António Egas Moniz
Academic
1874 – 1955
Who was António Egas Moniz?
António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, known as Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy—known better today as lobotomy—for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949.
He held academic positions, wrote many medical articles and also served in several legislative and diplomatic posts in the Portuguese government. In 1911 he became professor of neurology in Lisbon until his retirement in 1944. At the same time, he pursued a demanding political career.
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- Born
- Nov 29, 1874
Avanca - Also known as
- Dr. Egas Moniz
- Ethnicity
- Portuguese people
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Profession
- Education
- University of Coimbra
- Died
- Dec 13, 1955
Lisbon
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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