Rui Cerqueira

Rui Cerqueira is a Cardiac Surgeon trained at the Hospital São João in Porto, Portugal and he has been collaborating with EACTS since 2018. Rui dedicates his clinical practice primarily to Heart Valve and Vascular Aortic Surgery, as well as Percutaneous Interventions. Since 2023, he has served as Assistant to the Executive Medical Director and Chair of the Medical Devices Commission at the same hospital. Early in his career, he displayed a commitment to medical education, serving as a faculty member at the University of Porto Medical School since 2008. He has recently joined the EBCTS examination writing team. Rui is also an active researcher at the UnIC@RISE Health Research Network and, since 2023, he has worked as Project Management Officer at 4lifeLab, an academic health-tech development consortium.