The Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, UFCSPA; formerly known as Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, FFFCMPA; and Faculdade Católica de Medicina de Porto Alegre[2]) is a federal institution of higher education and research on health sciences located in Porto Alegre, Brazil.