Team

A pair on every visit, and a team behind them.

A pair on every visit. A team behind every smile.

Every Palhaços d’Opital visit is made by a pair of professional artists with specialised training for working in hospitals.

But behind every encounter there is a team that prepares, supports and coordinates the work, provides ongoing training for the artists and does everything that sustains the mission of Palhaços d’Opital.

Because behind every smile there is a whole team making it happen.

Board.

Isabel Rosado

Executive Coordinator, Co-founder and President

Jorge Rosado

Artistic Director, Co-founder and Vice-President

Support team.

Behind the mission of Palhaços d’Opital is a multidisciplinary team that supports the different areas of the organisation, with specialist skills in human resources, accounting, legal support, consultancy, communication, funding applications and campaign development, among others.

This mix of knowledge and skills is what structures, sustains and delivers the work of our organisation.

Catarina Lopes

Newsletter management

Diana Reis

Human resources and legal support

Filipa Sequeira

Marketing and communication

Sandra Travasso

Chair of the Audit Board

Organisations that work alongside us.

Companies, organisations and people who work with us behind the visits, every day.

The Doutores d'Opital.

The artistic team of Palhaços d’Opital is made up of professionals from theatre, clowning and music who, through their experience and artistic sensitivity, bring to life a set of unique characters.

Each Doutor d’Opital has an identity of their own, with a personality, an expressive world and a visual look that sets them apart. It is through this diversity of languages, characters and forms of expression that the artistic world of Palhaços d’Opital is built.

Doutor Theodoro

Lucas Santos

Doutor Risotto

Jorge Rosado

Doutor Amoras

Tiago Vitorino

Doutora Lita Pirolito

Inês Mara

Doutora MariLua

Ana Cunha

Doutora Maya Ness

Camila Silva

Doutora Limonilda

Cintia Santa Cruz

Doutor Phara Fuso

Samuel Rodrigues

Doutora Eva Rara

Margarida Neto

Doutor Zé D’Alguém

Luís Menezes

Doutora Violeta Variações

Beatriz Antunes

Doutora Lola Girassola

Alba Carbayo

Patrons and ambassadors.

Ruy de Carvalho and Paula Carvalho are the patrons of Palhaços d’Opital, following and supporting the organisation's mission.

They are joined by our ambassadors, public figures who play a key role in spreading the word about our cause, giving visibility to the association's mission and extending its reach in society.

With their recognition, involvement and commitment, they help us carry further the message that art, humour and humanity have an essential place in our mission.

Meet our ambassadors