Formação Académica

Actividade Clínica

Participação em diversas reuniões e congressos Nacionais e Internacionias de Cirurgia; Apresentação de mais de 100 comunicações em reuniões científicas nacionais e internacionais.

Actividade Docente

Sociedades Científicas

• Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia (SPC)
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia de Obesidade (SPCOdm)
• Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade (SPEO) – Coordenador do Grupo de Estudos em Cirurgia
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva (SPCMin)
• Fellow do American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) –  Membro do Research Committee

Investigação e Publicações

Actualmente concentra a sua investigação clinica nas seguintes áreas:

• Cirurgia Metabólica e da Obesidade Mórbida
• Cancro do Estômago
• Complicações em Cirurgia Digestiva

Autor do capítulo “Metabolic predictors of weight loss after bariatric surgery”, no livro Metabolism and Pathophysiology of Bariatric Surgery, Elsevier, 2016

Lista das principais publicações em revistas científicas internacionais:

• Faria G. A brief history of bariatric surgery. Porto Biomedical Journal. March 2017:1-3. doi:10.1016/j.pbj.2017.01.008.

• Faria G, Nunes Santos JM, Simonson DC. Quality of life after gastric sleeve and gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Porto Biomedical Journal. January 2017. doi:10.1016/j.pbj.2016.12.006.

• Morais M, Faria G, Preto J, Costa-Maia J. Gallstones and Bariatric Surgery: To Treat or Not to Treat? World J Surg. July 2016:1-7. doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3639-2.

• Brandão I, Ramalho S, Pinto-Bastos A, Faria G, et al. Metabolic profile and psychological variables after bariatric surgery: association with weight outcomes. Eat Weight Disord. June 2015. doi:10.1007/s40519-015-0199-7.

• Faria G, Gonçalves A, Cunha R , Guimarães JT, Calhau C, Preto J, Taveira-Gomes A. Beyond central adiposity: Liver fat and visceral fat area are associated with metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese patients. Int J Surg, Jan 2015
  
  
• Teixeira D, Pestana D, Santos C, Faria G, et al. Inflammatory and Cardiometabolic Risk on Obesity: Role of Environmental Xenoestrogens. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015;:jc20144136.
  
  
• Pestana D, Faria G, Sá C, et al. Persistent organic pollutant levels in human visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in obese individuals—Depot differences and dysmetabolism implications. Environmental Research 2014;133(C):170–7.
  
  
• Costa Simões V, Santos B, Magalhães S, Faria G, Sousa Silva D, Davide J. Perforated duodenal diverticulum: Surgical treatment and literature review. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2014;5(8):547–50.
  
  
• Faria G, Pestana D, Aral M, et al. Metabolic Score: Insights on the Development and Prediction of Remission of Metabolic Syndrome After Gastric Bypass. Ann Surg 2014;
  
  
• Faria G, Pestana D, Preto J, Guimarães JT, Taveira-Gomes A, Calhau C. Age and Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery: Cause or Consequence? Obesity surgery 2014;
  
  
• Faria G, Preto J, Almeida AB, Guimarães JT, Calhau C, Taveira-Gomes A. Fasting glycemia: a good predictor of weight loss after RYGB. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 2013;
  
  
• Faria GR, Pinto-de-Sousa J, Preto JR, Sousa HS, Barbosa JA, Costa-Maia J. Three decades of clinical-pathological trends in gastric cancer: Prospective data from a Portuguese hospital. Int J Surg 2013;
  
  
• Faria GR, Preto JR, Costa-Maia J. Gastric Bypass is a Cost-Saving Procedure: Results from a Comprehensive Markov Model. Obesity surgery 2013;23(4):460–6.
  
  
• Faria G, Preto J, da Costa EL, Guimarães JT, Calhau C, Taveira-Gomes A. Acute Improvement in Insulin Resistance After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Is 3 Days Enough to Correct Insulin Metabolism? Obesity Surgery; Jan 2013.
  
  
• Faria G, Cardoso MJ, Martins D, Bettencourt H, Amendoeira I, Schmitt FC. P-Cadherin as Prognostic Factor for Loco-Regional Relapse in Breast Cancer. Acta Médica Portuguesa 2012;25(2):97–105.
  
  
• Faria GR, Almeida AB, Moreira H, Barbosa E, Correia-da-Silva P, Costa-Maia J. Prognostic Factors for Traumatic Bowel Injuries: Killing Time. World J Surg 2012;
  
  
• Fernandes V, Pestana D, Monteiro R, Faria G, et al. Optimization and validation of organochlorine compounds in adipose tissue by SPE-gas chromatography. Biomed Chromatogr 2012;
  
  
• Almeida AB, Faria G, Moreira H, Pinto-de-Sousa J, Correia-da-Silva P, Maia JC. Elevated serum C-reactive protein as a predictive factor for anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery. Int J Surg 2011;
  
  
• Faria G, Baptista M, Magalhaes A, Machado T, Pimenta A. Síndrome de Lynch sem mutação germinativa dos genes de reparação do ADN: Uma outra face da mesma moeda? Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia 2011;(Junho):1–9.
  
  
• Faria, G., Preto, J., Oliveira, M., Pimenta, T., Baptista, M., & Costa-Maia, J. (2011). Petersen’s space hernia: A rare but expanding diagnosis. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.
  
  
• Faria, G. R., Almeida, A. B., Moreira, H., Pinto-de-Sousa, J., Correia-da-Silva, P., & Pimenta, A. P. (2011). Acute diverticulitis in younger patients: any rationale for a different approach World journal of gastroenterology : WJG, 17(2), 207–212.
  
  
• Faria, G. R., & Taveira-Gomes, A. (2011). Open gastrostomy by mini-laparotomy: a comparative study International journal of surgery (London, England), 9(3), 263–266.
  
  
• Faria GR, Eloy C, Preto JR, Costa EL, Almeida T, Barbosa J, Paiva ME, Sousa-Rodrigues J, Pimenta A. Primary gastric adenosquamous carcinoma in a Caucasian woman: a case report. J Med Case Reports (2010) vol. 4 pp. 351
  
  
• Pimentel-Nunes P, Faria G, Preto J, Lima-Carneiro A, Baptista M, Sarmento JA. An exceptionally rare cause of upper GI bleeding: retrograde jejunogastric intussusception. Gastrointest Endosc (2010) pp.
  
  
• C Eloy, J Lopes, G Faria, H Moreira, A Brandão, T Silva, F Carneiro. Clear Cell Change in Colon Polyps. Int J Surg Pathol (2008) pp.

Revisor de Artigos Científicos para as Revistas: Surgical Endoscopy, British Journal of Surgery, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System, Archives of Medical Research, European Journal of Clinical & Medical Oncology, International Journal of Surgery, World Journal of Gastroenterology, World Journal of Surgery, BMC Obesity.