Hugo Tsou Ferraz
Dental Surgeon | Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
A Dental Surgeon since 1998, qualified at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto, he devotes his practice to integrating acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine into dentistry. He is responsible for the Clinical Competence in Acupuncture in Dentistry at the Portuguese Dental Association and has sat on its General Council since 2020. Founder and director of the course «Acupuncture for Dentists», he maintains a continuing link to teaching, as a lecturer at Fernando Pessoa University for fifteen years and, currently, on the «Advanced Sleep Course» postgraduate programme at the Faculty of Medicine of the Portuguese Catholic University. He is a PhD candidate in Acupuncture in Dentistry at FMDUP.
Full curriculum
- Degree in Dentistry from FMDUP (1998)
- Responsible for the Clinical Competence in Acupuncture in Dentistry, Portuguese Dental Association
- Member of the General Council of the Portuguese Dental Association (2020/24 and 2024/28)
- Founder and director of the course «Acupuncture for Dentists»
- PhD candidate in Acupuncture in Dentistry, FMDUP (since 2022)
- Postgraduate in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Portuguese Institute of Naturology (2015/2019)
- Postgraduate in Medical Bioethics (Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto), in Dental Aesthetics (International University of Catalonia) and in Nutrition and Maintenance of Homeostasis (Uningá University, São Paulo)
- Lecturer at Fernando Pessoa University (2004/2019) and at the Portuguese Institute of Naturology, in Pathophysiology (2017/2018)
- Lecturer on the «Advanced Sleep Course» postgraduate programme, Faculty of Medicine, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon
- Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Desarrollo Humano, Mexico (2024), in Development and Research in Dental Acupuncture














