocha, Diogo; Ramalho, Carla; GUIMARÃES, SUSANA; Grangeia, Ana. Corresponding author: Fernandes da Rocha, Diogo. "Desafios diagnósticos na atresia intestinal pré-natal: um caso incomum de falso positivo no rastreio bioquímico neonatal e variabilidade fenotípica associada à anemia de Fanconi". Paper presented in Reunião Anual da Associação Portuguesa em Diagnóstico Pré-natal, 2023.
  3. Bracchi, Isabella; Guimarães, Juliana; Pinheiro, Cátia; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Azevedo, Rui; Pinto, Edgar; Almeida, Agostinho; et al. "Essential trace elements status in Portuguese pregnant women and their association with neonatal outcomes: a prospective study from the IoMum cohort". Paper presented in 1st Conference of the Doctoral Program Metabolism ¿ Clinical and Experimental, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, 2022.
  4. Caniçais, Carla; Vasconcelos, Sara; Ramalho, Carla; Marques, CJ; Dória, Sofia. "Altered expression of imprinted genes and epigenetic regulators in intrauterine growth resctriction placental tissue". Paper presented in Genomic Imprinting -from Biology to Disease (virtual conference), 2020.
  5. Ferreira, Pedro; Pinheiro, Cátia; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Cortez, Alice; et al. "The impact of dairy consumption on iodine status among supplemented and non-supplemented pregnant women in Oporto region". Paper presented in XIX Congress of Nutrition and Food of Portuguese Nutrition Association, 2020.
  6. Vasconcelos, Sara; Ramalho, Carla. "Dysregulation of imprinted genes and epigenetic modifiers in human placental and fetal tissues from second trimester pregnancy losses". Paper presented in Genomic Imprinting - from Biology to Disease, 2020.
  7. Vasconcelos, Sara; Caniçais, Carla; Ramalho, Carla; Marques, C.J.; Doria, Sofia. "Altered expression of imprinted genes expression and epigenetic regulators in intrauterine growth restriction placental tissue". Paper presented in Genomic Imprinting ¿ from Biology to Disease, 2020.
  8. Azevedo, Maria; Ramalho, Carla; Zaura, Egija; Maria Benedita Sampaio-Maia. "Evolution of the oral microbiome throughout pregnancy ¿ a systematic review.". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC19, Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019.
  9. Azevedo, Maria; Ramalho, Carla; Zaura, Egija; Sampaio-Maia, Benedita. "The Impact of Delivery and Feeding Mode in the Oral Mycobiome Acquisition". Paper presented in i3S 8th Annual Meeting, 2019.
  10. Azevedo, Maria; Ramalho, Carla; Maria Benedita Sampaio-Maia. "Feeding and Delivery Mode: Impact on the Oral Mycobiome.". Paper presented in CED-IADR/NOF Oral Health Research Congress, 2019.
  11. Lima, Vera; Dória, S; Madureira, C; Ventura, V; Duarte, AJ; Brandão, O; Ramalho, C; Matias, A; Barros, A. "Monossomia 21?". Paper presented in IX Jornadas Reunião dos Núcleos/CDPN, 2009.
  12. Lima, Vera; Dória, S; Madureira, C; Ventura, V; Duarte, AJ; Brandão, O; Ramalho, C; Matias, A; Barros, A. "Duplications with terminal deletions". Paper presented in VIII Jornadas Internacionais de Diagnóstico Pré-Natal, 2008.
Edited book
  1. RAMALHO, Carla. Protocolos de medicina materno-fetal. Lisboa, Portugal: LIDEL. 2014.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Carolina Dias da Silva; Inês Sarmento Gonçalves; Carla Ramalho. "Association of low pregnancy associated plasma protein-A with increased umbilical artery pulsatility index in cases of fetal weight between the 3rd and 10th percentiles: a retrospective cohort study". Journal of Perinatal Medicine (2024): https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2023-0156.
    10.1515/jpm-2023-0156
  2. Azevedo, Maria João; Garcia, Andreia; Costa, Carolina F.F.A.; Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Falcão-Pires, Inês; Brandt, Bernd W.; Ramalho, Carla; et al. Corresponding author: Azevedo, M. J.. "The contribution of maternal factors to the oral microbiota of the child: Influence from early life and clinical relevance". Japanese Dental Science Review 59 (2023): 191-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdsr.2023.06.002.
    10.1016/j.jdsr.2023.06.002
  3. Sampaio, Luísa; Morana, Giovanni; Gonçalves, Hernâni; Rossi, Andrea; Ramalho, Carla. "Fetal brain MR angiography at 1.5 T: a feasible study". Neuroradiology 66 2 (2023): 271-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00234-023-03243-5.
    10.1007/s00234-023-03243-5
  4. Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Azevedo, Maria João; Morais, Juliana; Trindade, Fábio; Saraiva, Francisca; Diaz, Sílvia Oliveira; Alves, Inês Nuno; et al. "Cardiovascular risk factors during pregnancy impact the postpartum cardiac and vascular reverse remodeling". American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 325 4 (2023): H774-H789. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00200.2023.
