iExpert

iExpert is a hands-on training program aimed at residents in specialty training, introduced as a new initiative in the 18th edition of the iMed Conference®, with the goal of elevating medical knowledge and technical proficiency to the highest level of excellence.

Through cadaver-based workshops, participants gain access to a distinctive practical learning experience. The program focuses on refining technical precision and strengthening clinical decision-making skills, contributing to the development of more confident, competent, and well-prepared specialists.

iExpert is committed to delivering high-quality training taught by leading professionals at the national level.

Excellence Through Expertise

🗓️ 28th April 2026

📍Campus de Carcavelos NOVA Medical School

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9:00 – Check-in

9:30 – Opening session

10:15 – Coffee break

10:30 – Start of workshops

13:30 – Lunch

14:30 – Organ Donation and Transplantation Session

Dr. Nuno Gaibino and Dr. Paulo Calvinho

15:30 – Second part of the workshops

17:30 - Coffee break

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Schedule

Workshops

  • Intended for General Training Residents and 1st/2nd-year Neurosurgery Residents

    Places: 9
    Instructors: Francisco Rebelo, MD; Teresa Pinheiro, MD; Pedro Branco, MD;
    Duration: 5 hours
    Objective: To acquire theoretical and technical skills for performing basic neurosurgical craniotomies.
    Price: €400

    Programme:

    10:30–11:00 – Theoretical introduction: techniques for performing basic craniotomies

    11:00 – Hands-on cadaver session
    • Burr hole drilling
    • Supratentorial craniotomies (pterional, temporal, parasagittal)
    • Infratentorial craniotomies (median suboccipital and retrosigmoid)

  • Intended for General and Specialty Training Residents of any specialty.

    Places: 15
    Instructor: Paulo Calvinho, MD
    Duration: 8 hours
    Objective: To equip participants with essential knowledge on organ donation and transplantation, from donor identification and communication with the family to organ retrieval.
    Price: €70

    Programme:

    10:30–13:30

    • Detection and identification of the donor

    • Donor typology

    • Clinical evaluation of the donor

    • Clinical cases:

      1. Brain death

      2. Cardiocirculatory arrest – Maastricht II

      3. Donor maintenance

    13:30 – Lunch

    14:30 – Organ Donation and Transplantation Session
    Dr. Nuno Gaibino and Dr. Paulo Calvinho

    15:30–18:30

    • How the network works: from organ and tissue offer to allocation

    • Communication between the team and the family

    • Clinical cases:

      1. Communication with the family >> bad news + donation (RENNDA)

      2. Coordination Office for Organ Retrieval and Transplantation (GCCT) simulation

  • Target audience: General Surgery Specialty Training Residents
    Places available: 8
    Instructor: Sofia Carrelha, MD
    Duration: 9 hours

    Objective:
    To acquire theoretical knowledge and technical skills in performing nephrectomy and renal implantation.

    Price: €400

    Programme:

    10:30 – 11:00
    Theoretical introduction – Fundamentals of renal transplantation

    11:00 – 13:30
    Hands-on cadaver session: nephrectomy

    13:30 – 14:30
    Lunch

    14:30 – 15:30
    Transplantation session (IPST)

    15:30 – 17:30
    Renal implantation

    17:30 – 18:00
    Coffee break

    18:00 – 19:30
    Continuation of the practical session

  • Intended for 1st- and 2nd-year Specialty Training Residents in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, as well as General Training Residents.

    Places: 6
    Instructors: Leandro Nobre Azevedo, MD; Catarina Gouveia, MD
    Duration: 6 hours
    Objective: To acquire theoretical and technical skills in breast augmentation surgery and abdominoplasty.
    Price: €400

    Programme:

    10:30–11:00 – Theoretical introduction

    11:00–13:30 – Breast augmentation: practical cadaver training

    13:30–14:30 – Lunch

    14:30 – Organ Donation and Transplantation Session
    Dr. Nuno Gaibino and Dr. Paulo Calvinho

    15:30–16:30 – Abdominoplasty: practical cadaver training

  • For ENT Specialty Training Residents

    Places available: 8
    Instructors: Tiago Fuzeta Eça, MD; Ana Rita Santos, MD
    Duration: 9 hours
    Objective: To train participants in ENT surgical techniques
    Price: €400

    Programme:

    10:30–11:00 – Theoretical introduction: fundamentals of the surgical techniques to be performed.

    11:00–13:30 – Cadaver hands-on session

    • Nasal/Sinus: endoscopic dissection of one nasal cavity, anterior and posterior ethmoidectomy, frontal and sphenoidal sinusotomy, orbital decompression, and sphenopalatine artery ligation

    • Neck: cervical lymph node dissection, levels I to V

    13:30–14:30 – Lunch

    14:30–15:30 – Transplantation session (IPST)

    15:30–17:30 – Continuation of the practical session

    17:30–18:00 – Coffee break

    18:00–19:30 – Continuation of the practical session

*Proof of enrolment in Specialty Training Residency is required.
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