Márcio Navalho, MD, PhD

Graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FML), with a final grade of 17.17 out of 20, among the highest ever awarded by the institution (2000).
PhD in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FML), unanimously awarded Distinction and Honours, the highest classification attainable for this academic degree (2012).

Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon (2003 to 2008).
International Clinical Fellowship in Vascular Imaging at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA (2008).
International Clinical Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Imaging at the Osteoarticular Radiology Department, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France (2008).
PhD Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (2009 to 2012).

Tutor in the Anatomy subject in FML (1995 to 1996).
Researcher, Biochemistry Department, Vascular Biopathology and Microcirculation Unit, FML (1996 to 2001).
Guest lecturer of the Physiological Biochemistry subject, FML (2003 to 2010).
Guide in the internship of Initiation to Pedagogic Activity for Medicine students, FML (2004 to 2007).
Teacher of the Radiology subject in FML (2004 to 2007).
Researcher, Microvascular Biology and Inflammation Unit in the Molecular Medicine Institute (IMM) (2001 to 2008).
Guest lecturer of the Biochemistry II subject of the Graduate Course in Nutrition, FML (2005 to 2008).
Member of the Editorial Committee of “Revista da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa” (ISSN 0872-4059) (2004-2014).
Researcher, Rheumatology Research Unit, IMM (2010-2016).
Attending Physician in Radiology, Hospital de Cascais (2010-2015).
Teacher of the Locomotion System Diseases subject in FML (2010-2016).
Attending Physician in Radiology, Hospital dos Lusíadas (2012-2021).
Member of the Editorial Committee of the “International Journal of Orthopaedics” (ISSN 2311-5106) (2014-2021).
Full Professor of the University New Atlântica (2015-2018).

Consultant Radiologist and permanent staff member at ULS Lisboa Ocidental (since 2024).
Professor and Course Director, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Nova Medical School (since 2018).
Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), within the Musculoskeletal Health and Health Innovation research groups (since 2018).
Researcher at NOVA Medical School, within the Musculoskeletal Health Research Area (since 2018).
Founder and Clinical Director of the Professor Dr. Márcio Navalho International Telemedicine Centre (since 2014).

Percutaneous Drainage of Infected Pancreatic Fluid Collections.
Haemorheological Profile in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and ultrasonographic evaluation of fluid in serosal cavities.
Synovial Doppler Ultrasonography and Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hand and Wrist in the Assessment of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Consultant Radiologist – ReumaCensus.
Consultant Radiologist – EpiReumaPt.
Computed Tomography Based Rigidity Analysis: a Novel Tool for Non-invasive Prediction of Vertebral Fragility Fractures in Post-menopausal Women.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Ankle and Foot in Spondyloarthritis: a New Scoring System and Definition of MRI Sequences.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score of the Knee in Bone Bruises.
Traumatic Bone Marrow Lesions Around the Knee: Identification of a Predictive Model of Surgical Treatment.
Black Bone Multi-Echo MRI for the assessment of patellar cartilage: Comparison with Proton Density imaging.
Semi-automated identification of abnormalities on chest X-ray images using artificial intelligence techniques.

Author of several international scientific publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, including, as first author, a research article published in Radiology, the flagship journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the most cited journal worldwide in the field of radiology.

Author of the chapter “Imaging of Rheumatic Diseases” in Reumatologia Fundamental - Lidel, 2013.

He regularly participates as an invited speaker at congresses, conferences and symposia in the fields of Musculoskeletal, Rheumatological and Sports Radiology, digital health and medical innovation.