Vida e Obra de Doutor Tiago Henriques Coelho

Abstract

Tiago Henriques Coelho (1977-2017), MD, PhD, was a professor, physician and researcher at Porto Medical School, Porto University. He started his degree in that very institution in the year of 1995, which has concluded in f 2001. In 2008, he concluded his PhD in Medicine. Throughout his career, he managed to embrace the two sides of the profession: both teaching and research. On the research field, it is relevant to highlight areas such as physiology, mostly cardiovascular, and pediatric surgery, on which he was a pioneer on neonatal surgery and treating sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease and Pectus Excavatum. He was also an active member of the Director Council from 2014 to 2017, under the director Professor Maria Amélia Ferreira. He's also notable for his crucial role as the main agent of development and growth of the Colégio Casa Mãe, Baltar, Paredes, in which he was Executive Director. During this brief lifetime, he reenforced his professional and personal merits, which are still today celebrated by his peers, family members and friends.