Celso Matos studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Brussels, Belgium and obtained his Medical Degree Magna Cum Laude in 1980. After a 3 years fellowship in Internal Medicine at Brugmann and Erasme University Hospitals in Brussels he started his fellowship in Radiology at the department of Radiology at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium in 1983.

As a board certified radiologist, he joined the faculty in this department and led the MR imaging division since 1990. He became Professor of Clinical Radiology and Gastroenterology in 2001 at Erasme University Hospital. In late 2015 Celso Matos moved to Lisbon to start his current position as Head of the Imaging Department at the Champalimaud Foundation.

Celso Matos has been President of the ESGAR (European Society for Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Radiology) in 2015-2017.

As a radiologist he contributes to the imaging programme of several annual meetings and regularly co-organises radiological-clinical educational events.

Celso Matos’ main areas of clinical and research interest are abdominal and oncologic imaging. His main focus is multidisciplinary research in pancreatic diseases and related disorders.

Celso Matos has (co) authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and authored over 10 book chapters. He has been part of the Abdominal Section of the European Radiology Editorial Board and has been appointed Associate Editor of Radiology in November 2016. He acts as peer-reviewer for, among other journals, Radiology (awarded 5 times as distinguished reviewer), European Radiology, Insights Into imaging and Abdominal Imaging.

Celso Matos has delivered over 300 invited lectures in radiological and clinical society meetings around the world. He received the European School of Radiology Best teacher Award in 2014.

He is an Honorary member of the SPRMN, SEDIA and of the SERAM.