Regional Organising Committee

Meet our Regional Organising Committee, bringing together leaders from Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Angola to ensure the Congress reflects diverse perspectives, showcases regional expertise and responds to the needs and priorities of the communities we serve.

Regional Organising Committee Chairs

Prof Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal) President, Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FSPOG)

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos, is a Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School and Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.

He is a co-inventor of the Omniview-SisPorto® program for computer analysis of fetal monitoring signals (Speculum, Portugal), of the clinical record database Obscare® (Virtualcare, Portugal), and of the Lucina® obstetric simulator (CAE Healthcare, Canada).

With an h-index of 45 (Researchgate), he has published more than 200 articles in Medline-indexed scientific journals, has more than 9000 citations, and has presented more than 400 invited lectures in international scientific meetings.

He was part of the “Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List” in 2020-2025. Since 2021 he is the Director of the journal Acta Obstetrica e Ginecologica Portuguesa.

He is the Immediate Past-President of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, current President of the Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and current Chair of the Guideline Development Working Group do European Board and College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (EBCOG). Between 2010 and 2018 he integrated the Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Committee at the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO), where he co-ordinated the 2015 revision of the FIGO consensus guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring. 

He is currently President of Portuguese Fedeartion of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies (2021-). He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2022), the Hellenic Society of Perinatal Medicine (2022), the Romanian Society of Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (2023), the Czech Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2025), and is an awardee of the “Soranus of Efesus” career prize of the South-East Mediterranean Society of Perinatal Medicine (2025).

Dr Fátima Faustino (Portugal) President, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ginecologia

Born in Tavira, Portugal on 13 May 1956.
Medical studies Universidade Nova of Lisbon, Portugal. End degree in 1981. Internship Gynaecology and Obstetrics at Hospitais Civis of Lisbon, 1985-1991.

Portuguese Board certified in Gynaecology and Obstetrics by the Portuguese Minister of Health and Gyn/ Obst College in 1992.

She was working in the Gynaecologic Endoscopic Department, Hospital D.Estefânia since 1992, developing her main interest in Endoscopic Surgery.

Fellowship in Guy ́s Hospital, London in 1995.
Postgraduate courses in Université Catholique - Leuven, in 1992,1993, 1994 and 1995, CICE - Clermont Ferrand in 2000 and IRCAD – Strasbourg in 2005.

Consultant degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2002.
Head of Department of Reproductive Medicine at Hospital D. Estefânia, 2001-2004.

Consultant at Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon. Head of Department of Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery. 2007-2012.

Endoscopic Surgery Team, Gynaecological and Obstetrics Department Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, 2007-2015.

Head of Department of Gynaecological Endoscopic and Ambulatory Surgery at Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Lisbon, 2013-2015.

Team Lead of Endometriosis Unit and Consultant of Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery, Hospital Lusiadas, Lisbon, since November 2015.

Team Lead of Gynecological and Obstetrics Department, Hospital Lusiadas, Lisbon, 2018- 2024.

Invited Faculty in the Gynaecological Laparoscopy Advanced Course at the School of Health Sciences of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, since 2009.

She attended and organized several courses and congress on Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery, trying to divulgate and to teach this minimally invasive technique at her country. She has done several presentations and publications on themes related.

Member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), Societé Européenne de Gynécologie (SEG), American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) and International Society on Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ISUOG).

Board member Portuguese Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2003-2009. Treasurer of Portuguese Section for Gynaecological Endoscopy, 2003-2009 President of Portuguese Section for Gynaecological Endoscop, 2010-2015 Vice- President of Portuguese Gynaecologic Society, 2016 - 2022. President of Portuguese Gynaecologic Society, since January 2023.

Prof. Juan Luis Alcazar (Spain) Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra

Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, QuirónSalud Hospital, Málaga

Full Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra
Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, QuirónSalud Hospital, Málaga
Co-Director of the TEC (Training and Education Center), Málaga

Notable Publications:

Alcázar JL, Galván R, Albela S, Martinez S, Pahisa J, Jurado M, López-García G. Assessing myometrial infiltration by endometrial cancer: uterine virtual navigation with three-dimensional US. Radiology. 2009 Mar;250(3):776-83.

Alcázar JL, García-Manero M. Ovarian endometrioma vascularization in women with pelvic pain. Fertil Steril. 2007 Jun;87(6):1271-6 4. Alcazar JL, Galvan R. Three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound scanning for the prediction of endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding and thickened endometrium. Am J Obstet Gynecol.

Country: Spain

Field: Gynecology

Specialties: 3D & 4D ultrasound; gynecological ultrasound; gynecological oncology; early pregnancy

Languages: English; Spanish

A/Prof. Conrado Coutinho (Brasil) President of FEBRASGO Perinatology Committee, Member of ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee, Member of ISUOG Courses Subcommittee

Consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Dr Conrado Coutinho is currently a senior consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Clinics Hospital, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. His special interests are related to the use of ultrasound during pregnancy for prediction, prevention and diagnosis of fetal and placental anomalies and the great obstetrics syndromes. Conrado completed MSc and PhD degrees in Tocogynecology (Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo) and a post-doctoral fellowship in Fetal Medicine in St. George’s University Hospital, London, UK.

Conrado is currently involved in various academic and associative activities. He is currently a postgraduate supervisor at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, President of the perinatology committee at the Brazilian Federation of ObGyn (FEBRASGO), associate editor of RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics and member of ISUOG Educational Courses Subcommittee (2022-2024 e 2024-2027). He was also appointed as a member of ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee (2024-2027).

