25 September, 201723 December, 2021
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Maria João Heitor

Physician, senior consultant psychiatrist and Head of the Psychiatry and Mental Health Department.

Dr. Maria João Heitor, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the Psychiatric Service at Beatriz Ângelo Hospital and the President of the Ethical Commission of the same Hospital. Psychiatrist at Casa de Saúde da Idanha – Instituto das Irmãs Hospitaleiras do Sagrado Coração de Jesus (a mental health NGO). President–elect of the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health (SPPSM). Researcher and coordinator of research projects at the Institute of Preventive Medicine & Public Health (IMP&PH) and Institute of Health Environment (ISAMB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL). She was the Director of Psychiatry and Mental Health Services at the Directorate-General of Health (DGS) of the Ministry of Health, Member of the National Council for Mental Health, the WHO Europe Portuguese national counterpart and the Portuguese representative for the EC, on mental health and alcohol related issues. She was the head of the Health Promotion Unit at the Portuguese National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, INSA, IP, in the Department of Health Promotion and Disorder Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases.

In-person appointments and Telepsychiatry

If you need a psychiatric appointment, please dial 218 489 456 / 926 230 520 / 926 230 516

Your appointment will be scheduled as soon as possible.

In-person, skype, whatsapp, phone or according to your preference.

PRIVATE OUT-PATIENT CLINIC, AV. GUERRA JUNQUEIRO, Nº14

Situated in a central and noble area of Lisbon, Avenida Guerra Junqueiro, near Av. de Roma, between Praça de Londres and Alameda D. Afonso Henriques. Payed parking is easy, including subterranean parking. Good access by public transports (buses and tube: Alameda station).