José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo
José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | August 6, 1946 Vacaria, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo (born August 6, 1946), or simply J.J. Camargo, is a Brazilian thoracic surgeon, writer, and lecturer.[1]
Education and career
Camargo graduated from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1970 and trained in thoracic surgery at the Mayo Clinic. As of 2022, he was a professor at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre.[2]
Camargo and his team performed what is considered the first lung transplantation in Brazil and Latin America in 1989[3][4] and the first double lung transplant in Brazil.[5] His team has been reported to hold the record for the most lung transplants in the country.[6] In 2015, 60 per cent of all lung transplants performed in Brazil were attributed to them.[7] He has performed approximately 300 lung transplants and over 30,000 thoracic surgeries at Santa Casa.[1]
Camargo created and currently directs "Transplantes da Santa Casa de Porto Alegre" (Transplant Center at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre). He is also the Director of "Cirurgia Torácica no Pavilhão Pereira Filho" (Thoracic Surgery at Pavilhão Pereira Filho).[1]
He has been a member of the Academia Sul-Riograndense de Medicina since 1993[8] and of the National Academy of Medicine since 2010.[9]
He has hundreds of scientific publications and has given approximately 900 lectures in 22 countries.[1]
Books
- Camargo, José J. (2000). Cirurgia torácica. Mais de 120 questões de múltipla escolha com respostas comentadas. Rio de Janeiro: Revinter. 146 páginas. ISBN 8573093854
- Eduardo Garcia (org.), José J. Camargo (org.) (2003.). Histórias Médicas. Porto Alegre: Ed. da ISCMPA. 149 páginas. ISBN 8589782034
- Camargo, José J. (2008). Não pensem por mim. reflexões e histórias de um médico. Porto Alegre: AGE Ed. 213 páginas. ISBN 9788574974118
References
- ^ a b c d "Jose de Jesus Peixoto Camargo". Currículo Lattes (in Portuguese). October 22, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ planetaw (July 3, 2020). "ANM - Academia Nacional de Medicina - José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo". ANM - Academia Nacional de Medicina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 26, 2025.
- ^ Pêgo-Fernandes, Paulo Manuel; Mariani, Alessandro Wasum (November 2009). "Brazilian lung transplantation: an expanding universe". Sao Paulo Medical Journal. 127 (6): 327–328. doi:10.1590/S1516-31802009000600001. PMC 11149672. PMID 20512284.
- ^ "Transplantes-símbolo da medicina gaúcha completam 25 anos". GaúchaZH. May 15, 2014. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Transplante de Pulmão é Feito em Paciente com Fibrose Cística| Boasaúde". www.boasaude.com.br.
- ^ "Recorde de transplantes na Santa Casa". May 21, 2013.
- ^ "Entrevista! O que torna o médico J.J. Camargo tão especial". GZH.
- ^ "A Fascinante Série Volvo PV800 (Sugga)". academiademedicinars.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved July 11, 2025.
- ^ "ANM - Academia Nacional de Medicina - José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo (Cadeira No. 22)". www.anm.org.br. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2025.