Background
GOMES, José Pereira was born on August 21, 1882 in Itapetininga, Sào Paulo, Brazil.
GOMES, José Pereira was born on August 21, 1882 in Itapetininga, Sào Paulo, Brazil.
Educated Escola Normal, Itapetininga, 1899. Further studies in ophthalmology, Paris, 1914.
Assistant, ophthalmological clinic, medical. school, University de Sâo Paulo, 1916-1936. Founder, Institute de Cegos Padre Chico, 1927. President, 1st Brazilian congress of ophthalmology, 1935.
Vice-president. Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Clinic head, Santa Casa de Misericordia.
Member: Society de Medicina e Cirurgia (Sao Paulo), Society de Oftalmología, Rotary. Member, ophthalmological associations of Campinas, Bahia, and Rio Grande do Sul.