– Full Professor of Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Portugal
– Senior Consultant of Hypertension and Internal Medicine of Blood Pressure Unit, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos
– Coordinator in Chief of Pharmacovigilance Unit of Porto; National Drug Agency (Infarmed) Portugal
– Member of the Council of European Society of Hypertension
– Co-author of ESH Hypertension Guidelines 2013, 2018, 2023