PORTO
BA in Medicine and Roman Phylology, MA in Psychiatry, PhD in Language Sciences. Director of Serralves Medical Clinic and its Centre for Research & Development in Health and Education (all in Porto, Portugal); Medical Doctor of the Health Services of Univ. Lusíada; Assoc. Professor of University Fernando Pessoa (UFP) from 2002 to 2012, Scientific Coordinator of its Bachelor, Master and Educational Clinic of Speech Language Therapy, Coord. of its Doctorate in Language Development and Disorders; . Pioneer of the postural approach of dyslexia (his Master Thesis 1993), he also presented a neurolinguistic theory of phonetic symbolism as a Ph.D. thesis (1999). Member of the Org. Comm. of the I Luso-Spanish Enc. of Neuropsychology at Univ. Lusíada (2002); President of I to III Luso-Brazilian Symposia of Speech Therapy at UFP (2003, 2005, 2007), member of the Organizing Committee of the IVth one at Methodist Univ. of S. Paulo, Brazil (2009); member of the Scientific Comm. of the XVI Congress of AELFA (Univ. of La Laguna, Spain, 2008) and of the I International Congress on Family, School and Society (UFP, 2009), presenting in the last one a communication about The Physiopathological Basis of Dyslexia as a Guide to its Clinical and Educational Management. Several attendances, e.g. Intensive Seminar of Tango Therapy (Aegina, Greece, 2010). Publications: 11 articles in specialized magazines, 7 works in several proceedings of events, 12 chapters of books and 9 books. Participation in 15 events in foreign countries and 85 in Portugal (58 oral presentations as a whole). 6 honours and 22 technical works. Acting in the area of Health Sciences. Interacting with 22 collaborators as co-authors of different scientific works. Cooperating with Regions TV programs (2008/09). Member of the Ed. Rev. Board of Sc. Journ International, Bulg J. Comm. Disorders, J. of Arts & Culture; Dept Director of Cadernos de Comunicação e Linguagem (Notebooks on Communication and Language).
