João Luís Silva Carvalho

He is currently the Clinical Director of CETI – Center for the Study and Treatment of Infertility and of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the CUF Porto Hospital, highlighting some stages of the curricular path:

• 2013 – Founded and directed CETEC (Teaching and Training Center for Surgical Endoscopy) at CUF Porto Hospital and the European Society of Gynecological Surgery.
• 2010 – Director of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Hospital CUF Porto
• 2009 – President of the College of Gynecology/Obstetrics of the Portuguese Medical Association, having created the Subspecialties of Oncological Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
• 2005 – Designed and founded the “Birth Service” at the Boavista Health Center
• 1998 – Clinical Director of CETI – Center for the Study and Treatment of Infertility, which he conceived and founded
• 1997 – Member of the OM Single Degree and Medical Career Graduation juries
• 1994 to 1996 – Head of emergency teams at Hospital de S. João
• 1996 – Member of the committee that established the program for the subspecialty of Reproductive Medicine of the Portuguese Medical Association
• 1995 – Graduate Assistant at S. João Hospital
• 1993 – Hospital staff assistant at Hospital de S. João – 1st place
• 1992-1993 – Internship in Laparoscopic Surgery at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the Academisch Ziekenhuis-Vrige Universiteit. Brussels.
• 1991- Responsible for the 1st IVF pregnancy at Hospital de S. João
• 1991- Introduced surgical Endoscopy, being founder and responsible for the Endoscopy and Reproductive Medicine Units of the Gynecology service of the Hospital de S.João of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto
• 1991 – Courses at Spaarne Hospital (Netherlands) and Dexeus Institute (Barcelona)
• 1988 – Obstetrics Specialty
• 1985 – Gynecology Specialty

Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto.

Supervisor or co-supervisor of 3 PhD dissertations. He was a member of the juries for Master’s dissertations, probationary year, PhD dissertations, in
Bioethics at the Catholic University, Gynecology/Obstetrics at FMUP, at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aveiro, sometimes as an examiner.

He supervised, co-supervised and/or collaborated in several Master’s and Doctoral Dissertations and/or was a member of juries at the Faculties of Medicine of Porto, Engineering, Economics, and Catholic University of Porto.

Professor and Member of Juries for Masters, Doctorates and Competitions for Associate Professor.

2006 – Associate Professor at FMUP – Unanimous. Co-Regent of the 5th Year Gynecology/Obstetrics discipline.
1996 – PhD from the Faculty of Medicine of Porto in Gynecology and Obstetrics with the study “Endometria e função ovarian. Aspectos Morfológico e Hysteroscopicos”. Approved unanimously with distinction and praise.
1990 – Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Capacity Tests at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto with a grade of Very Good.
1984 – Assistant in the Gynecology discipline at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto.
1978 – Monitor in the Gynecology discipline at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto.
1976 – Degree from FMUP

• He has received several awards and recognitions for scientific works presented and awarded by scientific societies and/or communications at conferences.
• Organized and chaired multiple scientific meetings and congresses
• Member of the I3S research team
• He has published several scientific articles in scientific journals and book chapters.
• He has directed several scientific conferences and communications at national and international level.
• 2009 – Contributed to Portuguese legislation on Medically Assisted Reproduction and is the author of the study “Afrodite” which characterizes infertility in Portugal – knowledge, concepts, attitudes, behaviors and practices. Needs and accessibility for ART centers in the country.
• Member of the scientific board of several national and international journals (“Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine”; “Acta Obstetrica e Ginecologica”; “Brazilian Journal of Assisted Reproduction”; “Iberoamerican Journal of Fertility and Human Reproduction”; “Gynecological Surgery – Endoscopy, Imaging and Allied Techniques”)
• Member of several national and international scientific societies and organizer of several meetings and congresses
• Secretary-General of the Portuguese Society of Gynecology (12 years)
• Member of ESHRE- European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology- since 1991 and of its National Representative Advisory Committee (4 years).
• President of the Portuguese Society of Reproductive Medicine (6 years)
• Member of the General Board of the European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy – ESGE (4 years)
• Founder and President of the Portuguese Society of Gynecological Endoscopy – SPEG (6 years)
• Member of several Scientific Societies and of the Editorial Board of National and International Journals, having held multiple positions
• President of the X European Congress for Gynaecological Endoscopy
• Founder and Vice-President of FSPOG
• Honored at the ESGE European Congress and named honorary member.

• 2011 – Won the “Grant for Fertility Innovation”, Stockholm
• He has won several awards and grants from the Portuguese Societies of Gynecology and/or Reproductive Medicine for research projects, scientific work carried out, communications presented or publication of posters.
• Honorable Mention YES Meeting
• Selection for Poster Award ESHRE, Brussels