    10.1152/ajpheart.00200.2023
  5. Isabella Bracchi; Juliana Guimarães; Catarina Isabel Rodrigues; Rui Azevedo; Cláudia Matta Coelho; Cátia Pinheiro; Juliana Morais; et al. "Essential Trace Elements Status in Portuguese Pregnant Women and Their Association with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Prospective Study from the IoMum Cohort". Biology (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/10/1351.
    10.3390/biology12101351
  6. Moreira, Tatiana; Dias, Margarida; Von Hafe, Madalena; Curval, Ana Rita; Ramalho, Carla; Maia, Ana Maria; Moura, Carla Pinto. "Orofacial clefts: Reflections on prenatal diagnosis and family history based on a series of cases of a tertiary children hospital". Congenital Anomalies 63 6 (2023): 195-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cga.12538.
    10.1111/cga.12538
  7. Ana Filipa Ferreira; Francisca Saraiva; Sílvia Oliveira Diaz; Maria João Azevedo; Carla Sousa; Adelino Leite-Moreira; Benedita Sampaio-Maia; et al. "The impact of echocardiographic indexation to evaluate cardiac reverse remodeling throughout pregnancy and postpartum". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.repc.2023.04.014.
    10.1016/j.repc.2023.04.014
  8. azevedo, maria joão; Campos, Paula; araujo, ricardo; magalhães, inês; pereira, maria; azevedo, alvaro; Zaura, Egija; RAMALHO, Carla; Sampaio-Maia, Benedita. "The potential impact of delivery mode and breastfeeding on oral Candida species carriage in a population of young adults". Quintessence Int 6 54 (2023): 516-523.
    Published
  9. Martins, Mariana V.; Valente, Vanessa A.; Silva, Ana D.; Ramalho, Carla; Costa, Maria E.. "“Death is a sensitive topic when you are surrounded by life”: Nurses experiences with pregnancy loss". Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare 35 (2023): 100817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100817.
    10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100817
  10. Ferreira, AF.; Azevedo, M. J. ; Saraiva, FA.; Trindade, F.; Barros, A.; Leite, S.; Proença, T.; et al. "The PERInatal MYocardial Remodeling (PERIMYR) cohort study protocol: A prospective study of cardiac remodeling and ¿recovery¿ in pregnancy as a model to understand the impact of comorbidities in cardiac remodeling and reverse remodeling". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 42 6 (2023): 585-596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.repc.2022.08.015.
    10.1016/j.repc.2022.08.015
  11. Azevedo, Maria João; Araujo, Ricardo; Campos, Joana; Campos, Carla; Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Falcão-Pires, Inês; Ramalho, Carla; et al. "Vertical Transmission and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Yeast Isolates from the Oral Cavity, Gut, and Breastmilk of Mother–Child Pairs in Early Life". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 2 (2023): 1449. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021449.
    10.3390/ijms24021449
  12. Fernandes, Mariana; Azevedo, Maria João; Campos, Carla; Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Azevedo, Álvaro; Falcão-Pires, Inês; Zaura, Egija; et al. "Potential Pathogenic and Opportunistic Oral Bacteria in Early Life: The Role of Maternal Factors in a Portuguese Population". Pathogens 12 1 (2023): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010080.
    10.3390/pathogens12010080
  13. Juliana Cristina Diniz Guimarães; Isabella Bracchi; Cátia Pinheiro; Nara Xavier Moreira; Cláudia Matta Coelho; Diogo Pestana; Maria do Carmo Prucha; et al. "Association of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid Exposure during Pregnancy with Maternal Outcomes and Newborn Anthropometric Measures: Results from the IoMum Cohort Study". Toxics (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/125.
    10.3390/toxics11020125
  14. Costa, Beatriz C.; Grangeia, Ana; Galvão, Joana; Vaz, Diane; Melo, Mónica; Carraca, Teresa; Ramalho, Carla; et al. "Prenatal diagnosis study using array comparative genomic hybridization for genotype-phenotype correlation in 772 fetuses". Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 61 (2022): 152059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2022.152059.
    10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2022.152059
  15. Sara Bernardes da Cunha; Cátia Rasteiro; Manuela Silva; Mariana Dias; Célia Araújo; Carla Ramalho. "Cystic fibrosis and jejunoileal atresia: A clinical case". Clinical Case Reports (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5869.
    10.1002/ccr3.5869
  16. Matta Coelho, C.; Guimarães, J.; Bracchi, I.; Xavier Moreira, N.; Pinheiro, C.; Ferreira, P.; Pestana, D.; et al. "Noncompliance to iodine supplementation recommendation is a risk factor for iodine insufficiency in Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort". Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 45 10 (2022): 1865-1874. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-022-01813-7.
    10.1007/s40618-022-01813-7
  17. Canao, P; Dos Santos, J; Grangeia, A; Ramalho, C; Braga, AC. "Pentalogy of Cantrell: an autopsy case report of a complete phenotype". VIRCHOWS ARCHIV 479 (2021): S286-S286.
