Francisco Carneiro Chaves

Background

Chaves, Francisco Carneiro was born on January 28, 1936 in Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal. Son of Francisco Carneiro C. and Joana Zarco.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Porto, Portugal, 1977; aggregation degree, U. Porto, Portugal, 1986.

Career

Resident, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, 1964-1969; director department medicine II, University Hospital, Luanda, Angola, 1970-1974; auxiliary professor medicine, U. Porto, 1977-1979; associate professor medicine, U. Porto, 1979-1987; professor medicine, U. Porto, since 1987.

Achievements

• Francisco Carneiro Chaves has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Gasterenterology. Member European Association for Study of the Liver, European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Portuguese Society Gastroenterology (president 1991-1993, president ethics committee since 1993), Portuguese Association for Study of the Liver (president 1986-1988).

Interests

• Avocations: literature, arts.

Connections

Married Ingeborg Dittfeld, January 30, 1965. Children: Pedro, Ana Maria.

Father:

Francisco Carneiro C.

Mother:

Joana Zarco

Spouse:

Ingeborg Dittfeld

child:

Ana Maria Chaves

child:

Pedro Chaves