General Surgeon specialized in breast surgery, including oncological and oncoplastic procedures. She is part of the Breast Center / Integrated Responsibility Center for Breast Pathology at São João University Hospital Center (ULS S. João), combining surgical practice with academic activity and clinical research. She has been a speaker at multiple scientific meetings on breast pathology, addressing malignant and benign disease, locoregional recurrence, intraoperative breast ultrasound, and ambulatory surgery. In 2016, she completed an International Fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA) in the Breast Service under Dr. Monica Morrow, and in the Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Service under Dr. William Jarnagin. She is pursuing a Doctoral Program in Medicine and Molecular Oncology, with a thesis on Evaluation of Local Recurrences after Breast-Conserving Surgery – ReLoCC Registry. Teaching Activity – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP): 2025 – Breast-Conserving Surgery (6 ECTS) 2025 – Endoscopic Breast Surgery – Cadaver Lab (3 ECTS) 2023 – Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (6 ECTS) 2022 – Oncoplasty in Breast-Conserving Surgery (4 ECTS) Teaching Activity – AEPCIMA (Spanish and Portuguese Association of Breast Surgeons): 2025 – Perforator Flaps Professional Experience 2018 – Present: Consultant General Surgeon, ULS S. João (Breast Center/CRIM – Operating Room, Ambulatory Surgery, Inpatient Unit, Outpatient Clinic; also General Surgery Emergency Department). 2012 – 2018: Residency in General Surgery, ULS S. João (training across specialized units: Upper GI, Colorectal, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic, Endocrine/Cervical, Breast Pathology). 2010 – 2012: Residency in Immunohematology, ULS S. João (clinical and laboratory training; blood donation/platelet apheresis, coagulopathies, thromboembolic diseases). 2009: Internship Year (General Surgery, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Public Health, Emergency Medicine – Faro, Portugal). Education 2003 – 2008: MD, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto. 2002 – 2003: Veterinary Medicine, ICBAS, University of Porto.