Dr. Alexandre Almeida

Education and hospital career

Dr. Alexandre Almeida is a specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Clínica EGOS in Portugal. He obtained his integrated master’s degree in Medicine at the University of Minho in 2016 and completed his general medical internship at Centro Hospitalar de Gaia/Espinho in 2017.

He completed his specialist training at Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João between 2018 and April 2024. He subsequently worked as a hospital specialist at the São João Local Health Unit and, from August 2024 according to his CV, at the Alto Ave Local Health Unit.

International training

In 2023, he undertook further training in reconstructive breast surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa (Israel), in facial rejuvenation at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo (Brazil), and on the Body Breast and Beyond course by SurgicalAnatomy, also in Brazil.

Teaching, research and scientific activity

He was an assistant at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto from 2018 to 2024. His CV lists nine scientific publications as a coauthor, covering nasal and ear reconstruction, complex flap reconstruction, the lymphatic system and treatment of lymphorrhea, burns in older people, thromboembolic events in plastic surgery, migraine surgery and the plastic surgeon’s role in treating tuberculosis.

He has served on the organising committees of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, the second CHUSJ theoretical and practical course for residents, “ABC da Pele”, and the module on breast reconstruction in an oncological setting within the postgraduate course in Breast Oncological Surgery.