Researcher

Sérgio Batista completed his medical degree in 1995 at the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL). Between 1996 and 1997, he undertook his General Internship at Santa Maria Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E. From 1998 to 2004, he completed his Cardiology Residency at Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca.
In 2008, he obtained Board Certification in the Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty. He earned his PhD in Medicine – Clinical Investigation from NOVA Medical School (Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lisbon) in 2017. Since 2018, he has served as Assistant Professor at the University Clinic of Cardiology, Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL). 
His primary research interests include the functional evaluation of coronary artery disease, microcirculation in the context of myocardial infarction, and the relationship between diabetes and coronary artery disease. In these areas, he has contributed to numerous national and international clinical trials, resulting in over 200 conference presentations and more than 30 peer-reviewed publications. 
From 2014 to 2017, he was co-editor of the Risk Factors Journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology, and he continues to serve as a reviewer for several national and international medical journals. He is a founding member of the Interventional Cardiology Portuguese Association (APIC), and a member of both the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR). In 2017, he was elected Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). He is also a member of the ESC Working Groups on Thrombosis and on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation. In addition, he serves as President of the Teaching and Education Unit and is a member of the Investigational Committee at Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca (since 2018).

ORCID: 0000-0002-4546-5261
Email: sergio.b.baptista@gmail.com

Researcher

Luís Brás-Rosário obtained his PhD in Medicine and Physiology with Distinction and Laudation in 2005, and his Medical Degree in 1988, both from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and, since 2015, has served as Course Director (Regent) for the Instrumentation and Signal Transduction module of the Biomedical Engineering program.
Between 1995 and 1996, he was a Research Fellow in the Cardiovascular Department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Rosário is currently a Staff Cardiologist at the Coronary Care Unit, Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon, Portugal. Since 2016, he has been a member of the TACTICS Group – International Alliance for Regenerative Therapies in Cardiovascular Syndromes.
He previously held positions as an Independent Postdoctoral Researcher at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal (2006–2011); and as a Research Fellow at the Autonomic Nervous System Unit, Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon (2002–2006). In 1995, he also worked as a Research Fellow at the Department of Physiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK. He is a member of the American Physiological Society (Cardiovascular Section), an International Fellow of the American Heart Association (Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences), and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. Within the ESC, he is an active member of the Working Groups on Myocardial Function, Cellular Biology of the Heart, and Cardiovascular Regenerative and Repair Medicine.

ORCID: 0000-0003-0014-1543
E-mail: lsrosario@medicina.ulisboa.pt

Co-Researcher of Valvular Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension

Miguel Menezes completed his medical degree in 2010. He undertook his general internship in 2011, followed by a cardiology residency between 2012 and 2017 at the Cardiology Department of Santa Maria Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon. Since then, he has been working as a Cardiology Specialist in the same department.
His main fields of interest are Interventional Cardiology and Cardio-Oncology. He also teaches cardiology (theoretical and practical classes) at the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Miguel Menezes has participated in over 20 research projects, resulting in more than 20 published papers, 11 of which as first author. He was awarded the Delta Award in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in 2017 and the Young Investigator Award in Clinical Research at the Portuguese Congress of Cardiology in 2014. He has also co-authored an additional five research projects that received awards.

ORCID: 0000-0001-8363-0363
E-mail: mnmenezes.gm@gmail.com

Co-Researcher in Cardio-Oncology

PhD Student

Ricardo Ferreira graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, and completed his specialization in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department of Santa Maria University Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon, Portugal. He currently works as a Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the same institution. He also serves as a Guest Assistant at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Beira Interior.
His research activity has included collaboration with the Gulbenkian Institute of Science, focusing on the inflammatory response associated with cardiac surgery. His primary research interests focus on minimizing the surgical impact of cardiac and thoracic procedures through minimally invasive techniques and optimizing patient outcomes, particularly in valvular heart diseases.

ORCID: 0000-0003-0084-3916
E-mail: rmferreirast@gmail.com

Co-Researcher in Valvular Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension 

Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-0440-2707
E-mail: angelolucasnobre@gmail.com

Co-Researcher in Valvular Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension

Researcher

João Silva Marques, MD, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, in 2005. He completed both his Cardiology Residency and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Hospital Santa Maria – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon.
Between 2014 and 2018, he worked as an Interventional Cardiologist at the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre – Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra. He is currently an Interventional Cardiologist at Hospital Santa Maria – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon, performing approximately 200 interventional procedures per year. His clinical interests include coronary and structural interventions, as well as noninvasive and invasive imaging modalities. From 2010 to 2015, he was a Lecturer in Medical Education at the Institute of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, University of Lisbon.
João Silva Marques was a pioneer in the use of medical 3D printing in Portugal and co-developed an interventional cardiology simulator for educational purposes. His research interests focus on patient-specific simulation to guide device-based therapies and the use of simulation training in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He has co-authored over 250 abstracts presented at national and international scientific meetings and has authored more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Email: silvamarques.j@gmail.com

Researcher

Rita Francisco completed her Medical Degree in 2011, followed by a General Internship. Between 2013 and 2018, she completed her Cardiology Residency at the Cardiology Department of Santa Maria Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon.
Her main areas of interest include Interventional Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH). She is also involved in teaching cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon.
She has participated in over 20 research projects, with 12 peer-reviewed publications—10 as first author—and has delivered more than 150 scientific communications, including 51 as first author. Her scientific contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Delta Award in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (2017) and the Best Oral Communication Award at the 2015 Portuguese Congress of Cardiology. She is also co-author of five cardiology research projects that have received national recognition.

Email: ana.r.francisco@gmail.com

Researcher

Tiago Rodrigues obtained his Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine in 2015 from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He began his Cardiology Residency at Santa Maria Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E., Lisbon, in 2017.

His main areas of interest are heart failure and cardiomyopathies.

E-mail: tiago.g.rodrigues@chln.min-saude.pt

Co-Researcher in Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies