Establishment
The Portuguese Society of Neuropathology was created in 1994.

Members
The Portuguese Society of Neuropathology has about twenty active associates, among them neuropathologists (neurologists or pathologists who had to pass two-year post-graduate neuropathology training), neurologists and general pathologists. Currently, there are 8 fully trained neuropathologists working in central hospitals in Portugal (4 in Porto, 1 in Coimbra and 3 in Lisbon). However, most of them are not fulltime neuropathologists as they also work as clinical neurologists or general pathologists.

Board members
President: Ricardo Taipa
Vice-president: Rafael Fidalgo Roque
Secretary: Miguel Mendonça Pinto
Treasurer: Jorge Pinheiro

Educational activities and meetings
The Society has one annual meeting, where they discuss unusual or difficult neuropathology cases and present research projects.

The Society also has an annual meeting with the Spanish Club of Neuropathology under the umbrella of the Iberian Neuropathology Working Group (INpWG) formed in 2019.

Within the INpWG, on-line informal meetings are held on a regular basis for review of diagnostically challenging cases and for continuing medical education.

Status of neuropathology
In Portugal, Neuropathology is considered a subspecialty with a formal two-year post-graduate neuropathology training program. The candidates must have completed the 5-year special training in either Neurology or Anatomic Pathology before applying to the specialty training in Neuropathology.