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Raquel Severino

Doctor at Clínica Pêro

Qualifications:

Medical doctor from the University of Extremadura, Spain.
Master in Aesthetic Medicine, Nutrition and Management of Private Clinics from UCAM, Spain.

Raquel Severino

Doctor at Clínica Pêro

Dr. Raquel Severino is a medical graduate from the Universidad de Extremadura in Spain, and ever since she was a little girl her dream was to become a doctor so that she could help other people. She studied pharmacy for a few years because she thought it would be a path to her goal, but realized that she couldn't do it in the way she had imagined. So she found medicine as a way of doing what she loves most: being in contact with people while helping them.

Dr. Raquel Severino provides a holistic approach to medical care, incorporating lifestyle interventions, such as exercise plans, and nutrition and supplementation support, alongside conventional treatments. These interventions can improve patients' outcomes and quality of life.

"The goal of Clínica Pêro is to treat the root cause of people's problems, not just the immediate consequences of a health problem. My dream has always been to be able to help people and by analyzing the patient as a whole and thinking about diet, exercise, the social part, sleep, we offer a holistic approach, in other words, we treat the whole patient.”

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Qualifications:

Medical doctor from the University of Extremadura, Spain.
Master in Aesthetic Medicine, Nutrition and Management of Private Clinics from UCAM, Spain.

Joana Fidalgo

Doctor at Clínica Pêro

Qualifications:

Medical doctor from the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Member and certified in Personalized Medicine and Anti-aging Medicine by A4M, USA.
Specialized in Personalized Medicine at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Joana Fidalgo

Doctor at Clínica Pêro

Dr. Joana Fidalgo is a doctor with a master's degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. Her motto is medicine centered on the person, not the disease. The challenge of discovering the root-cause of each patient's health problem by analyzing the person as a whole is her motivation for working as a doctor.

Dr. Joana values contact with the patient and her holistic approach aims to guide and help each of her patients to lead a healthier life with a better quality of life. Her methods are focused on lifestyle medicine with nutritional guidance, physical exercise prescription, changes in lifestyle habits, along with medical and pharmacological treatments when necessary.

"We believe that the kind of approach we take at Clínica Pêro is what patients are really looking for. The close contact with the doctor, the time taken to listen to the patient and the targeted personalized medicine. This is what the clinic is focused on, working every day for people-centered medicine.”

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Qualifications:

Medical doctor from the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Member and certified in Personalized Medicine and Anti-aging Medicine by A4M, USA.
Specialized in Personalized Medicine at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Inês Mendes

Doctor at Clínica Pêro

Qualifications:

Medical Doctor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital.
Certified in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy by the Mindfulness Center Brazil.

Inês Mendes

Doctor at Clínica Pêro

Dr. Inês Mendes attended the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon and specializes in Internal Medicine. She has always enjoyed studying and found that medicine brought together what she loved most: science and people.

Dr. Inês Mendes takes a global view of the patient, believing in a holistic approach to the patient, incorporating lifestyle interventions to improve patients' health and quality of life.

“Clínica Pêro offers an alignment and a vision of what I identify with and want to explore as a doctor: lifestyle as the basis of health and starting by treating patients through prevention. This is the medicine that I believe can bring more health to people."

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Qualifications:

Medical Doctor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital.
Certified in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy by the Mindfulness Center Brazil.

Raphael Sirtoli

Scientific Director of Clínica Pêro

Qualifications:

Master's degree in molecular biology from Staffordshire University.
Marie-Curie Early Career Researcher Award.
PhD student in Health Sciences at the University of Minho, specializing in metabolic health and neurosciences.

Raphael Sirtoli

Scientific Director of Clínica Pêro

Raphael has always been a curious person, with varied interests and a commitment to understanding how we can all live better and healthier lives. He studied molecular biology and health sciences and is a scientist in the field of evolutionary biology, publishing studies in this area.

Raphael has a vast knowledge of the history of science and medicine and has learned a lot from reading about success stories, but even more from reading about failures in the field. It was then that he realized that there is a lot of outdated, confusing information with little data to make decisions that often become medical and nutritional guidelines. The lesson he learned from studying so many successes and failures was that doing no harm is the most correct and humble attitude that all health professionals should adopt.

"The close collaboration between doctors, scientists and patients at Clínica Pêro makes it unique among medical clinics. I like that very much. Not only is it good for patient care, but it's also rewarding for our scientific team."

Qualifications:

Master's degree in molecular biology from Staffordshire University.
Marie-Curie Early Career Researcher Award.
PhD student in Health Sciences at the University of Minho, specializing in metabolic health and neurosciences.