  18. Dos Santos, J ; Canao, P; Grangeia, A; Ramalho, C; Braga, AC. "Prune-belly syndrome: an autopsy case report". VIRCHOWS ARCHIV 479 (2021): S287.
    Published
  19. Varejão, Ana Mesquita; Ramalho, Carla. "Band neutrophil sign: corroborative case of a new pathognomonic finding". BMJ Case Reports 14 6 (2021): e244285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244285.
    10.1136/bcr-2021-244285
  20. Malheiro, Filipa; Silva, Manuela; Macedo, Carlos; Ramalho, Carla. "Recurrent fetal truncus arteriosus associated with PMM2-CDG". JIMD Reports 59 1 (2021): 120-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12193.
    10.1002/jmd2.12193
  21. Maneira-Sousa, Pedro; Rocha, Gustavo; Soares, Paulo; Arnet, Vanessa; Guimarães, Susana; Fragoso, Ana Catarina; Ramalho, Carla; Costa, Estevão; Guimarães, Hercília. "Massive sacrococcygeal teratoma in a preterm infant". Clinical Case Reports (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3722.
    10.1002/ccr3.3722
  22. Pinheiro, Cátia; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Ferreira, Pedro; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Cortez, Alice; et al. "Iodine knowledge is associated with iodine status in Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort study". British Journal of Nutrition (2021): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114521000155.
    Published • 10.1017/s0007114521000155
  23. Ferreira, Pedro; Pinheiro, Cátia; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Cortez, Alice; et al. "The association of milk and dairy consumption with iodine status in pregnant women in Oporto region". British Journal of Nutrition (2021): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000711452100009x.
    Published • 10.1017/s000711452100009x
  24. Caniçais, Carla; Vasconcelos, Sara; Ramalho, Carla; Marques, C. Joana; Dória, Sofia. "Deregulation of imprinted genes expression and epigenetic regulators in placental tissue from intrauterine growth restriction". Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10815-020-02047-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s10815-020-02047-3
  25. Correia Costa, Susana; Raposo, Maria Inês; Machado, Ana Paula; Ramalho, Carla; Ayres-de-Campos, Diogo; Montenegro, Nuno. "External cephalic version: Predictors of success and influence on caesarean rates". European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 256 (2021): 211-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.11.037.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.11.037
  26. Figueiredo, Rita; Tavares, Sara; Moucho, Marina; Ramalho, Carla. "Systematic screening for SARS-CoV-2 in pregnant women admitted for delivery in a Portuguese maternity". Journal of Perinatal Medicine 48 9 (2020): 977-980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2020-0387.
    10.1515/jpm-2020-0387
  27. Gomes, Marina Sousa; Monterroso, José; Brandão, Otília; Ramalho, Carla. "Monochorionic Twin Discordance for Horseshoe Lung and Tricuspid Atresia". Fetal and Pediatric Pathology (2020): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15513815.2020.1815916.
    10.1080/15513815.2020.1815916
  28. Figueiredo, Rita; Falcão, Vera; Pinto, Maria João; Ramalho, Carla. "Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman". BMJ Case Reports 13 8 (2020): e237146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237146.
    10.1136/bcr-2020-237146
  29. Macedo, Miguel Pereira; Carvalho, Filipa; Guimarães, Susana; Rebelo, Sandra; Ramalho, Carla. "Early Gestational Diagnosis of Lethal Skeletal Dysplasias: A 15 Year Retrospective Cohort Reviewing Concordance between Ultrasonographic, Genetic and Morphological Features". Fetal and Pediatric Pathology (2020): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15513815.2020.1761915.
    10.1080/15513815.2020.1761915
  30. Caniçais, C; Ramalho, C; Marques, CJ; Dória, S. "Altered expression of imprinted genes and epigenetic regulators in placental tissue from intrauterine growth restriction". Medicine 99 9 (2020):
  31. Teles-Silva, Cláudia; Martins, Francisca; Costa, Sandra; Soares, Paulo; Rocha, Gustavo; Flor-de-Lima, Filipa; Pinto, Helena; et al. "Renal Dysplasia and Progressive Renal Failure in a Newborn with Interstitial Chromosome 4 Deletion 4q25-28.3: A New Phenotype?". Journal of Pediatric Genetics 10 01 (2020): 039-044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1701043.
    Published • 10.1055/s-0039-1701043
  32. Azevedo, Maria Joao; de Lurdes Pereira, Maria; Araujo, Ricardo; Ramalho, Carla; Zaura, Egija; Sampaio-Maia, Benedita. "Influence of delivery and feeding mode in oral fungi colonization – a systematic review". Microbial Cell 7 2 (2020): 36-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2020.02.706.
    Published • 10.15698/mic2020.02.706
  33. Grangeia, A; Pinto, J; Leão, Miguel; Guimarães, S; Renata, O; Ramalho, C; Dória, S. "1q21.1 CNVs". Eur J Hum Genet 38 (2020): 452.
