Background
KROEFF, Mário was born on October 12, 1893 in state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
KROEFF, Mário was born on October 12, 1893 in state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Further studies in surgery in Gennany, 1924.
Director surgeon of hospital in Brusque, 1917. 1st lieutenant in army medical. corps, 1918. Surgeon with Brazilian army in France, 1918.
Lecturer, surgical clinic, medical. school, University do Brasil, since 1929. Director, national cancer service. Practices medicine in Rio de Janeiro, specializing in cancerology and plastic surgery.
Director- founder, Centro de Cancerologia.
Member: Academy Nacional de Medicina, Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiôes, Institute Brasileiro de Cultura.