Background
Almeida, Antonio Castro Mendes De was born on June 15, 1934 in Fronteira, Alentejo, Portugal.
Almeida, Antonio Castro Mendes De was born on June 15, 1934 in Fronteira, Alentejo, Portugal.
Doctor of Medicine, University Lisbon, Portugal, 1960.
Intern, University Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, 1963-1964; intern in surgery, University Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, 1964-1965; resident in surgery, University Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, 1965-1966; consultant surgeon, University Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, 1973-1981; chief consultant surgeon, University Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, since 1981; intern in surgery, Kings County Hospital/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1966-1967; resident in surgery, Kings County Hospital/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1967-1971; chief surgical resident, Kings County Hospital/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1971-1972; assistant professor surgery, U. Lisbon Medical School, 1973-1991; associate professor surgery, U. Lisbon Medical School, since 1991. Visiting professor Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1989, U. Guadalajara, Mexico, 1990, Cleveland Clinical Foundation, 1991. Distinguished guest Zapopan, Guadalajara, 1990.
Captain medical officer, Portuguese military, 1958-1963. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member Portuguese Association Hospital Career Physicians (executive 1991), International Society Surgery, International Biliary Association, Internat, Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association (science program committee 1995 European congress), World Association Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgeons, American Society Colon and Rectal Surgeons, International Society University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (science program committee), Society for Surgery Alimentary Tract, Cordoba Surgical Society (honorary).
Son of Manuel Mendes de Almeida and Margarida Vitoria F.C. Mendes de Almeida. Married Maria Teresa Sá Lopo de Carvalho, November 1, 1974 (deceased 1992).