MD, PhD
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António (CHUdSA)
Research group
Cardiovascular Research
Mário Santos is clinician-scientist dedicated to the care of heart failure and pulmonary arterial hypertension patients. His research interests comprehend pulmonary circulation pathophysiology and the role of exercise as a diagnostic tool and as a treatment in cardiovascular diseases. He is the coordinator of the Cardiovascular Research Group at UMIB/ICBAS. He is passionate on the impact of evidence-based medicine, clinical research skills and physiology knowledge on the quality of medical education and cardiovascular care. He authored more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and is actively involved in international collaborative research networks.