Rodrigo Garcia

  • Lecturer
  • Invited Assistant
Lecturer
Biographical note

Attended Secondary Education at Montejunto Secondary School with 3rd cycle of basic education, in Cadaval, having finished 12th grade, in 2001, with a final average of 20 points.
In 2001 he came to the Medical Course at Lisbon School of Medicine, with an application mark of 19.1.
Finished Medical School on June 15, 2007, with a final grade of 16.
Joined the Southern Regional Section of Ordem dos Médicos on September 27, 2007, and he got professional license number 47028.
Took the Internato Complementar (Complementary Internship) Access Exam on November 29, 2007, which resulted in 281st place out of a total of 1073 candidates.
He did the Common Year of the Medical Internship at Santa Maria Hospital E.P.E., in Lisbon, from January 21 to December 31, 2008. He obtained the classification "apt" in all areas.
He selected the specialty of Urology, on November 27, 2008, having occupied the only vacancy for specific training in Urology available at the Urology Service of Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, directed by Prof. Dr. Tomé Lopes.
He did his Complementary Internship in Urology from January 2009 to December 2014, at the Urology Service of Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, initially under the supervision of Dr. José Maria Alves. Due to his retirement, from January 2011, he was supervised by Dr. Helena Correia. Obtained a weighted average of 19.20 points.
He took the Final Exam of the Medical Internship in Urology from 27 to 29 April 2015, and obtained a final score of 18.8.
He obtained the Degree of Specialist in Urology on May 18, 2015, with the homologation of the classification by the National Council of the Medical Internship.
He was appointed Co-coordinator of the Bladder Uro-Oncology Unit of the Urology Service at Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte in 2017.
He was appointed Coordinator of the Urology Day Hospital in 2017.
He has participated in 3177 surgical interventions, of which 1611 as a surgeon.
He was appointed supervisor or head of training of two interns of Specific Training in Urology. He was appointed internship supervisor for two interns of Specific Training in General Surgery.
Since 2018, he has been appointed Coordinator of the Training Plan and Annual Evaluation of the Internship of Specific Training in Urology of the Urology Service at Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte.
He was a member of the Jury of the National Test of Final Evaluation of the Medical Internship of Urology, as 1st alternate member, of the Normal Season (1st Season), which took place at Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, April 15-16, 2021.
He was a Monitor in Neuroanatomy Department of Lisbon School of Medicine in the academic years 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
He became Guest Assistant of Urology of Lisbon School of Medicine in 2021. 
He collaborated in the organization and/or as a trainer in 13 post-graduate training courses.
Participated in 136 scientific papers, 47 of which as author.
Reviewer of the Journal Neurourology and Urodynamics since May 2020.
Participated in 8 Clinical Research Projects.
Obtained the title of Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) in 2015, where he was approved with a final classification of 9/9.

Positions

Hospital Assistant in Urology at the Urology Service of Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, since May 2015.
Co-coordinator of the Bladder Uro-Oncology Unit of the Urology Service of Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, since 2017.
Coordinator of the Urology Day Hospital at Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, since 2017.
Coordinator of the Training Plan and Annual Evaluation of the Internship of Specific Training in Urology of the Urology Service at Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, since 2018.
Invited Assistant in Urology at Lisbon School of Medicine, since 2021.

 

Research Area

Bladder Neoplasm