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Ana Mafalda Abrantes is an Internal Medicine resident at Hospital Santa Maria, after she successfully graduated in 2018 at Faculty of Medicine - University of Lisbon. Since her residency, her main interest areas are autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular risk. She is an active member of the Immunomediated Diseases Group at the same hospital since 2022, having followed over 100 patients over the past 3 years. In 2023, she attended a three-month fellowship in Rheumatology and Research in the Rheumatology Department of University College London Hospital under the supervision of Professor David Isenberg. In this period, she acquired expertise in managing patients with several autoimmune conditions, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome. She also participated in four research projects, two of them as a research leader. Currently, she is working on the development of damage and its links to mortality in Sjogren’s syndrome, as well as on the long-term outcome in antiphospholipid syndrome after antiphospholipid antibodies seronegativization. She has published 12 articles, 4 of them as first author, predominantly in high-impact journals in Rheumatology and Cardiovascular disease. Her work was presented at several national and international meetings in Internal Medicine. In 2022, she won the Helena Saldanha/Boehringer-Ingelheim award from the National Society for Internal Medicine regarding the role of glycated albumin in the management of diabetic patients. In the academic field, Ana Mafalda Abrantes is an invited assistant of Clinical Semiology at Faculty of Medicine - University of Lisbon since 2019. She is also responsible for preparation classes for the Portuguese Medical Board admission exams. In addition to her scientific and academic contributions, Dr. Ana Mafalda Abrantes has a keen interest in emergency medicine, with several courses in this domain. She is a role model in clinical practice changes in Portugal as an active member of the Choosing Wisely Program. She is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANA MAFALDA SEABRA ABRANTES

Citation names

  • Abrantes, Ana Mafalda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D918-6267-659E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1295-9679

