Graduated in Medicine in 1976, at the University of Porto, Portugal. Obtained her Ph.D. in Medicine from the University of Porto - 2005 General Internship - Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia - 1976-78 Resident of Internal Medicine - HSA/CHP Assistant of Medicine III , ICBAS Resident in Hepatology Hôpital Beaujon, France Hospitalar Assistant of Internal Medicine Hospital de Sto Tirso, Hospital de São João, HSA/CHP Clinical Fellow - Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona Senior Consultant, Head of Internists - Liver and Pancreatic Transplantation Unit of HSA/CHP - 2009 - Professor of Transplantation, ICBAS Expert of National Ethics Commitee for Clinical Research (CEIC)