    Published
  34. Almeida, Natércia; Teixeira, Andreia; Garcia, José; Martins, Natália; Ramalho, Carla. "Effects of an Educational Intervention on Angolan Adolescents’ Knowledge of Human Reproduction: A Quasi-Experimental Study". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 24 (2019): 5155. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245155.
    Published • 10.3390/ijerph16245155
  35. Rei, Mariana; Ramalho, Carla. "Recurrent Medical Termination of Pregnancy, Not Always the Same Pathology". Fetal and Pediatric Pathology (2019): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15513815.2019.1683917.
    10.1080/15513815.2019.1683917
  36. de Almeida, Natércia; Teixeira, Andreia; Capoco Sachiteque, Alberto; Molina, José R.; dos Prazeres Tavares, Hamilton; Ramalho, Carla. "Characterisation of induced abortion and consequences to women's health at Hospital Central do Huambo – Angola". Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2019): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443615.2019.1635096.
    10.1080/01443615.2019.1635096
  37. Vasconcelos, Sara; Ramalho, Carla; Marques, C. Joana; Doria, Sofia. "Altered expression of epigenetic regulators and imprinted genes in human placenta and fetal tissues from second trimester spontaneous pregnancy losses". Epigenetics 14 12 (2019): 1234-1244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2019.1634988.
    10.1080/15592294.2019.1634988
  38. Tuna, Tiago; Estevão-Costa, José; Ramalho, Carla; Fragoso, Ana Catarina. "Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome: Report of a Prenatally Recognised Case and Review of the Literature". Urology 125 (2019): 205-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2018.12.022.
    10.1016/j.urology.2018.12.022
  39. RAMALHO, Carla. "Pulmonary sequestration: an experience in a level III hospital". Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (2019):
  40. Caniçais, c; Ramalho, C; Marques,CJ; Dória, S. "Epigenetic modifications associated with intrauterine growth restriction.". Eur J Hum Genet 27 Suppl 1 (2019): 615-616.
    Published
  41. Vasconcelos, S; Ramalho, C; Marques, J; Dória, S. "Epigenetic modifications could contribute for second trimester pregnancy spontaneous losses.". Medicine 98 26 (2019): P15.
  42. Brandão, Pedro; Seco, Sandra; Loureiro, Teresa; Ramalho, Carla. "Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of Harlequin ichthyosis". Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 47 4 (2018): 228-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcu.22675.
    10.1002/jcu.22675
  43. RAMALHO, Carla. "Perinatal palliative care following prenatal diagnosis of severe fetal anomaly: a new family-centered approach in a level III Portuguese hospital". Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine 8(1) (2018):
  44. Sarmento-Gonçalves, Inês; Cunha, Manuela; Loureiro, Teresa; Pinto, Pedro S.; Ramalho, Carla. "Fetal lipomyelomeningocele: A closed neural tube defect diagnosed at second-trimester ultrasound examination". Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 47 3 (2018): 169-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcu.22662.
    10.1002/jcu.22662
  45. Rasteiro, Cátia; Araújo, Célia; Cunha, Sara; Caldas, Rita; Mesquita, Joana; Seixas, Adérito; Augusto, Nuno; Ramalho, Carla. "Influence of Time Interval from Bariatric Surgery to Conception on Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes". Obesity Surgery 28 11 (2018): 3559-3566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3395-5.
    10.1007/s11695-018-3395-5
  46. Freitas, Marta; Pinto, Joel; Ramalho, Carla; Dória, Sofia. "Prenatal diagnosis: : the clinical usefulness of array comparative genomic hybridization". Porto Biomedical Journal (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbj.0000000000000013.
    10.1016/j.pbj.0000000000000013
  47. Miranda, J.O.; Cerqueira, R.J.; Ramalho, C.; Areias, J.C.; Henriques-Coelho, T.. "Fetal Cardiac Function in Maternal Diabetes: A Conventional and Speckle-Tracking Echocardiographic Study". Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85037717511&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.echo.2017.11.007
  48. Tavares, S.; Cavaco-Gomes, J.; Moucho, M.; Severo, M.; Mateus, M.; Ramalho, C.; Visser, G.H.A.; Montenegro, N.. "24/7 Presence of Medical Staff in the Labor Ward; No Day-Night Differences in Perinatal and Maternal Outcomes". American Journal of Perinatology 34 6 (2017): 529-534. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994109126&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1055/s-0036-1593809
  49. Miranda, J.O.; Ramalho, C.; Henriques-Coelho, T.; Areias, J.C.. "Fetal programming as a predictor of adult health or disease: the need to reevaluate fetal heart function". Heart Failure Reviews 22 6 (2017): 861-877. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85025077620&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10741-017-9638-z
  50. Félix, C.; Flor-de-Lima, F.; Pissarra, S.; Clemente, F.; Soares, P.; Rodrigues, M.; Rocha, G.; et al. "Congenital anomalies: 15 years of experience in a level III hospital". Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine 6 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018976615&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7363/060121
  51. Lima, V; Oliveira, R; Pinto, J; Rodrigues, M; Ramalho, C; Dória, S. "Mosaic der(18) t(6;18)(p25.3; q21.31)". Molecular Cytogenetics 10 Suppl 1 (2017): 1.P46.
