MD degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal. PhD degree in Medicine (Clinical Immunology), Imperial College School of Medicine, University of London, UK. Full Professor of Medicine (Clinical). Head of the Department of Immunoallergology, Cova da Beira University Hospital, Covilhã, Portugal. Member of the Food Allergy Interest Group of the Portuguese Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (SPAIC).