Country: Brazil

Field: Obstetrics; Ultrasound; Maternal Fetal Medicine

Specialties: Fetal biometry and wellbeing; Maternal and fetal Doppler; Fetal anomaly screening and management; Fetal growth restriction; Multiple pregnancy; Preterm birth prediction and prevention; Placenta accreta spectrum disorders; Infections in pregnancy.

Languages: English; Portuguese; Spanish

Prof Dusan Djokovic (Portugal) NOVA Medical School, Lisbon

Dusan Djokovic, MD, PhD, is a Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Consultant at Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal, where he serves as Pedagogical and Scientific Research Coordinator and Gynecological Ultrasound Coordinator. He is also Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NOVA Medical School, NOVA University Lisbon.

His principal clinical and academic interests include advanced gynecological ultrasound, with particular expertise in endometriosis and gynecologic oncology, as well as minimally invasive gynecological surgery. Prof. Djokovic is actively involved in clinical and pre-clinical research, has authored numerous international scientific publications, has mentored doctoral candidates, and has contributed to the organization of numerous international courses and scientific meetings. He is a Teachers Board member of the International Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy (ISGE) and coordinates the ISGE SONOMIGS Special Interest Group. He is also a member of the Gynecological Ultrasound Interest Group of the Portuguese Society of Gynecology (Sociedade Portuguesa de Ginecologia, SPG), the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), and the European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO).

Dr Elisenda Eixarch (Spain) Consultant and a senior researcher at BCNatal Fetal Medicine Research Center, Hospital Clinic and Hospital Sant Joan de Deu

Dr Elisenda Eixarch (MD,PhD) is a consultant and a senior researcher at BCNatal Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clinic and Hospital Sant Joan de Deu). She is the responsible of the Fetal Neurosonography Unit and she is also associate professor at University of Barcelona. During the years 2008-2011, she made a sub-specialization in fetal neurology with a Rio-Hortega scholarship of the Carlos III Institute (Ministry of Health). She has focused her interest on fetal medicine and surgery, imaging technologies in fetal brain including ultrasound and MRI and fetal brain development.

Country: Spain

Field: Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Neurosonography; Fetal Surgery

Specialties: Fetal anomalies; fetal brain; fetal growth restriction; fetal therapy and intervention

Languages: English; Spanish; Catalan

Prof. Luís Guedes Martins (Portugal) President, Associação Portuguesa de Diagnóstico Pré-Natal (APDPN)

Luís Guedes-Martins, MD, PhD, is Full Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Porto and Director of the Department of Obstetrics at Centro Materno Infantil do Norte (CMIN), Portugal. He is President of the Portuguese Association of Prenatal Diagnosis and Vice-President of the Portuguese Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a clinician-scientist specializing in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, with particular expertise in fetal cardiology, fetal echocardiography, and fetal cardiovascular physiology. His research focuses on maternal–placental–fetal cardiovascular interactions, with particular emphasis on the placenta–heart axis and the mechanisms through which placental development, placental bed physiology, and placental dysfunction influence fetal cardiovascular adaptation and development. His work combines clinical and translational research to better understand fetal responses to adverse intrauterine environments, particularly in placental-mediated disorders such as fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. His academic and clinical interests include fetal echocardiography, fetal Doppler assessment, prenatal diagnosis, placental physiology, perinatal cardiovascular medicine, and the application of artificial intelligence and digital technologies to obstetrics and prenatal imaging. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications and is actively involved in international research collaborations, editorial activities, scientific peer review, and postgraduate medical education, with the overarching aim of advancing precision maternal-fetal medicine and improving outcomes in high-risk pregnancies.

Prof. Wellington Martins (Brazil) UOG Editor

Notable Publications:

Martins WP, Welsh AW, Lima JC, Nastri CO, Raine-Fenning NJ. The "volumetric" pulsatility index as evaluated by spatiotemporal imaging correlation (STIC): a preliminary description of a novel technique, its application to the endometrium and an evaluation of its reproducibility. Ultrasound Med Biol 2011; 37: 2160-2168.

Martins WP, Rocha IA, Ferriani RA, Nastri CO. Assisted hatching of human embryos: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Hum Reprod Update 2011; 17: 438-453.

Country: Brazil

Field: Reproductive Medicine; Gynecology; Early Pregnancy

Specialties: 3D and 4D ultrasound; evidence based medicine; reproducibility of results

Language: English; Portuguese

"I’ve coordinated the translation of the ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee guidelines into Portuguese (Brazil) and I’ve divulged the free membership for trainees in Ob-Gyn and/or Ultrasound in Brazil. I greatly enjoyed these tasks because I believe these will improve the quality of ultrasound scans in Portuguese-speaking countries, particularly in Brazil."

Prof Alexandra Matias (Portugal) Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

Full Professor at Porto Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto and Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine and Fetal Ultrasound Specialist, Porto, Portugal

· Original articles = 125 (3585 citations, h index=31 i10 index= 70)

· Book chapters = 43

· 250 oral communications,

· 180 talks as invited speaker at international conferences,

· 12 international prizes (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) Prize- Kenneth Gottesfeld-Charles Hohler Memorial Foundation in Rotterdam, 1996)

Book edition:

- Marcadores ecográficos y bioquímicos en el 1er trimestre de embarazo semana 11-14. Coleccion de Medicina Fetal y Perinatal. Vol. 13 Ed. Matias A, M Gallo (eds).

- Developmental and fetal origins of differences in monozygotic twins: from Genetics to Environmental factors. Elsevier Inc. Alexandra Matias, Isaac Blickstein (Eds)

Research fellow from the Alexander Humboldt Stiftung in Heidelberg, Germany

Fellowship at the Harris Birthright Centre (London) and Hôpital Robert Debré (Paris)

Visiting Professor at Cornell University, New York, USA

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