Autores

Professor Catedrático Convidado da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra desde 2008, Diretor do Departamento Pediátrico desde 2010 e Diretor do Serviço de Genética Médica do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra desde 1999, com licenciatura em Medicina pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, 1985, 19 valores, Diploma in Clinical Genetics (1991, Universidade de Londres, Reino Unido), Mestrado em Genética Médica (Universidade do Porto), doutoramento em Medicina (Genética) (1995, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra) e agregação em Medicina (2002, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra).  Especialista em Pediatria (1993) e Genética Médica (1993), consultor em Pediatria (1999) e Genética Médica (2006) e Assistente Graduado Sénior desde 2009. Foi presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (1999 a 2001), do Colégio de Genética Médica da Ordem dos Médicos (2009 a 2015) e da Comissão Nacional da Saúde Materna da Criança e do Adolescente (2014 a 2016). Publicou 1 livro, 9 capítulos de livro e mais de 100 artigos científicos dos quais 58 indexados na Web of Knowledge do Institute for  Scientific Information (Web of Science) com mais de 1.000 citações.

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Jorge Saraiva has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra since 2008, director of the Paediatrics Department since 2010, and director of the Medical Genetics Service of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre since 1999, with a degree in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, (1985, grade-point average 19/20), a diploma in Clinical Genetics (1991, University of London, United Kingdom), a master’s in Medical Genetics (University of Porto), a PhD in Medicine (Genetics) (1995, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra), and aggregation in Medicine (2002, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra). Saraiva is a specialist in paediatrics (1993) and medical genetics (1993), as well as a consultant in paediatrics (1999) and medical genetics (2006) and senior graduate assistant since 2009. He was president of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics (1999 to 2001), of the College of Medical Genetics of the Portuguese Medical Association (2009 to 2015), and of the National Commission for the Maternal Health of Children and Adolescents (2014 to 2016). He has published one book, nine book chapters, and more than 100 scientific articles, of which 58 are indexed in the Web of Knowledge of the Institute for Scientific Information (Web of Science), with more than 1,000 citations.