João Santinha, PhD, is a researcher specializing in medical imaging, biomarkers, and artificial intelligence. He co-leads the Digital Surgery Lab. Dr. Santinha completed his PhD at Instituto de Telecomunicações – Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He is also an Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. His work focuses on developing AI-driven tools to enhance surgical precision and personalize screening, diagnosis, treatments and follow-up through imaging and non-imaging data.