1. Current Status, Position

• Medical Director and Member of the Board of the Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil – Lisboa, Portugal (From February 2012).
• Alternate member of the Scientific Advice Working Party of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) (From 2008).
• Member of the Medicines Evaluation Board of the INFARMED (National Institute of Pharmacy and Medicines – Portuguese Drugs Agency) (From 1996).
• Member of the Protocol Review Committee of the EORTC (From 2001).

2. Education

• 1978: M.D. University of Lisboa
• 1983 – 1986: Fellowship Clinical Hematology, Hospitais Civis de Lisboa, Portugal.
• 1986 – 1988: Fellowship Medical Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
• 1989 – 1991: Clinical Hematologist, Hospitais Civis de Lisboa, Portugal.
• 1991 – 2001 and 2006 - 2012: Medical Oncologist, Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil – Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2001 – 2005: Medical Director of the Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil – Lisboa, Portugal

3. Research Area

João's has focuses his work research on:

• Clinical care, and development and assessment of chemotherapy and combined treatments in Head and Neck, Gastric, Colorectal, and Breast cancer,
• Methodology of Clinical Research,
• Organization of Health Services.