Coordinator of CU: Fundamentals of Medical Sciences I
Assistant coordinator of the Integrated Master in Medicine
Category: Associate Professor
E-mail: danielamm@ufp.edu.pt

Education and qualifications

• Subspecialist in Liver Diseases by the College of Internal Medicine Specialty of the Portuguese Medical Association (2023).
• Internal Medicine Specialist by the College of Internal Medicine Specialty of the Portuguese Medical Association (2014).
• PhD in Medicine and Molecular Oncology Molecular by the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal (2014).
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) by the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto, Portugal (2004).

Professional activities

• Internal Medicine Specialist at Hospital Escola Fernando Pessoa and a professor at Universidade Fernando Pessoa (July 2021).
• Hospital Assistant Doctor of Internal Medicine at Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/ Espinho (CHVNG/E), institution where she did her residency (November 2014 to July 2021).
• External mobility research member at the Biomedicine Department of Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, cooperating in teaching, and an affiliated clinical member of I3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (since 2015).
• Member of CHVNG/E diabetic foot outpatient clinic (from 2009 until 2021).
• Member of the Hospital at Home Unit of CHVNG/E since its creation in 2018 until July 2021.
• Member of the Wound Management Committee of CHVNG/E from 2017 till July 2021.
• Coordinator of the Hepatology Group of the Internal Medicine Department of CHVNG/E from 2017 until July 2021.
• Member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia (SPD), being vice-coordinator of GIFT (Grupo de Investigação Fundamental e Translaccional da SPD) and member of GEPED (Grupo de Estudos do Pé Diabético); of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (SPMI) and its study groups of liver diseases, diabetes mellits and hospital at home (Núcleos de Estudo de Doenças do Fígado, de Diabetes Mellitus e de Hospitalização Domiciliária); of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM)¸ European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and of European Underwater and Baromedical Society (EUBS).

Field of work

• Medical and Health Sciences, with an emphasis in Internal Medicine and Basic Medicine.
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy; Diabetes; Diabetic foot; Hepatology; Liver diseases; Aging; Internal Medicine; Infection; Angiogenesis; Oxidative stress; Hospital at Home.