Pedro Luiz Napoleão Chernoviz, was a physician, scientific writer and publisher. He was born in Łuków (Poland) and immigrated to Brazil in the mid 19th century on a mission on behalf of King Louis-Philippe of France to Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil.
São Paulo State University is a public university run by the state government of São Paulo, Brazil.
Miguel Osório de Almeida was a noted Brazilian physician and scientist, brother of another scientist, Álvaro Osório de Almeida, both considered the fathers of modern physiology in Brazil.
Evandro Serafim Lobo Chagas the eldest son of Carlos Chagas (1879-1934), noted physician and scientist who discovered Chagas disease, and brother of Carlos Chagas Filho (1910-2000), also a noted physician and scientist who was president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, is a Brazilian physician and professor, specializing in Pneumology. He graduated in 1971.
The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Faculty of Medicine in Bogotá, Colombia is one of the leading medical schools in Colombia and Latin America. Its structure lies within the campus of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and most practice takes place at its university hospital, the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio (HUSI). In the past 75 years the faculty has been home to many remarkable Colombian physicians and scientists known locally and internationally.
Dr. Júlio Afrânio Peixoto was a Brazilian physician, writer, politician, historian, university president, and pioneering eugenicist. He held many public offices, including Brazilian congressional representative from Bahia in the federal Câmara de Deputados (1924–1930), first the president of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, member of the Brazilian Cultural Center in the United States, president of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, and honorary doctorates from Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Luis Carlos Verzoni Nejar, better known as Carlos Nejar, is a Brazilian poet, author, translator and critic, and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. One of the most important poets of its generation, Nejar, also called "o poeta do pampa brasileiro", is distinguished for his use of an extensive vocabulary, alliteration, and pandeism. His first book, Sélesis, was published in 1960.
Saul Alves Martins was a Brazilian anthropologist and folklorist, professor of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Formed in Social Sciences, master and doctor in the area and for years devoted himself to the study and teaching of anthropology, with an emphasis on folklore and the tradition of Minas Gerais.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, best known as Famerp, is a public medical school located in the city of São José do Rio Preto, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 1968, it is one of the 6 state medical schools in São Paulo and its medical course is taught in the traditional system. One of the most highly regarded medical and nursing schools in the country, it stands out for having the second-largest teaching hospital in Brazil, the Base Hospital of São José do Rio Preto, which is second only to the Hospital das Clínicas of São Paulo. It was one of the few Brazilian higher education institutions to receive maximum score from the Ministry of Education of Brazil in 2009.
Carlos Simon is a Spanish clinical researcher, gynaecologist and obstetrician.
Euripedes Constantino Miguel Filho is a Brazilian psychiatrist. He is a graduate of the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. He currently holds the title of Full Professor and is the Vice-Head of the FMUSP Department of Psychiatry. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Duke University and at Yale University, as well as being a Research Consultant for Harvard University School of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital. Miguel has authored or co-authored more than 150 articles published in journals indexed for the major international databases. Since 2004, he has coordinated the Consórcio Brasileiro de Pesquisa dos Transtornos do Espectro Obsessivo-Compulsivo. He is a researcher for the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo and is the recipient of a 1B Research Productivity Grant from the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. He is also the Director of the multicenter Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria do Desenvolvimento para Infância e Adolescência, which was established under the auspices of the Institutos Nacionais de Ciência e Tecnologia. In the area of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), he is coordinating his third FAPESP-sponsored Program Grant, which is focused on the investigation of neural circuits and biomarkers involved in OCD through the study of behavioral paradigms of fear and anxiety.
Álvaro Freire de Villalba Alvim was a Brazilian physician, pioneer in radiology and radiotherapy. He studied in France with Pierre and Marie Curie and performed the first radiograph in Brazil, which was on the xiphopagus case for Brazilian surgeon Eduardo Chapot Prévost.
José Osvaldo de Meira Penna was a Brazilian classical liberal writer and diplomat. He was one of the exponents of Brazilian classical liberalism, Austrian School and conservatism, a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society, and one of the greatest proponents of graduation courses and study centers dedicated to the analysis of International Relations in Brazil.
Eliete Bouskela is a Brazilian physician, researcher and Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University. She works on cardiovascular physiology
Mário Lago OMC was a Brazilian lawyer, poet, broadcaster, composer and actor.
Francisco de Melo Franco was a Portuguese physician, a pioneer in the field of puericulture and one of the most important court physicians in Portugal in his day. He was the author of several works in the fields of medicine and political philosophy.
Teresa Paiva is a Portuguese somnologist, neurologist, academic and author. She was head of neurology at the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon and is clinical director of the Sleep Medicine Center in Lisbon.
João Camilo de Oliveira Torres was a Brazilian writer, professor, historian and journalist.
