MANUEL SOBRINHO SIMÕES

Manuel Sobrinho Simões, MD, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Pathology of the Medical Faculty and Director of the IPATIMUP (Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto) created in 1989. MSS is co-author of about 440 scientific publications, which have given rise to about 18000 citations (h factor 70). His main interests are oncobiology and thyroid cancer. MSS carries about 300 diagnostic consultations per year for foreign institutions. MSS was President of the European Society of Pathology from 1999 to 2001, after having been Secretary from 1989 to 1997.He helped creating EUROCELLPATH (European Courses on Cellular Pathology) and the European School of Pathology (EScoP), and has been co-organizing the ESCoP Courses on Thyroid Tumours since 1992 and the Thyroid Tumour Course for Practicising Pathologists of the IAP since 2002, as well as several regular Courses on Endocrine Pathology in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. MSS has co-authored many chapters of four editions (1988,2004,2017 and 2023) of the WHO Book on Endocrine Tumours. He has been elected by his peers “The most influent pathologist” in a survey conducted in 2015 by “The Pathologist”. At present, MSS is also non-executive Administrator of Foundation Serralves and member of EAPN - European Anti Poverty Network.