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 916563867 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Serviço de Medicina Interna, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz MB, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - General and Internal Medicine
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Rheumatology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Critical care Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/01 - 2023/03/31
Concluded
 Clinical and Research Training (Outros)
Major in Rheumatology
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
2022/01/01 - 2022/10/31
Concluded
 SIMUR22 | Simulation-based postgraduate course for Emergency Medicine (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Emergency Medicine
Hospital da Luz, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
95/100
2019/03/29 - 2019/05/11
Concluded
 Blended Learning Introduction to Clinical Studies (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 17/20
2012/09/01 - 2018/07/11
Concluded
 Medicine (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Alternatives to Thoracic Epidural Block in the Treatment of Rib Fracture Pain – Comparison of Cadaver Studies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - 2019 Vice-President Congresso Nacional do Interno de Formação Geral (CNIFG), Portugal
Congresso Nacional do Interno de Formação Geral (CNIFG), Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Member of the Immunomediated Diseases Group Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2020/01 - Current Internal Medicine Resident Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2020 - Current Member of the Choosing Wisely Program Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
2019 - Current Tutor Academia da Especialidade, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current A albumina glicada como marcador alternativo na avaliação do controlo metabólico em doentes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2
None
Principal investigator
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna
Ongoing
2020/04 - 2021/03 Understanding the role on renin-angiotensin inhibitors in the prognosis of COVID-19 pneumonia
None
Researcher
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current Long-term outcome in antiphospholipid syndrome after antiphospholipid antibodies seronegativization
None
Researcher
2023/02 - Current Development of damage and its links to mortality in Sjogren’s Syndrome
None
Principal investigator
2022/06 - 2024/01 External validation of the DIAPS: Predictors of Damage Adquisition and Quality of Life in Thrombotic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
None
Researcher
2020 - 2020 Repository of COVID-19 Clinical Samples
None
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Abrantes, A. M.; Abrantes, J. L.; Silva, C.; Reis, P.; Seabra, C.. "Health Risks, Pandemics and Epidemics Affecting Tourism: Understanding COVID-19 Pandemic". In Pandemics and Travel, 7-28. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
    Published • 10.1108/978-1-80071-070-220211002
Journal article
  1. Gaspar, Pedro; Fernandes, Ana Sofia M; Abrantes, Ana Mafalda; Parreira, Inês; Silva, Inês; Silva, Ryan C; Nobre, Mariana B; Martins, Joana R; Mota, Catarina. "Predictors of damage accrual and its impact on health-related quality of life of thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome: Independent validation of the damage index for antiphospholipid syndrome (DIAPS)". Lupus (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09612033241246360.
    10.1177/09612033241246360
  2. Veronica Venturelli; Ana Mafalda Abrantes; Anisur Rahman; David A Isenberg. "The impact of antiphospholipid antibodies/antiphospholipid syndrome on systemic lupus erythematosus". Rheumatology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead618.
    10.1093/rheumatology/kead618
  3. Ana Mafalda Abrantes; Lorena Montaño-Tapia; David Isenberg. "ANCA-MPO: is this a useful test?". Rheumatology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead173.
    10.1093/rheumatology/kead173
  4. Sant’Ana, Mariana; Gameiro, Joana; Costa, Cláudia; Branco, Carolina; Marques da Silva, Bernardo; Peres, Nadiesda; Cardoso, Ana; et al. "C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio and six-month mortality in incident hemodialysis patients". Renal Failure 45 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0886022x.2023.2182615.
    10.1080/0886022x.2023.2182615
  5. Abrantes, Ana Mafalda; Marques da Silva, Bernardo; Branco, Carolina; Costa, Cláudia; Peres, Nadiesda; Cardoso, Ana; Sant’Ana, Mariana; et al. "One-Year Mortality after Hemodialysis Initiation: The Prognostic Role of the CHA2DS2-VASc Score". Journal of Clinical Medicine 12 3 (2023): 1011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031011.
    Published • 10.3390/jcm12031011
  6. Teixeira Passos, Dúlio; Abrantes, Ana Mafalda; Santos, Liliana; Cardoso, Ana; Pais de Lacerda, António. "Immunosuppression Therapy in Acquired Hemophilia A: Pursuing an Optimal Regimen". Cureus (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20467.
    Published • 10.7759/cureus.20467
  7. Inês Urmal; Ana Mafalda Abrantes; Martim Trovão Bastos; Miguel Bigotte Vieira. "O Programa Choosing Wisely Portugal: Escolhas Criteriosas em Saúde". Medicina Interna (2021): https://doi.org/10.24950/CE/172/20/4/2020.
    10.24950/CE/172/20/4/2020
  8. Abrantes, Ana Mafalda; Nogueira-Garcia, Beatriz; Alves, Mariana; Teixeira Passos, Dúlio; Brito, Dulce; Pinto, Fausto J.; Caldeira, Daniel. "Low-Dose Colchicine in Coronary Artery Disease - Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Circulation Reports 3 8 (2021): 457-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/circrep.cr-21-0065.
    Published • 10.1253/circrep.cr-21-0065
  9. Pedro Antunes Meireles; Pedro Gaspar; Inês Parreira; Ana Mafalda Abrantes; Virgílio Dias Silva; Filipe Bessa; António Pais de Lacerda; Catarina Mota. "Caracterização Demográfica, Curso Clínico e Fatores de Risco para Mortalidade em Doentes Hospitalizados com COVID-19: Experiência de um Hospital Terciário Português na Primeira Vaga da Pandemia". Medicina Interna 28 2 (2021): 145-154. https://doi.org/10.24950/O/30/21/2/2021.
    10.24950/O/30/21/2/2021
  10. Alves, Mariana; Abrantes, Ana Mafalda; Portugal, Gonçalo; Cruz, M. Manuela; Reimão, Sofia; Caldeira, Daniel; Ferro, José M.; Ferreira, Joaquim J.. "Does Parkinson's Disease Increase the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation? Insights From Electrocardiogram and Risk Scores From a Case-Control Study". Frontiers in Neurology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.633900.
    Published • 10.3389/fneur.2021.633900
  11. Pedro Gaspar; Inês Parreira; Pedro Antunes Meireles; Filipe Bessa; Virgílio Dias Silva; Ana Mafalda Abrantes; António Pais de Lacerda; Catarina Mota; Thereza Maria Moreira Thereza Maria. "The Effect of Chronic and Inhospital Exposure to Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors on the Outcome and Inflammatory State of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Adult Inpatients". International Journal of Hypertension 2021 (2021): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5517441.
    10.1155/2021/5517441
  12. Catarina Sousa Gonçalves; Nuno Alexandre de Sousa Reis Carreira; Dúlio Teixeira Passos; Ana Luísa Barbosa; Ana Maria Baltazar; Alexandra Wahnon; Ana Mafalda Abrantes; et al. "Erythematous Papular Rash: A Dermatological Feature of COVID-19". European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine LATEST ONL (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001768.
    10.12890/2020_001768
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/14 35 years Follow-up of Primary Sjogren's Disease: A Single Center Study ACR Convergence 2023
(United States)
2022/10/04 TUMOR NEUROENDÓCRINO DO PÂNCREAS: INCIDENTALOMA OU SÍNDROME CLÍNICA? 28º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (Portugal)
2022 Predicting one-year mortality after hemodialysis star: the role of CHA2-DS2-VASc score 28º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
(Portugal)
2022 Tumor neuroendócrino do pâncreas: incidentaloma ou síndrome clínica? 28º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
(Portugal)
2021/10/03 Hipoparatirodismo Primário e Síndrome de Mounier-Kuhn num doente com COVID-19 27º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (Portugal)
2021/10/03 ERITEMA SECUNDÁRIO A LINFOMA DA MAMA – APRESENTAÇÃO E DIAGNÓSTICO INCOMUNS 27º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (Portugal)
2021/10/03 METOTREXATO: UMA ARMA TERAPÊUTICA (MAS HOSTIL?) 27º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (Portugal)
2020/08 ABCESSO RENAL: UMA EVOLUÇÃO INESPERADA 26º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2022/09 Summer Autoimmunity School 8th Edition
Workshop
 Summer Autoimmunity School 8th Edition
2020/01 - 2020/03 Curso de Introdução à Investigação Clínica em Medicina Interna
Workshop
 Curso de Introdução à Investigação Clínica em Medicina Interna
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/01/01 - Current Rheumatology

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - 2019 GAT – Espaço Intendente Voluntária - realização de rastreios de doenças sexualmente transmissíveis

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Introduction to Physical Examination (Outros) AIMS Meeting, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Bolsa Helena Saldanha/Boehringer-Ingelheim 2022
Núcleo de Estudos de Diabetes Mellitus, Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna, Portugal