Homenagem de Sociedade Científica Europeia ao Prof. Doutor João Luís Silva Carvalho

O Director do CETI, o Professor Doutor João Luís Silva Carvalho, foi homenageado pelo seu currículo e êxito na área da cirurgia minimamente invasiva, com saliência para a  cirurgia da reprodução no combate à infertilidade.

A homenagem ocorreu durante o 31º Congresso da ESGE, European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, a mais importante Sociedade Europeia de cirurgia endoscópica em ginecologia, perante um auditório com 1200 pessoas.

Foi agraciado com o título de membro honorário desta sociedade. Durante a homenagem foram salientados alguns aspectos curriculares de que se destaca:

João Luis Silva Carvalho - Brief Curriculum Vitae

  • João Luis Silva Carvalho, born in Porto, Portugal, 1952
  • Graduated in Medicine in 1976 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
  • Assistant of Gynecology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto in 1978
  • Master at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto in 1990
  • PhD degree in Medicine in 1996, area of Gynecology and Obstetrics, with the study: “Endometrium and ovarian functions. Morphologic and Hysteroscopic aspects”
  • Associate Professor of Gynecology/Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto.
  • Supervisor, co-Supervisor and member of jury of several Master and Phd tesys.
  • National Award of Gynecology in 1990
  • Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology in 1993
  • In the early nineties introduced the Diagnostic and Surgical Endoscopy, and later was founder and the head of the Unities of Endoscopy and of Reproductive Medicine at the Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics in the Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto
  • Member of the Committee that established the program and curriculum and created the Sub-Speciality of Reproductive Medicine in Portugal
  • Received several awards and grants for investigation from scientific societys and comunications in congresses
  • Member of the invertigation team of IBMC
  • Winner of  the Grant for Fertility Innovation in 2011 (Stockholm)
  • Published several scientific articles in journals and chapters in books
  • Performed dozens of scientific conferences and communications at National and International levels
  • Contributed to the Portuguese legislation in ART and performed the study of characterization of infertility in Portugal – Knowledges, concepts, attitudes, needs and accessibility to IVF centers in the country
  • Is/was member of Directory or Scientific Boards of Journals (“Ginecologia e Medicina da Reprodução”; “Acta Obstetrica e Ginecologica”; “Jornal Brasileiro de Reprodução Assistida”; “Revista Iberoamericana de Fertilidade Y Reproduccion Humana”; “Gynecological Surgery – Endoscopy, Imaging and Allied Techniques”)
  • Member of several National and International Scientific Societies and organizer of several National and International congresses, workshops and meetings
  • General Secretary of the Portuguese Society for Gynecology (12 years)
  • Member of ESHRE since 1991
  • Member of the National Representative Advisory Committee of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology – ESHRE (4 years)
  • President of the Portuguese Society for Reproductive Medicine (6 years)
  • Member of the General Board of European Society for Gynecological Endoscopy – ESGE (4 years)
  • Founder and President of the Portuguese Society for Gynecological Endoscopy (6 years)
  • President of the 10th European Congress of Gynecological Endoscopy (ESGE)
  • Founder and Director of the Center for Education and Training in Endoscopic Surgery – CETEC (since 2013)
  • President of the Portuguese College of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Portugal (8 years)
  • Clinical Director of the Centre for Study and Treatment of Infertility – CETI, Porto, Portugal
  • Director of the Department of Gynecology / Obstetrics of CUF Hospital, Porto, Portugal, 2010

31º Congresso da ESGE em Lisboa

O 31º Congresso anual da European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, que decorreu entre 2 e 5 de outubro no Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, pretendeu contribuir para a excelência do conhecimento em Endoscopia Ginecológica.

O programa deste encontro de quatro dias incluiu cursos pré-congresso, sessões cirúrgicas ao vivo em casos de elevada complexidade, sessões de debate e exames de certificação GESEA que atraíram os especialistas desta área.