    Published
  52. Neves, A.L.; Cabral, M.; Leite-Moreira, A.; Monterroso, J.; Ramalho, C.; Guimarães, H.; Barros, H.; et al. "Time-dependence of cardiac biomarker levels in newborns with congenital heart defects: Umbilical cord versus peripheral newborn blood". International Journal of Cardiology 214 (2016): 412-414. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963817994&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.116
  53. Oliveira, N.M.M.; Rocha, G.; Henriques-Coelho, T.; Ramalho, C.; Guimarães, H.. "Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation: The experience of a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit". Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine 5 2 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85009888006&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7363/050217
  54. Neves, A.L.; Cabral, M.; Leite-Moreira, A.; Monterroso, J.; Ramalho, C.; Guimarães, H.; Barros, H.; et al. "Myocardial Injury Biomarkers in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease". Pediatrics and Neonatology 57 6 (2016): 488-495. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964247538&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pedneo.2015.11.004
  55. Costa-Almeida, R.; Gomez-Lazaro, M.; Ramalho, C.; Granja, P.L.; Soares, R.; Guerreiro, S.G.. "Fibroblast-endothelial partners for vascularization strategies in tissue engineering". Tissue Engineering - Part A 21 5-6 (2015): 1055-1065. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924404743&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/ten.tea.2014.0443
  56. Pinto, P.F.V.F.; Ferraz, T.J.S.M.; Ramalho, C.M.A.; Montenegro, N.A.M.M.. "Evaluation of corticosteroid administration in situations of suspected imminent preterm delivery: A retrospective cohort study in a tertiary centre | Avaliação da ministração de corticosteroides em situações de suspeita de parto pré-termo iminente: Um estudo de coorte retrospectivo em um centro terciário". Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia 37 10 (2015): 467-472. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944451689&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/SO100-720320150005440
  57. Bastos, R.; Ramalho, C.; Dória, S.. "Prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities in spontaneous abortions or fetal deaths | Estudo da prevalência de anomalias cromossómicas em abortamentos espontâneos ou mortes fetais". Acta Medica Portuguesa 27 1 (2014): 42-48. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896829504&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  58. Cordeiro, A.; Neto, A.P.; Carvalho, F.; Ramalho, C.; Dória, S.. "Relevance of genomic imprinting in intrauterine human growth expression of CDKN1C, H19, IGF2, KCNQ1 and PHLDA2 imprinted genes". Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 31 10 (2014): 1361-1368. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84918790969&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10815-014-0278-0
  59. Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Clinical impact of systematically performing autopsies following selective termination of pregnancies: Comparison between multiples and singletons". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 36 3 (2014): 245-250. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908613698&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000357702
  60. Barros, M.; Gorgal, G.; Machado, A.P.; Ramalho, C.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Revisiting amniotic band sequence: A wide spectrum of manifestations". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 35 1 (2014): 51-56. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896698081&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000354616
  61. Bastos, Raquel; Ramalho, Carla; Dória, Sofia. "Estudo da Prevalência de Anomalias Cromossómicas em Abortamentos Espontâneos ou Mortes Fetais". (2014): https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/3952.
    10.20344/amp.3952
  62. Bastos, R; Ramalho, C; Doria, S. "Prevalence of Chromosomal Abnormalities in Spontaneous Abortions or Fetal Deaths". ACTA MEDICA PORTUGUESA (2014):
  63. Oliveira, R.; Dória, S.; Madureira, C.; Lima, V.; Almeida, C.; Pinho, M.J.; Ramalho, C.; et al. "Inv21p12q22del21q22 and intellectual disability". Gene 517 1 (2013): 120-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873521858&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.gene.2012.12.045
  64. Araújo, J.R.; Correia-Branco, A.; Moreira, L.; Ramalho, C.; Martel, F.; Keating, E.. "Folic acid uptake by the human syncytiotrophoblast is affected by gestational diabetes, hyperleptinemia, and TNF-a". Pediatric Research 73 4 (2013): 388-394. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875672415&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/pr.2013.14
  65. Rasteiro, C.; Ramalho, C.; Loureiro, T.; Pereira, J.; Matias, A.. "Bladder emptying into an umbilical cord cyst: Prenatal sonographic sign of allantoic cyst with patent urachus". Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 2 (2013): 239-240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881323857&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/uog.12361
  66. Araújo, J.R.; Correia-Branco, A.; Ramalho, C.; Keating, E.; Martel, F.. "Gestational diabetes mellitus decreases placental uptake of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: Involvement of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase". Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 24 10 (2013): 1741-1750. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883749020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jnutbio.2013.03.003
  67. Ferraz, T.J.S.M.; Bartosch, C.M.M.; Ramalho, C.M.A.; de Carvalho, F.A.G.; de Carvalho, B.C.C.L.; Brandão, O.G.B.C.; Montenegro, N.A.M.M.. "Complete mole in a dichorionic twin pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection | Mola hidatiforme completa em gravidez bicoriônica após injecção intracitoplasmática de espermatozoides". Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia 35 1 (2013): 39-43. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872839894&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/S0100-72032013000100008
