Marco Costa |
Name: | Marco Alves da Costa |
| Birthplace: | Viana do Castelo, Portugal at 3th December 1969 | |
| Adress: | Rua Pedro Monteiro, 14-16, 3000-329 Coimbra – Portugal | |
| Email: | marcocostacard@sapo.pt | |
| OM nº 35242 | Member of Portuguese Medical Association | |
| ESC nº 108882 | Member of European Society of Cardiology | |
| SPC nº 1533 | Member of Portuguese Society of Cardiology | |
| APIC nº 77 | Member of Portuguese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention |
PAST FUNCTIONS |
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| 1987-1993 | School of Medicine, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 1994-1997 | Internship in General Medicine and Internal Medicine, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra |
| 1998-2002 | Fellowship at Cardiology Department, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra |
| 2000-2001 | Member of the Council of Cardiology Portuguese Foundation |
| 2009-2011 | Secretary of the Council of Portuguese Society of Cardiology |
| 2011-2013 | Voting Member of the General Meeting Board of Portuguese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention – APIC |
| 2011-2013 | Coordinator of Interventional Cardiology Registry by National Center for Data Collection in Cardiology of Portuguese Society of Cardiology |
| 2013-2015 | General Secretary of Portuguese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention – APIC |
| 2013-2015 | Main Coordinator of National Interventional Cardiology Registry |
| 2013 and 2014 | President of Scientific Committee of Annual Meeting of APIC |
| 2014-2016 | Member of the Board of Education and Training Committee of European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions |
| 2015-2017 | President of General Assembly of Portuguese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention (APIC-SPC) |
| 2015-2017 | Member of Coordination Committee of National Center for Data Collection in Cardiology of Portuguese Society of Cardiology |
DEGREES
Medical Degree since October 1993 by the Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra, Portugal
Medical Specialisation in Cardiology since February 2002 (by the National Health Service and Portuguese College of Phisicians)
European Cardiologist since 2004
Subspecialisation in Interventional Cardiology since 2008
PRESENT FUNCTIONS
Vice-President of Portuguese Society of Cardiology for 2017-2019
Executive Director of National Center for Data Collection in Cardiology of Portuguese Society of Cardiology for 2017-2019.
Main Coordinator in Cardiovascular Interventional Unit of HG-CHUC
Member of Cardiology Department Staff of Hospital and University Center of Coimbra – General Hospital (CHUC-HG).
Main Coordinator of Fellowship in Cardiology at CHUC-HG.
Interventional Cardiologist in Hemodynamic Laboratory of HG- CHUC
Proctor in Intracardiac Echo guidance of Strutural Disease Intervention
Proctor in Strutural Disease Intervention (Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Defects and Left Atrial appendage Closure)
Proctor in Rotational Atherectomy
Course Director of «ICE in the CathLab» (training of european cardiology fellows in intracardiac echo)
Course Director of «UNIC ComVida» (training of young portuguese interventional cardiologists in complex coronary intervention)
Member of Reviewer Council of Portuguese Journal of Cardiology (Interventional Cardiology and Structural Disease Intervention)
Member of Reviewer Council of Brazilian Archives of Cardiology (Interventional Cardiology and Structural Disease Intervention)
Reviewer of abstracts in Paris Course Revascularization (PCR) and Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)
Regional Coordinator of Stent-for-Life (Center Region of Portugal)
Advisory Board member of Bayer, Medtronic, Abbott, Bristol Myers Squibb and Merck Sharp & Dohme, Terumo, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Boston.
PUBLICATIONS
98 publications in different fields of interest (2.814 reads, 236 citations, 33.52 RG score – higher than 92.5% of ResearchGate members, from 99.93% publications)
www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Costa18/reputation
Articles of the year 2017:
Costa M.
Radial access in cardiac catheterization: Can we do even Better?
Rev Port Cardiol.2017;36(6):415-416
Radial access in cardiac catheterization: Can we do even better?
Costa M.
Comment on “Evolucumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease”.
Rev Port Cardiol.2017;36(6):485-486
Comment on “Evolocumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease”
Costa M.
Percutaneous closure of prosthetic paravalvular leaks – should it be considered the first therapeutic option?
Rev Port Cardiol. 2017;36(7-8):495—497
STUDIES
Main Investigator of the following studies: EUROPA, VALUE, IMISH, ASSENT IV, SHINE, SEPIA, EXPORT, PROTECT, CLARIFY, TAO, SIGNIFY, Re-DUAL PCI, REPARA, GLOBAL SYMPLICITY REGISTRY, ENTRUST AF-PCI.
Co-investigator in several other studies
Training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) since 2012