Augusto Manuel Almeida Ministro, obtained his Medical Degree by the Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, in 2000. He started his residency at Santa Maria University Hospital – CHULN, E.P.E, Lisbon, in 2003 and became a Vascular Surgery Specialist in 2010. Currently he is a Vascular Surgery Assistant, Kidney Transplant Consultant and unit chief in the Vascular Surgery Department of Santa Maria University Hospital, CHULN E.P.E., Lisbon. He is a member of the CCUL Angiogenesis Unit and completed his PhD in Medicine, Speciality of Vascular Surgery in 2018 (April).