João Chaves
MD, PhD
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António (CHUdSA)
Hospital Santo António (HSA)
Research group
Autoimmunity & Neurosciences
Degree in Medicine at the Medical Faculty of Oporto University in 1995.
General Training at Hospital S. João – Porto between 01/01/1996 – 31/12/1997.
Internal Medicine Trainee at Hospital S. João – Porto between 01/01/98 – 31/12/1999.
Neurologist Trainee in Neurology Department at Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto between 01/01/2000 -25/2/2005
Specialist in Neurology in 25/02/2005
Consultant Neurologist since 10/3/2015
Invited Assistant of Neurology and Neurosurgery Chair in Faculty of Medicine of Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar-Universidade do Porto since 2011.
PhD student since 2016/2017 in Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar-Universidade do Porto with thesis entitled “Immunogenetic risk factors and neuroinflammation in two types of epilepsy: genetic generalized and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy”.
Neurologist at the Neurology Department of Hospital de S. António since 09/03/2005 with special interest in Epilepsy.
Member of the tertiary referral surgical centre for epilepsy refractory patients of Centro Hospitalar do Porto
Member of the multidisciplinary team responsible for pre-surgical assessment of patients with refractory epilepsies and for Epilepsy Refractory outpatient clinic.
Responsible for Pregnancy and Epilepsy outpatient clinic since 2005.
Responsible for vagal nerve stimulation programme following these patients after the implantation of vagal nerve device.
Responsible for Wada test (intracarotid propofol procedure).
Responsible for the creation and for the multidisciplinary Ketogenic Diet outpatient clinic since 20/05/2018.
Member of a National Commission appointed by the Directorate-General of Health responsible for the elaboration of the Integrated Assistance Programme in Epilepsy since 2016
Coordinator of postgraduate formation of Neurology trainees of the Neurology Department (2011-2021).