Background
Cardoso was born on December 19, 1956 in Portugal; the son of Abilio and Maria (Silva) Cardoso.
Rua Arthur Cupertino de Miranda, Apartado 31, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Cardoso worked at Centro Hospitalar Médio Ave from 1980 to 1982.
São João, Porto, Portugal
Cardoso worked at Hospital Centre of São João from 1982 to 1988 and since 2008.
Praça de Gomes Teixeira, Porto, Portugal
Cardoso received a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1979 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1998 from the University of Porto. He has been working there since 1986.
Cardoso was born on December 19, 1956 in Portugal; the son of Abilio and Maria (Silva) Cardoso.
Cardoso received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Porto in 1979. Nineteen years later he was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the same university.
Cardoso began his career as a general practitioner at Centro Hospitalar Médio Ave in 1980. Two years later he took the same position at Hospital Dom Luiz I and held it until 1983. Jose served as a resident in cardiology at Hospital Centre of São João from 1982 to 1988.
In 1986, he was appointed a lecturer of medicine at the University of Porto. Since 1998 Cardoso has been a professor medicine at that university. Also since 2008 he has served as a director of the cardiology service at the Hospital Centre of São João. In addition, Jose is the principal investigator of the CardioCare group at the Center for Health Technology and Services Research.
He has authored about fifty scientific articles published in important international journals. Jose is a reviewer of the scientific journals ESC-Heart Failure, Heart Journal and the Portuguese Journal of Pneumatology.
Cardoso is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Portuguese Society of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, International Council on Aldosterone in Cardiovascular and New York Academy of Sciences.
On December 4, 1981 Jose Cardoso married Isabel Pinho, with whom he divorced in November 1995. They have two children - Barbara and José. On July 22, 1996 he married Brenda M. Cardoso. They have two children - Catarina and Ana.