Manuela Lacerda
IPATIMUP, Portugal
Biography
Maria Manuela Pinto de Lacerda (Manuela Lacerda -name used in scientific publications) is specialist in surgical pathology. She started working at Instituto Português do Oncologia Francisco Gentil (IPOFG), Coimbra, Portugal in 1978. From 1986 to 2009 Director of the Laboratory Department of IPOFG, Coimbra, Portugal. From 2009 to 2011 Director of the Service of Surgical Pathology of IPOFG, Coimbra, Portugal. From 1989 to 1995 was part of the Technical Team of the Regional Cancer Registry - Central Zone (R.O.R.Centro), Portugal.from 1998 to 2001 Clinical Director of IPOFG, Coimbra, Portugal. From 1994 to 2011, was part the European Working Group on Breast Screening Pathology, which have developed "European Guidelines for Quality assurance in breast cancer screening and diagnosis" - European Commission. Since 2012 Consultant at Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal. She did her PhD in 2005 from Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal. She is co-author of 6 papers in national journals with scientific arbitration and 20 articles in journals of international circulation with scientific arbitration.