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| Born | Fausto Lopo Patrício de Carvalho (1890-05-15)15 May 1890 |
| Died | 23 May 1970(1970-05-23) (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Known for | Pulmonary angiography |
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| Fields | Pneumophthisiology |
Fausto Lopo Patrício de CarvalhoGOSEGOIP (15 May 1890 – 23 May 1970), more commonly known asFausto Lopo de Carvalho, was a Portuguesepulmonologist specialising inphthisiology, and the developer ofpulmonary angiography in 1931, withEgas Moniz andAlmeida Lima.[1]
He was the son of eminent phthisiologistLopo de Carvalho (founder of the firstsanatorium in Portugal, inGuarda), and his wife Leopoldina dos Anjos Patrício de Carvalho.[2] He studied at theUniversity of Coimbra, earning a degree in medicine with the highest possible grade (20 out of a possible 20) in 1916; after completing his medical studies he worked at the Guarda Sanatorium under his father's guidance, where he prepared his thesis for adoctorate, entitledArtificial Pneumothorax. He taughtMedical Propaedeutics, first at the Faculty of Medicine of theUniversity of Coimbra and later at the Faculty of Medicine of theUniversity of Lisbon, until 1934, when he was appointed to the newly created Chair ofChest Diseases.[3]
He was President of theInternational Union Against Tuberculosis from 1937 to 1939, and also presided over the PortugueseNational Assistance for the Tuberculous[2] from 1931 to 1938.
Grand Officer of theOrder of Saint James of the Sword (7 February 1985)[4]
Grand Officer of theOrder of Public Instruction (5 October 1931)[4]
Commander of theOrder of Leopold (Belgium)[2]
Officer of theLegion of Honour (France)[2]
Knight of theOrder of Charles III (Spain)[2]| International | |
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