Specialist in Allergy and Clinical Immunology and in Health Units Management; Master in Respiratory Diseases, PhD in Respiratory Allergic Diseases.

Head of the Allergy Center of CUF-Descobertas Hospital (World Allergy Organization Center of Excellence), since 2003.

President-elect of the World Allergy Organization.

Past-president of the Portuguese Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SPAIC).

Past-president of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Board of the Portuguese Medical Association.

Author or co-author of more than 350 scientific works presented in scientific meetings; more than 250 publications in scientific journals; more than 30 book chapters.

Has special research interest in asthma, rhinitis, chronic cough, anaphylaxis, food allergy and epidemiology.