Qualifications

• Medical & master’s degree, Medical School, Classic University, Lisbon (1989)
• Qualifications Cardiology Specialist, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon (1997)
• Consultant Cardiologist Degree (2006)
• Level II competency in CT coronary angiography (2006)
• Subspecialty of Coronary Intervention (2009)
• Level II competency Cardiac MRI, Royal Brompton Hospital (2023)

Board Certifications and Affiliations

• Portuguese Board of Physicians nº 32956 (1989)
• Member of the Portuguese College of Cardiology (1997)
• EBSC (European Board for the Specialty of Cardiology) European Cardiologist Diploma (2005)
• Interventional Cardiology subspecialty, Portuguese Board of Physicians (2009)
• General Medical Council 3576625 / Specialist Register (1992/2012)
• Member of the ESC and EAPCI nº 109136 (1997/2010)
• British Cardiovascular Intervention Society nº 4080 (2013)
• ECFMG Certification (FMGEMS) Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in Medical Sciences (1993)
• Member of the EUrota Club / Euro 4C (2013/2018)

General Information

Dr. Paula Mota brings more than 20 years of expertise in Interventional Cardiology, performing over 5000 coronary interventions. Initially as Senior Consultant Cardiologist and later as Director of Interventional Cardiology at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust in Kent, UK, Dr. Mota introduced advanced techniques such as rotational atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy, propelling the hospital to become the largest centre by PCI volume in Southeast England