Miguel is a cognitive neurologist and researcher at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, where he is responsible for the Memory Clinic, a reference in Dementia Care in Portugal. His work is focused on degenerative dementia.

He is currently doing his PhD in the Genetic causes of Dementia under the mentoring of Prof. Isabel Santana (CHUC, PT), Rita Guerreiro (Van Andel Institute, MI, US) and Jose Bras (Van Andel Institute, MI, US).