Experienced professionals qualified to provide
responses to a vast spectrum of diseases of the endocrine glands.

Endocrinology is a medical specialty dedicated to the study, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the irregular functioning of hormones in the human body and diseases of the endocrine glands.

Lusíadas Saúde Endocrinology Units possess the highest quality technological means, coupled with humanized services, to monitor patients being treated for common endocrine diseases including diabetes, obesity, and thyroid problems, as well as those less common such as problems related the pituitary gland, the parathyroid hormone, the ovaries, and the testicles.

With its unit characteristics, the Lusíadas Saúde Endocrinology Units are made up of highly experienced professionals in communication with other medical specialty areas, offering excellence in service quality and focused on the specific needs of each person.

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Clinical staff

Dr. Paulo Carvalho Ferreira

Unit Coordinator of Endocrinology

Hospital Lusíadas Albufeira:
Clínica Lusíadas Faro:

Areas of Interest

Diabetology (Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes); Phospho-calcium Metabolism Disorders (hypercalcemia, hypocalcemia, osteoporosis); Endocrinopathies during Pregnancy; Overweight and Obesity; Pituitary Pathology; Pathology of the Adrenal Glands (disorders of cortisol secretion and nodular pathology); Pathology of the Gonads (excess hair growth and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome); Thyroid pathology (hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, nodular pathology)

Languages

Portuguese and English

Dr. David Barbosa

Clínica Lusíadas Almada:
Hospital Lusíadas Albufeira:

Areas of Interest

Thyroid and Parathyroid Pathology, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults, Medical Treatment of Obesity, Adrenal Pathology, Hypothalamic-Pituitary Pathology, Endocrinopathies during Pregnancy

Languages

Portuguese, English and Italian

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Dra. Raquel Espírito Santo

Hospital Lusíadas Albufeira:
Clínica Lusíadas Faro:

Areas of Interest

Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, gonad glands

Languages

Portuguese and English

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Contacts

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+351 28 989 20 40

8 a.m. to 7 p.m., monday to saturday.
Number if calling from outside Portugal
+351 21 770 40 40

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Adress

Largo da Correeira - Montechoro

​8200 - 11​2

Albufeira​​