Background
Costa, Rui Braga Carrington Da was born on December 21, 1932 in Braga, Minho, Portugal. Son of Rui Carrington Simões and Maria Das Dores (Braga) Carrington Da Costa.
Costa, Rui Braga Carrington Da was born on December 21, 1932 in Braga, Minho, Portugal. Son of Rui Carrington Simões and Maria Das Dores (Braga) Carrington Da Costa.
Doctor of Medicine, University Coimbra (Portugal), 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Coimbra (Portugal), 1974. Medical Statistician, Faculty Sciences, Paris, 1971.
Resident, U. Hospital Coimbra, 1959-1962;
lecturer, Medical School, U. Coimbra, 1962-1974;
assistant professor, Medical School, U. Coimbra, 1974-1979;
associate professor, Medical School, U. Coimbra, 1979-1980;
professor, Medical School, U. Coimbra, 1980-1994;
assistant a titre etranger, Faculty Medicine, Paris, 1964;
foreign cientist, Karolinsk Institute, Stockholm, 1968;
director faculty medicine, U. Hospital, Coimbra, 1974-1976;
director Intensive Care Unit, U. Hospital Coimbra, 1975-1994. Temporary advisor World Health Organization, 1980. Director member Panam-Iberian Federation Intensive Medicine, 1983-1987.
Portuguese coordinator Sanguis Programme of communications of European Communities, 1989-1991.
Mayor, Coimbra, 1974-1977. Member European Respiratory Society, Royal Society Medicine (London), Society Critical Care Medicine, European Society Intensive Care Medicine, American College Chest Physicians, New York Academy of Sciences, Portuguese Society Intensive Care (president 1985-1989).
Married Maria Helena Matos, August 15, 1955. Children: Maria Cristina, Rui Augusto, Margarida Paula, Goncalo Nuno.