The public ceremony to present the future Centre for Medical Simulation and Robotics, the first in Portugal, was held on 6 June last. The centre will be placed at the Câmara Pestana Building of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. The Faculty has established a partnership with a Portuguese company, EDC-MEDSIM, headquartered in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, and whose Chairman, Engineer João Mena Matos, was awarded the COTEC 2011 Prize – Innovative Entrepreneurship Award. This prize will allow training health professionals using high technology in a virtual reality environment focusing the training of the medical team […]

Luis Miguel dos Santos Reis Soares de Almeida (22/1/1959) Guest Assistant Professor of Dermatology Since 1998 – Head of the Skin Histopathology Laboratory of the Dermatology University Clinic of Lisbon 2004 – European Diploma in Dermatopathology by the International Board of Dermatopathology – International Committee for Dermatopathology (after sitting an examination in Frankfurt) 2012-2016 – European Certification of the Skin Histopathology Laboratory of the University Clinic of Lisbon as a Training Centre in Dermatopathology by the International Committee for Dermatopathology and by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) – Section of Dermato-Venereology and Section of Pathology   2004  Article […]

The presentation of diplomas by the Royal College of Surgeons took place in Edinburgh on 16 March. Three individuals who distinguished themselves worldwide in their professional areas were honoured at this ceremony with the award Fellowship Ad Hominem: – Professor Takeshi Sano from Tokyo in the area of general surgery – Professor Jean Michel Dubernard from Lyon in the area of Urology and Transplantation – Professor Jorge Mineiro from Lisbon in the area of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Professor Jorge Mineiro, of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, was honoured for his work on behalf of European Orthopaedics as chairman of […]

Master Degree Student from FMUL participates in the ECCMID and wins Sepsis Award 2012 Márcia Boura, student of the master degree in Emerging Infectious Diseases of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, attended the Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, held on 3 April 2012. Under the guidance of Prof. Thomas Hänscheid, she presented a paper titled “Malaria Predisposes to Bacterial Sepsis: Is malaria pigment the key factor?”   Editorial Team news@fm.ul.pt

A general staff meeting was held at FMUL on 29 March last, and the following trade union representatives were elected:   André Rodrigues P. Silva andresilva@fm.ul.pt Manuela Ajuda ajuda@fm.ul.pt   Maria Virgínia Correia mariacorreia@fm.ul.pt   Equipa Editorial news@fm.ul.pt

  The Faculty of Medicine announces the opening of the tender for the post of Director All Information HERE EDICT ELECTORAL TIMETABLE REGULATION

The First Convention of Staff of the UL was held last Saturday, 26 May, at the Building of the Office of the Rector of the University of Lisbon (UL). Everybody was invited to participate in the event in a constructive atmosphere of institutional collaboration, despite the individual circumstances of each faculty and the day-to-day work of employees, teams and organizational units. The premise was the common awareness that it makes no sense to think about the present and the future of the institution in isolation, often duplicating activities when there is so much experience, knowledge and expertise to share. It […]

  The Day of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon was once more celebrated on 11 May. It was an “(…) opportunity for reflection, celebration and tribute (…)” Professor Fernandes e Fernandes. The celebrations started with the inauguration of the José Francisco David Ferreira Auditorium, named after one of the most influential professors in the field of Cell and Developmental Biology in Portugal. The inauguration was made by the Director of FMUL, Professor José Fernandes e Fernandes, who spoke a few words of tribute to the professor. Professor Maria do Carmo Fonseca, Executive Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine, […]