Valentim Gentil

Background

Gentil, Valentim was born on August 21, 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. Son of Valentim and Rita (D'Andrea) Gentil.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. São Paulo, Brazil, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Institute Psychiatry, London, England., 1976; livre docente, U. São Paulo, 1987.

Career

Assistant professor pharmacology, U. São Paulo, 1971-1987; assistant professor psychiatry, U. São Paulo, 1986-1987; associate professor psychiatry, U. São Paulo, since 1987; head department psychiatry faculty of medicine, U. São Paulo, since 1992. Director World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Mental Health in Brazil, São Paulo, since 1990.

Achievements

• Valentim Gentil has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Medicine. Member British Association Psychopharmocology, International Society Investigation of Stress, College International Neuropsychopharmacologists, American Psychiatric Association (coores.), Association of Brazilian Psychiatrists (president department biological psychiatry).

Interests

• Avocation: sailing.

Connections

Married Maria De Lourdes Felix, December 21, 1977. Children: Andre Felix, Flavia Felix.

Father:

Valentim Gentil

Mother:

Rita (D'Andrea) Gentil

Spouse:

Maria De Lourdes Felix

child:

Andre Felix Gentil

child:

Flavia Felix Gentil