Josefina Santos MD, PhD, medical degree in 1993, nephrologist degree in 2001, PhD in Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar of University of Porto (ICBAS), University of Porto (UP).
Nephrology Consultant, Head of the Unit of Clinical Nephrology, Nephrology Department, at the Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario do Porto (CHUdSA). PhD in 2021 at ICBAS, UP, with the thesis “chronic kidney disease in the Elderly: Understanding Outcomes and Trajectories of Kidney Function Decline, towards an Individualized Care”.
Completes with merit the Senior Management Program for Health Institutions (PADIS), in December 2024, obtaining competence in health services management, by the Medical Portuguese Association, since May 2025.
Advisor of Nephrology Interns, Curricular Internship Nephrology in the Nephrology Unit CHUPorto. Professor of Curricular Units in Integrated Master's Degree Medicine (MIM), ICBAS, UP. Course Coordinator in ICBAS /UP: Nephrology I and Nephrology II, Continuing Education Courses with Accreditation, ICBAS, UP. Member of the Research Group on Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation at the Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB at the CHUdSA /ICBAS/UP). Member of the European Reference Network for Rare Kidney Diseases (ERKNet) as Senior clinician expert in the working groups Hereditary Glomerulopathies and Immune Glomerulopathies/ Workgroup Thrombotic microangiopathies. Member of Portuguese Society of Nephrology in a group of rare diseases and in a group of Conservative Care, co-author of Portuguese consensus document statement in diagnostic and management of atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, and Conservative Care Consensus Document. Member of the Committee on Pharmacy and Therapeutics from CHUdSA, and Member of the National Committee on Pharmacy and Therapeutics from Infarmed.
Coordinator of Comprehensive Conservative Care Group of CNAD advisory board, Portuguese Society of Nephrology and Health Ministry. Medical Director of an outpatient Hemodialysis Unit (NephroCare Braga, Portugal).
Principal investigator (PI) and Sub-Investigator (SI) with over 20 years of clinical research experience and participation in over 20 studies.