Location information
Hospital address
Hospital-Escola da Universidade Fernando Pessoa Av. Fernando Pessoa 150 Porto Porto 4420-096 S. Cosme Portugal
Hospital type
University-affiliated
Hospital description
Second-Level Hospital (Regional)
Hospital website
This is a teaching hospital
Description
João Moreira Pinto, MD, PhD. Pediatric surgeon and Chief Medical Ofificer at Hospital-Escola da Universidade Fernando Pessoa.Medical Degree at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto (2004). Doctorate in Minimally Invasive Surgery at, School of Medicine, University of Minho (2014). PG Certificate in Health Economics at University of York (2020). Member of the Educational Committee of the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons. Elected member of the Board of Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva. Elected member of the Board of Health4Moz, NGO for Medical Education in Mozambique. Focusing his investigation on minimally invasive surgery, digital innovation, patient-reported outcomes, and surf medicine.
Member information
Name
João Moreira-Pinto
Member type
Clinical department with teaching programme
Specialty
General Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Paediatric
Languages spoken
- English
- Portuguese
- French
Professional affiliations / memberships
- EUPSA
Social profiles
Conditions treated
- Breast
- Benign breast disease
- Gastrointestinal
- Volvulus
- Bowel Obstruction (parasitic, adhesive, mass)
- Appendicitis
- Stomas – colostomies / ileostomies
- Paediatric
- Tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Newborn intestinal atresias
- Ano-rectal malformations
- Hirschsprung’s Disease
- Tumors (Wilms’, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma)
- Abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis, omphalocoele)
- Vascular anomalies
Equipment used
- Minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
- Stimulator for anorectal malformation (ARM) procedures