Advisory Board
In its foundation, SOBRACAM had the support of some of the most important international organizations of ambulatory surgery, such as the Portuguese Association of Ambulatory Surgery (APCA) and the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS).
On the initiative of the Board of Directors, we instituted a Board of Counselors, an advisory body that brings together international exponents in outpatient surgery.
With your support, we hope to articulate SOBRACAM with similar international entities and count on the advice and experience that will allow us to establish the best practices in ambulatory surgery in Brazil, in line with what is most advanced in international centers.
Prof. Beverly Philip
- Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard University, she is the founding director of the Ambulatory Surgery Unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, USA.
- Currently is the President-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the largest organization of its kind in the entire planet, with more than 50,000 members.
- He has also served as Chair of the ASA Quality Management and Departmental Administration Committee, Chaired the ASA Ambulatory Surgical Care Committee, and was Chair of the 2009 ASA Annual Meeting.
- He is past president of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) and past president of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA).
- She is editor-in-chief of the international journal of the IAAS, “Ambulatory Surgery”.
Dr. Carlos Magalhães
- Director of the Ambulatory General Surgery Service – CICA – CHUPorto, he is president of the Portuguese Association of Ambulatory Surgery (APCA) and President-Elect of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS).
- He is an Assistant Professor at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), at the University of Porto.
Nurse Celia Castanheira
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the São João School of Nursing (Porto) and Degree in Nursing from the University of Minho College of Nursing, Master’s Degree in Nursing from the Catholic University of Portugal (Porto).
- Nurse in a Surgical Center since 1998, she has been a nurse at the Integrated Center for Ambulatory Surgery at CHUPorto (CICA) since 2011.
- He currently chairs the National Nursing Panel of the Portuguese Association of Ambulatory Surgery (APCA).
Dr. Ian Jackson
- Graduated in Aberdeen (i981), he was appointed assistant physician in anesthesiology in the city of York (1989).
- He led the development of Ambulatory Surgery, developing a new Ambulatory Surgery Unit with six operating rooms.
- Elected to the Executive Board of the British Association of Ambulatory Surgery in 1994, he served as Honorary Treasurer, Editor of the “Journal of One-Day Surgery” and later as President.
- He is a past President of the International Association of Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) and is currently editor of the journal “Ambulatory Surgery” as well as chairman of the scientific committee of the IAAS.
- His interests include the use of IT in medicine and he has supported the development and secure implementation of IT in a number of hospitals over the past decade.
Dr. Rui Duarte Castro Moreira
- Doctor, graduated from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto.
- President of the National Board of Stomatology of the Portuguese Association of Ambulatory Surgery (APCA) and President of the Board of the Association of Portuguese Stomatologists (AMEP).
- He is coordinator of the Northern Regional Section of the Board of the College of Stomatology of the Medical Association and managing partner of Smile Express, Lda., a health services company.
Dr. Vicente Vieira
- Director at the Ambulatory Surgery Unit – University Hospital of Braga, he is president of the Ambulatory Surgery Section of the Portuguese Society of Anesthesiologists (SPA).
- He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Portuguese Association of Ambulatory Surgery (APCA) and of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS).
Together we will contribute to the implementation of the culture of ambulatory surgery in the public and private spheres, throughout the national territory.
