Dr. João Rocha-Neves currently works at the Department of Biomedicine-Unit of Anatomy, University of Porto. He is the vice president of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardíaca Torácica e Vascular. He also works as an invited editor at the Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery. He received a Master of Science from Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina in 2011, a Master of Public Health Epidemiology from Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública in 2017 and a Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Sciences from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto in 2023. His research interests include vascular surgery, thrombosis, ischemia, carotid artery diseases, regional anesthesia, iliac artery, carotid endarterectomy,  and peripheral arterial disease.