In addition to his academic activity, ophthalmologist Rufino Silva leads the Medical Retina and Neurophthalmology Section at the Coimbra Hospital and University Center (CHUC). During the 2020-2021 biennium, he chaired the Portuguese Ophthalmology Society (SPO) and also held the position of Vice-President in 2019-2020.

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Rufino Silva has already published 172 papers in national and international scientific journals, with more than 4,500 citations, in various areas of knowledge, namely age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and pathological myopia.

Having also led national and international research projects, he is a principal investigator at AIBILI - Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem (Association for Biomedical Research and Innovation in Light and Image) and at the Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra.