Pedro Gouveia is Deputy Director of the Breast Department at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) in Lisbon, Portugal, where he has worked as a breast surgeon and medical innovator since 2013. He is the founder of the Digital Surgery Lab at the CF and an Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Medicine.

He received his medical degree from NOVA Medical School in 2004 and completed a fellowship in oncoplastic breast surgery at the Paris Breast Center. In 2021, he earned his PhD from the University of Lisbon, with research focused on 3D digital breast cancer surgery and the use of augmented reality to enhance surgical planning and intraoperative guidance.

Professor Gouveia has pioneered the integration of digital technologies into breast cancer surgery, including the use of mixed reality platforms such as Microsoft HoloLens, and led the first live remote surgical supervision using 5G technology. His work focuses on the convergence of surgery, artificial intelligence, extended reality, and digital health, with the aim of developing more precise, personalized, and technology-enabled models of cancer care.

He coordinates the Oncoplastic Breast Consortium in Portugal and is a member of the Education and Training Committee of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO).