Dr. Guilherme Ferreira Dos Santos

Professional Experience

• 2025 - Present: Medical Director of the Pain Unit MIVI Barcelona Sagrat Cor - Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor, Barcelona
• 2024 - Present: Director of Clinical Fellowship Program in Interventional Pain Medicine
• 2023 - Present: Senior Specialist and Clinical Manager of the Center of Excellence in Education and Training in Pain Medicine - Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Training

• 2022: Clinical Fellowship in Chronic Pain Medicine - University of Toronto (Canada), with Drs. Anuj Bhatia, Paul Tumber and Philip Peng.
• 2018 and 2021: Visiting Clinical Research Scholar - Mayo Clinic, Department of Pain Medicine (USA), under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Friedrich Hurdle.
• 2020: Specialty in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (5-year Residency) - Portugal
• 2014: Degree in Medicine - University of Lisbon (Portugal).

Academic and research experience

• Since 2022: Participation as lecturer and clinical assistant to Dr. Philip Peng in national and international training on ultrasound-guided techniques in Pain Medicine.
• Since 2018: Collaborator in the improvement of ultrasound-guided techniques for chronic spinal pain at Mayo Clinic.
• Lecturer in more than 25 countries
• Active training and mentoring of professionals in interventional ultrasound applied to pain

Publications

• More than 35 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed Q1 indexed journals

Awards

• 2018: Grant for Young Clinical Researcher of the Year in Pain Medicine - Grünenthal Foundation.
• 2020: Gofeld Academic Scholarship Award
• 2022: Nikolai Bogduk Young Investigator Grant