Senior Consultant in Angiology and Vascular Surgery at Santo António Local Health Unit (ULSSA); Director of the Conventional Surgical Operating Rooms at Hospital de Santo António and Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte; Deputy Director of the Surgical Clinic. She is an Invited Full Professor with Habilitation at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, with advanced training in healthcare management and clinical leadership. Ivone serves on multiple professional and academic committees, including the Portuguese Medical Association and the Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, where she leads the Management and Leadership Unit