
Curriculum Vitae
Antonio Manuel Martins Morais
António Morais obtained his degree in Medicine in 1993, by Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP), Portugal.
After two years of general practice, he worked as Resident in Pulmonology at Respiratory Diseases Department in Hospital São
João, (Oporto, Portugal) between 1996 and 2002 and became at this time Pulmonology Assistant initially at Hospital Joaquim
Urbano between 2002 and 2004 and since than at Respiratory Diseases Department in Hospital São João. The main interests in
Pulmonology is Diffuse Lung Diseases, Bronchoscopy, Lung Cancer and Pulmonary Hypertension. He is the coordinator of Diffuse
Lung Diseases Group since 2006 and member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Group since 2008 and member of Lung Cancer Group since
2008. He is an interventional bronchoscopist and in 2014 introduced in Portugal a new diagnostic tool through bronchoscopy,
the cryobiopsies, specially related with Diffuse Lung Diseases diagnosis. Since 2014, after a national concurse, he is a Pulmonology
Consultant (previous Graduated Assistant). He is an assessor of the clinical direction Hospital de São João since July 2019.
He was member of the Ordem dos Médicos Pulmonology Board (Colégio da Especialidade) during two mandates, 2010-2012 and 2012-2014.
Since 2016 he is the Consultor or Diffuse Lung Diseases for the Direção Geral da Saúde Respiratory National Program. Since
2016 he is a member of Comissão de Avaliação de Tecnologias de Saúde (CATS) from INFARMED. He is currently the President of
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia (2019-2021). Since the beginning of the Pulmonology Residency, he joined FMUP as an invited
speaker and researcher, having participated in multiple curricular units and activities of pregraduate and postgraduate curricular
program. He developed studies in the area of respiratory diseases in medicine and molecular oncology, having completed his
master’s thesis ‘HLA e polimorfismos genéticos de citocinas inflamatórias na caracterização imunogenética da sarcoidose’ in
2009. He subsequently developed research in the area of Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD), having completed his PhD thesis
‘Doenças Pulmonares Difusas: do fenótipo ao genótipo’ in 2016, at FMUP, under supervision of Prof. Doutor Agostinho Marques
and Prof. Doutor Luis Delgado. He currently is Associated Professor of Medicine in the same institution. He is tutor of three
master studies and two PhD tesis. He was member of the jury in several master dissertation in various institutions. Since
2018 he is researcher in i3S. He has tutored 54 pulmonology residents in the area of ILD. He has also tutored 4 pulmonology
residents’ internship ate Hospital de São João. He is an active member of European Respiratory Society (ERS), World Association
of Sarcoidosis and Others Granulomatous Diseases (WASOG) and Portuguese Pneumology Society (SPP). He has published results
from his research in multiple peer-reviewed journals with impact factor, with more than 70 publications. Author and co-author
of 314 oral presentations/posters in National and International Scientific Meetings. He has also been invited to 87 Lectures/Conferences
as Speaker at National and International Scientific Meetings. He is also a National Coordinator and Principal Investigator
in several clinical trials, namely in Diffuse Lung Diseases, Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Hypertension and COPD. He was chief-editor
of Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (Pulmonology since 2019) since 2012 and 2019. During his leadership, the impact factor
increased from 0.25 to the actual 2.096. Currently he is a reviewer of European Respiratory Journal, American Review of Respiratory
Diseases and Critical Care, BMC pulmonary Medicine Sarcoidosis, Vascultis and Other Diffuse Lung Diseases and Pulmonology.
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Antonio Manuel Martins Morais
Citation names
- Morais, Antonio
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 751D-15C5-CB12
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2016
Concluded
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Medicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Doenças do Interstício Pulmonar: do fenótipo ao genótipo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado por unanimidade |
2009
Concluded
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Mestrado em Medicina e Oncologia Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"HLA e Polimorfismos Genéticos de Citocinas Inflamatórias na Caracterização Imunogenética da Sarcoidose" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovação com distinção |
1993
Concluded
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Medicina (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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12,4 valores |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
2002 - 2018 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Other Careers
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2006 - Current | Assistente graduado (Médica) | Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal |
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João Serviço de Pneumologia, Portugal | ||
2006 - 2015 | Assistente (Médica) | Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal |
2002 - 2005 | Assistente (Médica) | Hospital Joaquim Urbano, Portugal |
1996 - 2002 | Interno (Médica) | Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal |
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João Serviço de Pneumologia, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024 - Current | Organic Unit Director | Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal |
Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal | ||
2019 - Current | President | Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal |
2006 - Current | Coordenador consulta de Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais | Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016 - 2022 | Membro da Comissão de Avaliação de Tecnologias de Saúde. | Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP, Portugal |
2016 - 2019 | Consultor de Doenças Intersticiais Pulmonares do Programa de Doenças Respiratórias da Direcção Geral de Saúde | Direcao Geral de Saude, Portugal |
2013 - 2019 | Editor-chefe da Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia | Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal |
2010 - 2013 | Co-editor da Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (Portuguesese Pulmonology Journal) | Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019 - Current | Venous and Lung Thromboembolism in the Context of Lung Cancer: Clinical Manifestations, Risk Factors and Prognosis.
