Oscar Gaspar has a degree in economics. Oscar Gaspar worked as Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister from 2005 to 2009 and Secretary of State for Health from 2009 to 2011. Oscar Gaspar is currently the President of the Portuguese Association of Private Hospitals (APHP), member of the Board of the Confederation of Portuguese Business (CIP) and VP of the National Strategic Health Council of CIP. He is member of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council and of the National Health Council. He has been appointed as UEHP Vice-president for a second term.