Biography Note

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Orlando Monteiro da Silva

Place and Date of Birth: Porto, Portugal – 26 January 1963

PRESENT

Médico Dentista

President of the National Association of Liberal Professionals

Consulting in the field of Healthcare regulations and policies

Regent board member (Southern Europe) of the Academy of Dentistry International

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 – Health Regulation Authority – Member of the Consulting Board.

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 (Hospital).

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

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 – Professional Card N° 346.

Scientific: Member of the Portuguese Society of Stomatology and Dental Medicine.

Charity and Honor Society: Member of the Academy of Dentistry International.

SOCIAL MEDIA

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