Supervisor
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Medicina
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2017 - Current | Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Prognostic Factors at Diagnosis in Patients from North of Portugal
Supervisor
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Medicina
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2015 - Current | Pneumonias intersticiais Idiopáticas - marcadores patogénicos e respetiva influência progóstica
Supervisor
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Medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2019 | 35º Congresso Nacional de Pneumologia / 1º Congresso Luso-Palop de Pneumologia (2019 - 2019)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal |
2012 - 2019 | Oporto Diffuse Lung Diseases Symposium & Pre-symposium theoretical-practical course, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th editions - President of the organizing committee and lecturer. Event endorsed by SPP and, in 2018, also by European Respiratory Society (ERS) (2012 - 2019) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal |
2018 - 2018 | XXV Congresso de Pneumologia do Norte / XXXII Jornadas Galaico-Durienses (2018 - 2018)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2020 - 2020 | Invited speaker @ Autoimmune Disease International Meeting. Lung Interstitium in Autoimmune Diseases- The Pneumologist (2020)
Conference
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Autoimmune Disease International Meeting |
2019 - 2019 | Invited speaker @ The Frontiers in Research in ILD. Current challenges in ILD diagnosis and management (2019)
Conference
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The Frontiers in Research in ILD |
2019 - 2019 | Invited speaker @ Interstitial Lung Disease Multidisciplinary Meeting. ILD clinical point of view (2019)
Conference
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Interstitial Lung Disease Multidisciplinary Meeting |
2019 - 2019 | Invited speaker @ Interstitial Lung Disease Multidisciplinary Meeting. ILD Treatment- What makes the difference ? (2019)
Conference
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Interstitial Lung Disease Multidisciplinary Meeting |
2018 - 2018 | Invited speaker @ Pneumopatie Infiltrative Diffuse New therapeutic options in DPLD
Congress
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Pneumopatie Infiltrative Diffuse |
2018 - 2018 | Invited speaker @ Common errors in the diagnosis and management of interstitial lung diseases. 4th European Reumathology Summer
School
Conference
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4th European Reumathology Summer School |
2018 - 2018 | Invited speaker @ Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease . Transbronchial Cryobiopsy: The Portuguese
Experience
Meeting
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Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease |
2011 - 2011 | Invited speaker @ Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. 9th Medinterna International Meeting (2011)
Meeting
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9th Medinterna International Meeting (2011) |
2009 - 2009 | Invited speaker @ XXXVI Reunión Annual SOGAPAR y XXVII Reunión Galaico Duriense. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Exacerbation
Congress
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XXXVI Reunión Annual SOGAPAR y XXVII Reunión Galaico Duriense |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2010 - Current | World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders | |
2002 - Current | European Respiratory Society | |
2002 - Current | Membro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2017 - 2018 | Postgraduate Course: Challenging issues in Acute Interstitial Lung Diseases | ERS Congress |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2017 - Current | BMC Pulmonary Medicine (1471-2466) | Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) |
2016 - Current | American Review of Respiratory Disease (0003-0805) | American Thoracic Society |
2016 - Current | Medicine Sarcoidosis, Vascultis and Other Diffuse Lung Diseases | |
2010 - Current | European Respiratory Journal (1399-3003) | European Respiratory Society |
2010 - Current | Pulmonology (2531-0437) | Elsevier |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | Prémio Robalo Cordeiro
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal
Novartis AG, Switzerland |
2019 | Best presentation @ Interstitial Lung Diaseaes Multidisciplinary Meeting: Diagnostic Challenges of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis with Autoimmune features: Dealing with more than a coincidence. |
2016 | Best presentation @ 8th International WASGOG Conference on Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases. Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis:
implications of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia pattern in disease severity
World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders, Italy
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2014 | Best presentation @ Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases of Idiopathic and Exogenous origin – Phenotype aproach. Prague 2014 |
2012 | Prémio Robalo Cordeiro(Novartis) da SPP |
2004 | Prémio Thomé Villar. Suberosis and bird fanciers diseases: a comparative study of radiological, functional and BAL profiles |