Eurico Castro Alves

Eurico Castro Alves is a prominent Portuguese surgeon and the director of the surgery department at Hospital Santo António in Porto. He also serves as the president of the regional section of the Ordem dos Médicos in Northern Portugal. In 2024, he was appointed by the government to coordinate a health emergency and transformation plan. However, he faced scrutiny and criticism for alleged conflicts of interest, leading to an inspection process initiated by the Inspecção-Geral das Actividades em Saúde (IGAS) regarding his management of surgical waitlists and the accumulation of public and private roles.