Miguel Duarte
Managing Director
Has run the centre since 2016. Responsible for management, service quality, agreements with insurers and health schemes, and each patient's experience from the first call to discharge.
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Team
Doctors and therapists working side by side
We are a team of 24; here you'll meet the people who lead each area. Our doctors are registered with the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos) and our physiotherapists with the Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas.
Miguel Duarte
Managing Director
A message from the Managing Director
A centre where nobody is treated as a number
People rarely come to a rehabilitation centre by choice. They come after a stroke, after surgery, or after a difficult diagnosis for a child. That is where our responsibility begins: welcoming you properly, explaining things clearly and never keeping anyone waiting without good reason.
My job is to make sure the clinical team can do its best work: proper consultation time, a pool maintained with care, insurance agreements that avoid surprises on the invoice, and a front desk that knows patients by name.
If something doesn't go the way you expected, I want to hear about it. Ask for me at the front desk; I'll be very glad to meet you.
Miguel Duarte
Leadership
Who leads each area
Dr Inês Carvalho Moreira
Clinical Director · Physiatrist
Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine · Ordem dos Médicos
Leads the clinical team and the neurological rehabilitation clinic. Closely follows patients recovering from stroke.
Portuguese, English, French
Dr Rui Sampaio
Physiatrist
Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine · Ordem dos Médicos
Runs the orthopaedic, spine and spasticity clinics, including ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin treatment.
Portuguese, English
Joana Ferraz
Lead Physiotherapist
MSc Physiotherapy · Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas · Halliwick concept
Coordinates the physiotherapy team and the hydrotherapy programme. You'll find her in the pool every morning.
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Tiago Moura
Physiotherapist · Cardio-respiratory
MSc Cardio-respiratory Physiotherapy · Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Works with patients with COPD and those recovering from cardiac events, always with monitoring during training.
Portuguese, English
Olena Kovalenko
Paediatric Physiotherapist
Postgraduate in Paediatric Physiotherapy · Bobath concept · Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Works with babies and children with motor development difficulties. Turns every session into a game without losing sight of the goal.
Portuguese, Ukrainian, English
How we work
Four commitments
A medical plan
Each treatment starts from a physiatry consultation and written goals.
The same therapist
Wherever possible, you're seen by the same person, at the same time.
Time
One-to-one sessions of 45 to 60 minutes, just you, with no other patients at the same time.
Transparency
Published prices, co-payments confirmed before you start, and clear reports.