  68. Araújo, J.R.; Ramalho, C.; Correia-Branco, A.; Faria, A.; Ferraz, T.; Keating, E.; Martel, F.. "A parallel increase in placental oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses occurs in pre-gestational type 1 but not gestational diabetes". Placenta 34 11 (2013): 1095-1098. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886600602&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.placenta.2013.09.001
  69. Araújo, J.R.; Correia-Branco, A.; Ramalho, C.; Gonçalves, P.; Pinho, M.J.; Keating, E.; Martel, F.. "L-methionine placental uptake: Characterization and modulation in gestational diabetes mellitus". Reproductive Sciences 20 12 (2013): 1492-1507. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880372266&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/1933719113488442
  70. Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Monterroso, J.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Cardiac findings in routine fetal autopsies: More than meets the eye?". European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 163 2 (2012): 142-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864978918&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.04.019
  71. Ramalho, C.; Monterroso, J.; Simões, J.; Brandão, O.; Montenegro, N.. "Human herpes virus 6 causing myocarditis in a fetus: An infectious cause to a congenital heart defect". Journal of Clinical Pathology 64 8 (2011): 733-734. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960719983&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/jcp.2010.087494
  72. Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Phenotypic variability in fetuses with down syndrome: A case-control pathological evaluation". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 30 3 (2011): 207-214. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80855147905&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000329309
  73. Gorgal, R.; Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Revisiting acrania: same phenotype, different aetiologies.". Fetal diagnosis and therapy 29 2 (2011): 166-170. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959626525&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000320735
  74. Dória, S.; Sousa, M.; Fernandes, S.; Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.; Barros, A.; Carvalho, F.. "Gene expression pattern of IGF2, PHLDA2, PEG10 and CDKN1C imprinted genes in spontaneous miscarriages or fetal deaths.". Epigenetics : official journal of the DNA Methylation Society 5 5 (2010): 444-450. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953816234&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4161/epi.5.5.12118
  75. Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Systematic fetal autopsy in cases of medical termination of pregnancy due to chromosomal abnormalities: Improving the quality of perinatal care?". Prenatal Diagnosis 30 10 (2010): 1000-1004. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957367092&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pd.2605
  76. Carvalho, B.; Dória, S.; Ramalho, C.; Brandão, O.; Sousa, M.; Matias, A.; Barros, A.; Carvalho, F.. "Aneuploidies detection in miscarriages and fetal deaths using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification: An alternative for speeding up results?". European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 153 2 (2010): 151-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78249256291&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.06.022
  77. MacHado, A.P.; Ramalho, C.; Portugal, R.; Brandão, O.; Carvalho, B.; Carvalho, F.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Concordance for bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a monozygotic dichorionic twin pair - First clinical report". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 27 2 (2010): 106-109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950065208&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000279752
  78. Machado, A.P.; Ramalho, C.; Loureiro, T.; Cunha, M.; Dória, S.; Carvalho, F.; Oliveira, J.P.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.. "Phenotypic expression in the first case of complete trisomy 12: Combination of prenatal ultrasound and necropsic examination". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 25 2 (2009): 234-238. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66149118990&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000222666
  79. Dória, S.; Carvalho, F.; Ramalho, C.; Lima, V.; Francisco, T.; Machado, A.P.; Brandão, O.; et al. "An efficient protocol for the detection of chromosomal abnormalities in spontaneous miscarriages or foetal deaths". European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 147 2 (2009): 144-150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71849084531&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.07.023
  80. Póvoa, A.; Ramalho, C.; Torgal, A.; Brandão, O.; Matias, A.; Oliveira, M.J.V.; Montenegro, N.; Castedo, S.. "Positive biochemical screening for trisomy 18: On the path of trisomy 9". Prenatal Diagnosis 28 2 (2008): 162-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39749089829&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pd.1927
  81. Costa, P.; Carriço, A.; Ramalho, C.; Matias, A.; Monterroso, J.; Areias, J.C.. "Prenatal diagnosis of congenital complete heart block | Diagnóstico pré-natal de bloqueio aurículo-ventricular congénito". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 26 6 (2007): 669-674. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547226128&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  82. Póvoa, A.M.; Ramalho, C.; Machado, A.P.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Congenital posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus: A case of fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 22 5 (2007): 321-324. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547951679&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000103288
  83. Mota, R.; Ramalho, C.; Monteiro, J.; Correia-Pinto, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Guimarães, H.; Spratley, J.; et al. "Evolving indications for the EXIT procedure: The usefulness of combining ultrasound and fetal MRI". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 22 2 (2007): 107-111. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847009367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000097106
  84. Gomes, F.; Ramalho, C.; Machado, A.P.; Calado, E.; Cardoso, F.; Montenegro, N.. "Transvaginal ultrasound assessment of the cervix and digital examination before labor induction | Avaliação ecográfica do colo e avaliação tocológica prévias à enduçao do trabalho de parto". Acta Medica Portuguesa 19 2 (2006): 109-114. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750210634&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  85. Ramalho, C.; Matias, A.; Brandão, O.; Montenegro, N.. "Critical evaluation of elective termination of pregnancy in a tertiary fetal medicine center during 43 months: Correlation of prenatal diagnosis findings and postmortem examination". Prenatal Diagnosis 26 11 (2006): 1084-1088. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33751340531&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pd.1567
  86. Ramalho, C.; Matias, A.; Brandão, O.; Montenegro, N.. "Renal tubular dysgenesis: Report of two cases in a non-consanguineous couple and review of the literature". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 22 1 (2006): 10-13. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33845731243&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000095835
  87. Matias, A.; Ramalho, C.; Montenegro, N.. "Search for hemodynamic compromise at 11-14 weeks in monochorionic twin pregnancy: Is abnormal flow in the ductus venosus predictive of twin-twin transfusion syndrome?". Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 18 2 (2005): 79-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27344447093&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/14767050500232565
  88. Ramalho, C.; Matias, A.; Montenegro, N.. "Importance of chorionicity determination in risk stratification in multiple pregnancy | Importância da determinação de corionicidade na estratificação de risco na gravidez múltipla". Arquivos de Medicina 18 3 (2004): 115-119. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-26444470553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. RAMALHO, Carla. "Contributo para a melhoria da acuidade do diagnóstico pré-natal: correlação entre os achados das técnicas de diagnóstico pré-natal e o diagnóstico post-mortem". PhD, 2011.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Environmental pollutants in pregnancy: assessment of exposure and impact in the first 1000 days of life
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - Current Brain 2D TOF - feasibility on fetal MR (1.5 T)
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - Current Project OralBioBorn: The oral Microbiome during the first Year of life and the influence of maternal factors in the acquisition of the newborn oral microbiome in a Portuguese population
Co-supervisor
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 - Current Neurossonografia Fetal
Supervisor
 Programa doutoral em medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - Current PERInatal MYocardial Remodelling (PERIMYR) - Cardiac Remodelling and “Recovery” in Pregnancy as a Model to Understand the Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Diseases
Co-supervisor
 Programa doutoral ciências cardiovasculares (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - Current Alterações placentárias e sua relação com desfechos obstétricos
Supervisor
 3º ciclo de Estudos em Medicina (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2021 - 2022 EXIT procedure from a maternal perspective: is it safe? – a systematic review
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Associação entre a Amamentação e a Depressão Pós-Parto: uma Revisão Sistemática
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Zinc Deficiency in Fetal Development
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Contributos da anatomia patológica para o estudo post mortem da hidrópsia fetal
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Maternal diabetes as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders - a systematic review and meta-analysis
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Maternal pregnancy-associated plasma protein a as a marker of fetal growth restriction
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Revisão sistemática sobre instrumentos de avaliação validados das habilidades clínicas em aleitamento
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Educação Académica e Clínica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Desfechos neonatais no parto instrumentado: fórceps versus ventosa
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 The impact of intrapartum ultrasound in the rate of caesarean section
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Alterações da hemodinâmica placentária em grávidas com diabetes mellitus tipo I
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Rapid detection of aneuploidies in prenatal diagnostics
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2021 Aborto induzido como problema de saúde no Huambo e uma estratégia para sua redução
Supervisor
 Doutoramento em Medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Prevalência da colonização por Streptococcus do grupo B nas grávidas do CHUSJ
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Prenatal diagnosis of fetal skeletal displasias - current state and future perspectives
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Desafios nos cuidados após morte fetal: A via do parto deverá ser uma escolha materna?
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Prenatal predictors of prognosis in congenital LUTO
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Conhecimentos Sobre Aleitamento Materno Adquiridos Durante a Formação Médica
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Educação Académica e Clínica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 State of the trace element iodine and environmental pollutants in Portuguese pregnant women and the anthropometric profile of the offspring at birth: results from the IoMum cohort
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Nutrição Clínica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Indução do trabalho de parto em gravidezes gemelares vs gravidezes únicas: revisão sistemática
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Fetal sex and neonatal outcomes - experience in a Portuguese tertiary centre
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2019 Early determinants of cardiovascular health and disease - Carving the heart from the womb
Co-supervisor
 Programa doutoral em ciencias cardiovasculares (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Proteína plasmática A associada à gravidez como marcador de restrição de crescimento fetal: o que se sabe até agora?”
