Ana Gaspar, MD, pediatrician, Advanced Training in Pediatrics in the areas of Hereditary Diseases of Metabolism and Pediatric Intensive Care (ICU), Coordinator of Metabolic Diseases of Pediatrics Unit – CHLN Pediatric Department, CHLN Reference Centre in Inherited Metabolic Disorders Coordinator
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, E.P.E. , Lisboa, Portugal
Clinical activity:
Since 1997-Pediatric Specialist with Specialized training in is field of expertise (Hereditary Metabolic Diseases and Pediatric Intensive Care (including HDFVV, ECMO), active in research, teaching and training
1997 – Pediatric Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases HSM/CHLN creation
2007- Pediatric Consultant
Since 2007 – Coordinator of Metabolic Diseases of Pediatrics Unit – CHLN Pediatric Department
2005 – 2013 – National Diagnosis and Treatment of Lysosomal Diseases Committee (NDTLDC) Member
2013-2016 – CHLN’s representative as a Expertise Center of Lysosomal Disorders and in the NDTLDC
2016 – CHLN Coordinator of the National Reference Centre in Hereditary Metabolic Disorders
CHLN Representative of the European Reference Network for Hereditary Metabolic Diseases, MetabERN.
Academic activity:
Teaching assistant at Medical School of Lisbon (FMUL) – sixth-grade students master ME and at Pharmaceutical Sciences in master-therapy clinical practice I and II (Pediatrics)
Mentorship of Master students from Lisbon Medical School and of Medical Pediatric residents and postgraduate activity in the formation of General Medical, Pediatrics, Genetics, Clinical Pharmacology and General Medical Practioner doctors.
Others functions:
2008-2013 – Member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Society of Metabolic Diseases (SPDM)
Participation in several national and international research projects and published several international peer reviewed clinical and scientific papers.