Background

BAPTISTA, Benjamin Vinelli was born on June 12, 1901 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Education

Educated Colégio Rampi Williams, Externato Santo Inácio.

Career

Professor of anatomy. Head of surgery service, Hospital da Santa Casa de Misericordia. Assistant, in anatomy, Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinária.

Assistant, municipal public welfare bureau, surgeon since 1923. Lecturer in anatomy, medical. school, University do Brasil, 1925, professor., since 1927. Specialist in comparative anatomy and embryology, Institute Oswaldo Cruz.

Founder and director, Institute Benjamin Baptista, since 1928. Professor., medical. school, Institute Hahnemanniano, since 1934.

Membership

Member: Academy Nacional de Medicina, Academy Brasileira de Ciencias, Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgióes, Colégio Anatómico Brasileiro (vice-president), Society Brasileira de Estomatología, Society Anatómico Luso-Hispano-Americana (founder), Association Internat, des Anatomistes. Member Society Académica de Medicina (Recife), Society Brasileira de Pediatría, Society de Anatomía Normal y Patológica (Buenos Aires), Society Académica de Medicina (Recife), Society de Anatomía Normal y Patológica, Histología y Embriología (Córdoba). Member Société Anatomique de Paris.

Connections

Father:

Joao Benjamin Ferreira Baptista

Mother:

Ida Vinelli