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Influence of maternal age on cesarean delivery - experience in a tertiary hospital
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Fetal Repercussions of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Prenatal diagnosis: the clinical usefulness of Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGHa-CGH)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2016/10 Avaliação da perda de transmissão acústica na parede abdominal e efeito protetor para o feto
Co-supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Segurança e Saúde Ocupacionais (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Anomalias fetais consequentes a infeção por citomegalovírus
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Terapêutica farmacológica fetal
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Effect of external cephalic version in reducing the risk of developmental dysplasia of the hip
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2015 A utilização de metformina durante a gravidez
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Gastrosquisis: momento e via do parto
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Indução eletiva do trabalho de parto às 39 semanas de gestação Vs atitude expectante: revisão sistemática
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Variabilidade clínica na displasia mesenquimatosa da placenta
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Relevance of genomic imprinting in intrauterine human growth - Expression of imprinted genes IGF2, PHLDA2, CDKN1 and KCNQ1 in fetal growth restriction
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2013 The influence of weight variation in obese pregnant women on neonate outcome
Supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Estudo da prevalência de anomalias cromossómicas em abortamentos espontâneos ou mortes fetais
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/01/19 New insights in (ab)normal fetal lung development: predictive and mechanistic studies Ana Cristina Nunes Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/29 Revisão sistemática sobre instrumentos de avaliação validados das habilidades clínicas em aleitamento
Supervisor
 Thais Ricoy Leite Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/04/21 Aborto induzido como problema de saúde no Huambo e uma estratégia para sua redução
Supervisor
 Natércia Paulina Simba de Almeida (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/10/17 Conhecimentos Sobre Aleitamento Materno Adquiridos Durante a Formação Médica
Supervisor
 Flávia Viana Rodrigues Cabral Santiago (Master)
2019/05/07 Prediction of preeclampsia in twin pregnancy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carla Francisco Rodrigues (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2018/03/19 Nutrient transport in first trimester human trophoblasts. Modulation and implications on the process of placentation
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Cristina Lima Moreira Correia Branco (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/04/27 Alterações Encefálicas no 2º Trimestre de Fetos com Trissomia 21, avaliação de casos de Interrupção Médica de Gravidez
Thesis Member
 Liliana Patrícia Teixeira da Costa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/09/12 Marcadores de insuficiência cardíaca nas cardiopatias congénitas
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Luísa Vieira de Castro Ramos das Neves (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/12/18 Impact of gestational diabetes mellitus in the maternal-to-fetal transport of nutrientes and on placental development
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Ricardo Diniz de Araújo (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/02 - Current Colégio da Subespecialidade em Medicina Materno-Fetal Membro da direcção
2021/01 - Current Federação das sociedades portuguesas de obstetrícia e ginecologia Presidente do Conselho Fiscal
2016 - Current Health4Moz Secretário da comissão executiva
2017 - 2019 Sociedade Portuguesa de Obstetrícia e Medicina Materno-Fetal Vogal do Conselho Fiscal
2010 - 2015 Associação Portuguesa de Diagnótico Pré-Natal Secretária da Direção

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019/02/22 - Current Membro do Conselho Pedagógico
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Comissão de Equivalência ao Mestrado Integrado em Medicina por Titulares de Habilitações Superiores Estrangeiras
President / Vice-president
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Comissão de Equivalência ao Mestrado Integrado em Medicina por Titulares de Habilitações Superiores Estrangeiras
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2010 - 2015 Comissão Técnica Regional de diagnóstico pré-natal, Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte
Member
 Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte IP, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09 - Current Pensamento crítico e Desenvolvimento adulto Mestrado em Educação Académica e Clínica (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Objetivos e competências nos currículos das Ciências da Saúde Mestrado em Educação Académica e Clínica (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - Current Dissertação Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/03/27 - Current Medicina Fetal (curso de formação contínua) - docente responsável Medicina Fetal (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Rastreio e diagnóstico pré -natal: a imagem, as hormonas e a genética Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/09 - Current Assistência ao parto (UC opcional) - regente Mestrado integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2011/09 - Current Ginecologia/Obstetrícia (prática clínica) Mestrado integrado em medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2013 - Current International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (0020-7292)
2010/02 - Current Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa
Distinctions

Award

2021 Prémio melhor poster no 22º Congresso de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia
Federação das Sociedades Portuguesas de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (FSPOG), Portugal
2018 Prémio Banco Carregosa / SRNOM - Menção Honrosa 2018
Banco Carregosa, Portugal
2015 Prémio para a melhor comunicação livre na Reunião da APDPN - A placenta em diagnóstico pré-natal: do laboratório à clínica
2012 Portuguese Biochemical Society Travel Grant- Gestational diabetes reduces placental uptake of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids and interferes with trophoblast development.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica, Portugal
2011 Y. W. (Charlie) Loke Travel Award - L-Methionine transport in human cytotrophoblasts isolated from diabetic pregnancies
2010 1º prémio na categoria Investigação em Ciências da Nutrição: “Nutrição e gravidez: estudos moleculares do transporte materno-fetal de glicose e ácido fólico”
2010 Menção honrosa: “Characterization of placental uptake of the amino acid L-methionine”
2007 Prémio para a melhor comunicação livre, com “Hérnia Diafragmática congénita: Experiência de 4 anos e meio do Centro de Diagnóstico Pré-natal do Hospital de São João”
2004 Prémio para a melhor comunicação livre, com "Procedimento EXIT em tumefacção cervical volumosa"