Manuel Delgado

Manuel Delgado is Portugal’s Secretary of State of Health. In 2013 Manuel Delgado was designated by The Ministry of Health as board member of the Council for The Hospital Reform. Manuel Delgado was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Curry Cabral Hospital, a central and general Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, from 2007 to 2010. A Hospital Manager, M. Delgado has been linked to the management of other Central Hospitals in Lisbon since 1981, namely as CEO in Capuchos Hospital (1996-2004) and Pulido Valente, EPE, Hospital (2005-2007). Simultaneously he developed a University career on hospital management matters, teaching in the National School of Public Health/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) since 1985. His principal fields of interest are Health Policies, Strategic Planning, Hospital Management and Quality affairs. M. Delgado holds a degree in Economics from the University of Lisbon (1974) and a graduation in Hospital Management (1981). From 1992 to 2008, M. Delgado was President of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Managers and from 2002 to 2006 was President of the European Association of Hospital Managers. Manuel Delgado was appointed by the Portuguese Government Ministers Board for the Health Reform Group in 1996 and is the co-author of the final Report edited in 1998. In 1994 integrated the Study Group designated by the Minister of Health to reform the Mental Health Sector. M.Delgado participated as Consultant, in different international projects, sponsored by EU and the World Bank, in Angola, Brazil and Albania. M. Delgado publishes, frequently, opinion articles and scientific papers on specialized magazines, national newspapers and books.