Portuguese, was born in Huambo (Angola) at 1964

Married and mother of four children (24, 21, 19 & 17 years old)

Living in Lisbon

Scholar and Professional education

• Medical Doctor – 1988
• Family Medicine & General Practice specialist – 1994
• Pharmaceutical Medicine Competency – 2013
• Public Health PhD student (2013 – 2018)

Professional experience

• Coordinator of UCSP dos Olivais – ACES Lisboa Central
• Family Physician at Olivais Health Centre (Lisbon)
• Clinical expert of Medicines Portuguese Agency (INFARMED)

Teaching – Training experience

• GP internship trainer (2000 – 2010)
• GP Internship Director of Lisbon Region (2010-2012)
• GP Internship Coordinator from Lisbon and Tagus Valley (2013)
• Assistant-Teacher in Medicine Faculty of Lisbon University (2014–2018)

Scientific interests (Multimorbidity, Polypharmacy and Ageing)

• Communications (around 60)
• Publications (around 30) 

Other relevant activities

• Editor-in-Chief of Portuguese Journal of Family Medicine and General Practice (2014–2017)
• Member of the National Technical Group on Clinical and Health Governance for Primary Health Care (2017-2018)