Valeriano Alberto Pais Horta Leite, MD, PhD was born in Lisbon in 1958. He completed his MD from the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon in 1982 and Fellowship in Endocrinology 1991, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Lisbon. In 1996, he was awarded the PhD degree by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lisbon.
He is currently the Head of the Department Endocrinology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Lisbon; Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lisbon; Investigator of iNOVA4Health, Lisbon.
He has published more than 65 papers in refereed journals such as Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Thyroid, Clinical Endocrinology, European Journal of Endocrinology, Endocrine Pathology, British Journal of Cancer, Endocrine Related Cancer, Journal of Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Biology of Reproduction, Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences.
He is also a referee of several peer-reviewed journals and is the recipient of 21 prizes and awards.