João Beirão, MD, PhD

Integrated PhD Researcher

orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-7010

Academic degrees:

PhD

Positions:

• Coordinator of the Ocular Amiloidosis Department
• Responsible for the Ocular Ultrasound Office
• Scientific Interlocutor of the Department of Ophthalmology of Centro Hospitalar do Porto
• Invited Full Professor, responsible for Student Selected Components teaching in the course of Medicine of Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto
• Ophthalmology Consultant at Department of Ophthalmology of Centro Hospitalar do Porto

Research interests:

• Amyloidosis Oculopathy

Research area keywords:

Amyloid, Amyloidosis, Vitreous, Aqueous humor, Vitrectomy

Selected publications:

1. Beirão JM, Malheiro J, Lemos C, Beirão I, Costa P, Torres P. Ophthalmological manifestations in hereditary transthyretin (ATTR V30M) carriers: a review of 513 cases. Amyloid. 2015;22(2):117-22. doi: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1015678. Epub 2015 Jun 22. PMID: 26096568
2. Beirão JM, Malheiro J, Lemos C, Matos E, Beirão I, Pinho-Costa P, Torres P.Impact of liver transplantation on the natural history of oculopathy in Portuguese patients with transthyretin (V30M) amyloidosis. Amyloid. 2015 Mar;22(1):31-5. doi: 10.3109/13506129.2014.989318. Epub 2014 Dec 5.PMID: 25475560
3. Beirão JM, Moreira LV, Lacerda PC, Vitorino RP, Beirão IB, Torres PA, Costa PP.Inability of mutant transthyretin V30M to cross the blood-eye barrier. Transplantation. 2012 Oct 27;94(8):e54-6. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318269e6d1. No abstract available. PMID: 23080516
4. Beirão M, Matos E, Beirão I, Pinho-Costa P, Torres P. No ocular involvement in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy ATTR V30M domino liver recipients. Transpl Int. 2012 Jun;25(6):646-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01467.x. Epub 2012 Mar 22. PMID: 22443165
5. Beirão NM, Matos E, Beirão I, Costa PP, Torres P. Recurrence of vitreous amyloidosis and need of surgical reintervention in Portuguese patients with familial amyloidosis ATTR V30M. Retina. 2011 Jul-Aug;31(7):1373-7. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318203c0c2. PMID: 21358362

Prizes, honors, awards:

2014- Grant “Best presentation”. "Is decreased erythropoietin production mediated by cytotoxic aggragates?" XIVTH International Symposium on Amyloidosis", Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 2014.(coauthor)

• Bernardete Bela dos Santos Teixeira Pessoa, MD, Doutoramento em Ciências Médicas, ICBAS-UP. The role of vitreous and vitreoretinal interface in the management of diabetic macular edema. 2021

Science and Society:

Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia