Throughout his career Paulo Malo received several awards and recognitions for his medical breakthroughs or his management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills:
- “Best Luxury Medical/Wellness SPA 2011”, World Luxury SPA Awards™
- Award “Innovator of the Year 2011”, Mediazone Group, “Hong Kong Most Valuable Companies”
- Top Ten Medi-Spa 2010”, Asia Spa
- Prize “Produto Inovação COTEC–UNICER 2010” for the Implantology and Fixed Oral Rehabilitation surgical techniques All-on-4 Hybrid™ and All-on-4 Extra-Maxilla™
- Award “China’s Top Ten Spas”, Travel+Leisure – 2009
- 3rd Place in Biotechnology category of Hospitals of the Future Awards 2008/09
- Finalist of “Prémio Mercúrio” – The best Portuguese commerce 2008 (personality of the year)
- Prize “Professor Armando Simões dos Santos” for Best Research Paper – 2008
- SANTIAGO 2008 Award “A tribute for the significante journey and contribution on Oral Rehabilitation” – Sociedad Española de Cirugía Bucal (SECIB) e a Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía e Traumatología Bucomaxilofacial
- Tiradentes Medal – ABOP (Associação Luso Brasileira de Saúde Oral) – 2008
- INSEAD’s Portuguese Entrepreneur of the year Award – 2007
- Acknowledgment as an important Portuguese leader, in the scope of the “Leaders for 2020 and the Portuguese case” project – AESE (Business School) 2007
- Prize “Professor Armando Simões dos Santos” for Best Research Paper – December 2006
- III Iberic Prizer of Clinical Implantology 2001 – SEPA & Nobel Biocare
- Former Member of the Executive Board of the EAO (European Association of Osseointegration)
- Honorable Member of the Ukrainian “Oral Implantology Association”
