Doctor at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Santo António and Hospital Lusíadas Porto. Associated Professor of Pulmonology at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Associated Editor at the Pulmonology Journal Master's Degree in Medicine awarded by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) Fellowship in Bronchology at Sotiria Hospital for Chest Diseases (Athens, Greece) Fellowship in Non-Invasive Ventilation and Respiratory Sleep Pathology at the Lane Fox Unit, St Thomas Hospital (London, UK). Member of the following medical societies: ERS, ESRS, EABIP, and SPP.