Helena Cortez-Pinto

Helena Cortez-Pinto (MD, PhD) is a specialist in Gastroenterology, dedicated predominantly to Hepatology, in particular alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver, nutrition, and public health. She is presently the President of United European Gastroenterology (UEG). Full professor in Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, since 2017, her activities include teaching pre and post-graduate students, director of a master’s degree in clinical nutrition as well the coordination of several disciplines of the area Medicine and Gastroenterology, from the Integrated Mastership in Medicine and Nutrition Science. She is the President of the Scientific Council of Faculdade e Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, from September 2022. She is director of Clínica Universitária de Gastrenterologia from the Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, and Coordinator of the Hepatology Unit of the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Portugal. She has been involved in several clinical trials, including NASH trials, such as Regenerate and Resolve-it, as National Lead. Her research area is mostly in the Hepatology area, related with Metabolism and Nutrition. She is the Vice President of United European Gastroenterology, since October 2019, and a Fellow from American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Published more than one hundred forty scientific articles in indexed journals including JAMA, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology and Liver International.