Degree in Medicine and Surgery, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, on October 1981, with a final grade of 15 values. Final Exam Complementary Internship Program in Infectious Diseases January 1991, with a final grade of 18 values. Member of the Portuguese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Member of the Portuguese Society of Intensive Care Member of the European Society of Intensive Care Member of the Group of Infection and Sepsis of Hospital S. João. Member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Has participated in several epidemiological research projects in different areas of infectious diseases, namely one on the "Prevalence of infections transmitted by ticks agents: Borrelia burgdorferi, Rickettsiae, Arbovirus and Hantaan Virus", awarded the Scholarship "Professor Carvalho Araujo" from 1993, and another on "Prevalence of serum markers of viral hepatitis in the northern region of the country" in 1996; in 2007 awarded a Scholarship "Professor Carrington da Costa" and research project was about the etiology of acute meningitis, - the study conducted was seroprevalence of the virus Toscana in the population of Porto, published later on: ?Seroprevalence survey of Toscana virus infection in Oporto region?. Colaboration in multicentric projects as the " EUROBACT STUDY - (European Society of Intensive Care Medicine), the "European Registry of H1N1 infection in ICU" (European Society of Intensive Care Medicine) and in "HIV / AIDS RESEARCH - Increased cardiovascular risk in HIV infection. Contribution of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) for assessing endothelial dysfunction. Prospective cross-sectional study. All the projects were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital and authorized by the Board of Directors of the Hospital S. João. The experience acquired in the ICU, allowed that in 1997, when it was created the Medical sub-specialty of intensive care, admission as a subspecialist by curriculum revision. On October 2000 she has done the ?Aptitude Test Educational and Scientific Capacity?, which included the presentation of a lesson on "Tuberculous Meningitis" and a review of the Curriculum Vitae. The candidate was approved with a rating of Very Good unanimously. A research project, as a PhD student, on the topic "Acute Meningitis-etiology and epidemiology" was supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Doctor of Medicine in January 2006 with a thesis entitled ?Acute meningitis - etiology and epidemiology " Assistant Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases, collaborates in the education of Infectious Diseases, of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. Collaborate as a reviewer in articles for national or international journals. In post-graduate training has collaborated on various Postgraduate Courses in the area of Infectious Diseases and Courses of Infection and sepsis. Participate in some master classes, such as, the Master of HIV / AIDS infection, the Master in Emergency Medicine and Masters in Epidemiology, covering topics from the area of Infectious Diseases and Critical Care. Has participated in 71 round tables or symposiums, is co-author of more than 223 communications, 80 of them presented at international meetings, 49 publications and 29 other extended in the form of abstracts. Organizes and coordinates the annual ?Post graduate course in antimicrobials? in the Faculty of Medicine of Porto. Has organized, a pre-Congress ?Parasitology Course? in the annual Infectious Diseases Congress in 2012. Has collaborated in organization and is a Course Coordinators of the ?Technical Workshop for Basic and Clinical Parasitology? has been accepted and will be part of the ESCMID education programme 2013, in Porto. Organizes the regular meetings twice a week, in the Service, concerning thematic presentations, clinical cases or journal club. Since she is the coordinator of hepatitis B and C the consultation in monoinfected patients, she is trying to reorganize the query and also implement research into this area. Care is provided for hepatitis B and C patients, evaluating the need for treatment according to international guidelines.