Biography Note

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Orlando Monteiro da Silva

Born 26  January  1963

PRESENT

Oral Physician,  Médico Dentista

Health and Regulation Consultant

Member of European Economic and Social Committee – Civil Society Organizations (Group III)

President of the General Assembly -Portuguese Association of Liberal Professionals

Member of the Economic and Social Council of Portugal representing the liberal professions

Student PhD Course in Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2001 to 2020 – Chairman of the Order of Dentists (OMD)
2011 to 2020 – President of the National Council of Professional Orders (CNOP)
2011 to 2013 – President of the World Dental Federation (FDI)
2006 to 2009 – President of the Council of European Dentists (CED)
2019 to 2020 – President of the Federation of European Dental Competent Authorities and Regulators (FEDCAR)
2011 to 2020 – Member of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council (CES)
2017 to 2020 – Member of the Portuguese Health Council (CNS)

2015 to 2019 – Member of the Consulting Board – Health Regulation Authority  
1991 to 1995 – Assistant Professor of Health Policy in Europe, Modern University of Porto
1988 to 1990 – 2nd Lieutenant Dentist at the Portuguese Air Force
1987 to 2017 – Dentistry and Oral Medicine private practice

CONFERENCES AND SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

Invited speaker at numerous conferences, courses, seminars – scientific and professional, nationally and internationally

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS

Author of several opinion articles and interventions in national and international media, both generalist and specialized publications and news channel

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

1987 – Degree in Dental Medicine from – Faculty of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

October 2024 to 2026 PhD Course in Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

November 2023 to May 2024 – National Defense Auditor Course Auditor – Portuguese National Defense Institute

November 2022 to June 2023 – “Strategic thinking and development for health and care regulators”, Erasmus University of Rotterdam – Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Netherlands

October to November 2022 – Attendance of the XXI Post Graduate Course in Public Regulation and Competition at the Center for Studies in Law and Regulation of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

February 2022 to July 2022 -VII Postgraduate Course in Bioethics -Private Law Research Center of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon

October 2020 to July 2021 – Health Management at the Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal
September 2008 – Mastering Health Care Finance, partnership between the Institute of Health Economics and Management – Harvard Medical International and the Porto Hospital Center, Portugal
2009 – NGO Lobbying Practices, European Training Institute (ETI), Belgium

 

HONORS & AWARDS

2014 – Doctor Honoris Causa, by the University of Porto, Portugal
2015 – Municipal Medal of Merit Degree Gold by the Municipality of Porto, Portugal
2013 – Honorary Professor at Kazakh National Medical University (KazNMU), Kazakhstan
2014 – Honorary Member of the American Dental Association (ADA), USA
2014 – Honorary Member of the Consejo General de Dentistas de España, Spain
2011 – Honorary Citizen of the City of Montevideo, Uruguay
2017 – Macau Conference Ambassador of Macau Special Administrative Region, China

LANGUAGES

Advanced user: English (C2); French and Spanish (C1)
Independent user: German (B1)

MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

Professional: Portuguese Dental Association, Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas lic: 346
Scientific: Member of the Portuguese Society of Stomatology and Dental Medicine
Charity and Honor Society: Member of the Academy of Dentistry International

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