Maria Joao Viseu Botelho Cardoso MD, PhD

Maria João Cardoso was appointed as Head Breast Surgeon at the Champalimaud Breast Unit in 2011. Her undergraduate and postgraduate studies were undertaken at the Porto Faculty of Medicine. She has dedicated her career to breast surgery and started her training in oncoplastic surgery at the Institut Gustave Roussy in France. From 2007 to 2010 she was Clinical Director of the S. João Hospital Breast Unit in Porto and from 2004-2010 she was a member of the Ethics Committee at the same hospital.

She holds a PhD in Medicine from University of Porto with the topic of objective evaluation of aesthetic results in breast cancer conservative treatment. From 2006 to 2011 she was Assistant Professor of the Department of Surgery of the Porto Faculty of Medicine. Dr MJ Cardoso is co-coordinator of the Breast Research group at INESC Porto with Professor Jaime Cardoso. As of 2012, she has published more than 20 papers in international journals as first author and has also co-authored more than 80 full communications in major international conferences.