Alberto António da Rocha Pereira
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Luz Hospital, Av. Lusíada 100, 1500-650 Lisbon
Born August 5th, 1968 in Espinho, Aveiro, Portugal.
www.albertorochapereira.pt
Education
Medical School at Coimbra University, Portugal (1986 to 1992)
Medical degree September 1992
Residency Training in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery, at Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisbon, (1996 to 2002)
Fellowship in Reconstructive Microsurgery at Hospital de Gaia (2002 to 2003)
AO Foundation Faculty education program, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
AO Foundation Course Chairperson Education Program, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2016
Clinical activity (as senior consultant)
- Head of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon (since 2021).
- Head of Facial Reconstruction unit, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon (since 2018).
- Head of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery department, Hospital da Luz Torres de Lisboa (since 2017).
- Senior consultant, Oncological Institute Francisco Gentil, Lisbon (since 2008).
- Head of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery department, Beatriz Angelo Hospital, Loures (2021 to 2022).
- Head of Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery department, Armed Forces Hospital, Lisbon (2014 to 2017).
- Head of Emergency and Critical Care department, Armed Forces Hospital, Lisbon, (2015 to 2017).
- Head of Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery department, Air Force Hospital, Lisbon (2010 to 2014).
Membership of Scientific societies
- Member of the AO Foundation CMF Technical Commission, from 2023
- Chair of the AO Foundation Distraction Taskforce, from 2020 to 2023
- Member of the AO Foundation Craniofacial Expert Group, from 2018 to 2019
- AO CMF international faculty, from 2011 to present
- International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Portuguese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Portuguese Society of Hand Surgery
Awwards
Engo Jaime Filipe award 2002, from Portuguese institute for the social development, with a new “Internal bifocal distractor system for mandibular reconstruction”.
Organization and direction of scientific events
- AO Distraction Advanced Symposium- Lisbon 2008
- 39º Meeting of the Portuguese Society of PRAS – Sintra 2009
- Rhinoplasty Course with live surgery- Lisbon 2009
- AO Advanced Course: Reconstruction middle third of the face- Lisbon 2010
- AO Advanced Course: Distraction osteogenesis- Lisbon 2011
- AO CMF Principals Course- Tomar 2012
- AO CMF Advanced Course: Maxilo-mandibular reconstruction (human anatomical specimens)- Oporto 2013
- Lisbon Breast Meeting – Lisbon 2014
- AO CMF Principles Course- Coimbra 2014
- Breast Plastic Surgery Talks with live surgery – Lisbon 2015
- AO Advanced Course: Distraction osteogenesis- Santarém 2015
- AO CMF Management of Facial Trauma- Lisbon 2017
- AO Advanced Course: Orthognathics and distraction osteogenesis- Lisbon 2018
- AO CMF Management of Facial Trauma- Lisbon 2019
- AO CMF Management of Facial Trauma- Lisbon 2022
- 14th European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery congress- Oporto 2022
- AO CMF Management of Facial Trauma- Lisbon 2022
- AO CMF European Course: Craniofacial surgery and Distraction Osteogenesis. Lisbon 2023
- AO CMF Management of Facial Trauma- Lisbon 2024
- AO CMF Management of Facial Trauma- Lisbon 2025
- AO CMF TMJ Lighthouse course (human anatomical specimens)- Lisbon 2026
