Joáo Luis Afonso Ascensáo

Background

Ascensáo, Joáo Luis Afonso was born on July 6, 1948 in Maputo, Mozambique. Son of Joáo F. A. and Maria (Almeida) Ascensáo. came to the United States, 1974.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Lisbon School Medicine, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Lisbon School Medicine, 1989.

Career

Resident, U. Hospital St. Mary, Lisbon, Portugal, 1972-1974; immunology fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1974-1976; internal medicine resident, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1977-1978; hematology oncology fellow, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1979-1981; instructor, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1981-1982; assistant professor, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1982-1984; associate professor, associate director BMT program, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 1984-1989; associate professor, director BMT program, U. Connecticut Health Science Center, Farmington, 1989-1992; professor medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology, U. Nevada School Medicine, Reno, since 1992. Advisory board member California Cancer Center, Modesto, since 1992. Board member Nevada American Cancer Society, Reno, since 1992.

Achievements

• Joáo Luis Afonso Ascensáo has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Association Cancer Research, International Society Experimental Hematology (councillor), European Society Medical Oncology, Clinical Immunology Society.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, cooking, reading, collecting corkscrews.

Connections

Married Vivian Pereyra, June 27, 1993. Children: Joáo André, Vítor Luís.

Father:

Joáo F. A. Ascensáo

Mother:

Maria (Almeida) Ascensáo

Spouse:

Vivian Pereyra

child:

Joáo André Ascensáo

child:

Vítor Luís Ascensáo