Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
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Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto in Portuguese
Portuguese language
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) is a medical school
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...

 of the University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...

 (USP) located in the city of Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,...

, state of São Paulo
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

, Brazil
Brazil
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, founded 1952. It is considered one of the three best medical schools in the country and a premier medical research center.

Its main campus
Campus
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 is located in a charming old coffee
Coffee
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 farm
Farm
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 in the outskirts of the city, with a total built area of 38,205 m², (411,235 ft²) including a small lake. It has a central building with the main departments for the basic medical sciences and an adjoining University Hospital, with 847 beds. In 2003, the hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 provided in-patient care to 33,973 persons and out-patient (ambulatory) care to approximately 588,000. All medical care is provided free of charge.

History

The Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto was the third founded in the state of São Paulo and the first outside the capital. In 1951, the state government supported the creation of the school as a way of promoting a better coverage of physicians to the rapidly growing cities in its hinterland. A committee was formed in the University of São Paulo to study and to propose the new school. A professor from the University, physician and parasitologist Dr. Zeferino Vaz
Zeferino Vaz
Zeferino Vaz led the construction, establishment and development of the Unicamp university, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s...

 was nominated as its chairman and later became the Faculty's first dean
Dean (education)
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, remaining until 1964. With great foresight, and against many resistances of the traditional medical academic establishment, he advocated a modern, research
Research
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-based school, with all professors with full time dedication. This was unheard of at that time in Brazil: in this Vaz was trying to follow the most successful American medical schools, such as Johns Hopkins Medical School. Lacking the researchers and professors with the mentality and experience he needed, he resorted to inviting them from Europe
Europe
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 and USA.

The school campus was established in a beautiful wooded area in the outskirts of Ribeirão Preto, which was formerly the seat of a state technical agricultural school, and before that, a coffee
Coffee
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 farm. In the beginning, since the city still lacked adequate resources for housing the professors, several house
House
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s in a Mediterrean style were built and furnished for free, thus compensating for the relatively small salaries that were paid to them at that time.

By means of such drive to excellence, soon the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto achieved prominence and a unique status in Brazil.

Departments

  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
    Molecular biology
    Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...

     and Pathogenic Bioagents
  • Biomechanics
    Biomechanics
    Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...

     Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Physical therapy
    Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...

     of the Locomotor Apparatus
  • Biochemistry
    Biochemistry
    Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...

     and Immunology
    Immunology
    Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the...

  • Surgery
    Surgery
    Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

     and Anatomy
    Anatomy
    Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...

  • Internal medicine
    Internal medicine
    Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...

  • Pharmacology
    Pharmacology
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  • Physiology
    Physiology
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  • Genetics
    Genetics
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  • Gynecology and Obstetrics
    Obstetrics
    Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

  • Preventive medicine
    Preventive medicine
    Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

  • Neurology
    Neurology
    Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...

  • Psychiatry
    Psychiatry
    Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...

     and Medical psychology
    Medical psychology
    Medical psychology is a very broad field and has been defined in various ways. The Academy of Medical Psychology's definition applies to both the practices of consultation and prescribing in Medical Psychology, when allowed by statutes...

  • Ophthalmology
    Ophthalmology
    Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...

  • Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
  • Pathology
    Pathology
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     and Pediatrics
    Pediatrics
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Centers and Associations

  • CEMEL - Death Verification Service (Medico-legal service, Morgue
    Morgue
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    )
  • CSE - School Health Center which includes 5 Family Care Units; Pedreira de Freitas Community Center, in Cássia dos Coqueiros
    Cássia dos Coqueiros
    Cássia dos Coqueiros is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 2,949 and the area is 191.47 km². The elevation is 890 m....

    , Vila Lobato Community Center, in Ribeirão Preto;
  • Hemocenter (Hematology
    Hematology
    Hematology, also spelled haematology , is the branch of biology physiology, internal medicine, pathology, clinical laboratory work, and pediatrics that is concerned with the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases...

    )
  • CAEP - Educational and Psychological Support Center
  • Centro Acadêmico Rocha Lima
    Henrique da Rocha Lima
    Henrique da Rocha Lima was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist. He discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus. Rickettsia prowazekii was named after German zoologist Stanislaus von Prowazek.Henrique da Rocha Lima received his M.D. degree from the Medical...

     (Student Union
    Student union
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    )
  • Alumni Association

Figures

The School has 273 faculty (48 at full professor, 78 at adjunct professor and 144 at assistant professor levels), and a clerical and technical staff of 448. All faculty has full time dedication and is research oriented. 531 papers were published in peer-reviewed
Peer review
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 international journals in 2003, and 932 in peer-reviewed national journals.

Undergraduate education has 6 years of medical education
Medical education
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, with a 2003 enrollment of 806. Degrees were granted till 2003, being 3699 in Medicine, and 236 in Biological Sciences, Medical Modality.

Postgraduate education covers 17 areas, granting master and doctoral degrees. The enrollment in 2003 was of 1221 students, of which 677 at the master's level and 544 at doctoral level. It is one of the largest such programs in Latin America
Latin America
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. Until 2003, 2060 master degrees and 1360 doctoral degrees were conferred, with a grand total of 3420. It is also one of the best, with 9 areas with a rating between 5 (good) and 7 (excellent) by the Ministry of Education.

The medical residency program had 28 programs and 504 physicians.

Notable professors

The Medical School of Ribeirão Preto has had a number of important Brazilian scientists and physicians, who contributed a great share to the development of science and technology in Brazil:
  • Miguel Rolando Covian
    Miguel Rolando Covian
    Miguel Rolando Covian , was an Argentine-Brazilian physiologist, medical educator and writer.Covian was born in Rufino, Santa Fé Province, Argentina, on September 7, 1913. He studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires, where, while a student, he worked also as a teaching...

    , professor of Physiology
    Physiology
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  • Eduardo Krieger
    Eduardo Krieger
    Eduardo Moacyr Krieger is an influential Brazilian physician, physiologist and scientific leader, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.-Life:...

    , professor of cardiovascular physiology, former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
    Brazilian Academy of Sciences
    The Brazilian Academy of Sciences is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded in 1916....

  • Maurício Rocha e Silva
    Maurício Rocha e Silva
    Maurício Oscar da Rocha e Silva was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and pharmacologist...

    , professor of Pharmacology
    Pharmacology
    Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

    , discoverer of bradykinin
    Bradykinin
    Bradykinin is a peptide that causes blood vessels to dilate , and therefore causes blood pressure to lower. A class of drugs called ACE inhibitors, which are used to lower blood pressure, increase bradykinin further lowering blood pressure...

  • Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
    Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
    Sérgio Henrique Ferreira , Brazil, Brazilian physician and pharmacologist, noted for his discovery of Bradykinin potentiating factor, which led to better anti-hypertension drugs.Ferreira received his M.D...

    , professor of Pharmacology, discoverer of the Bradykinin Potentiating Factor
  • Warwick Estevam Kerr
    Warwick Estevam Kerr
    Warwick Estevam Kerr is a Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees. The Africanized bee in the western hemisphere is directly descended from 26 Tanzanian queen bees Warwick...

    , professor of Genetics
    Genetics
    Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....

  • Lucien Lison
    Lucien Lison
    Lucien Alphonse Joseph Lison was a Belgian/Brazilian physician and biomedical scientist, considered the "father of histochemistry" ....

    , professor of Morphology
    Morphology (biology)
    In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....

     and one of the founders of histochemistry
  • Fritz Köberle
    Fritz Köberle
    Fritz Köberle was an Austrian-Brazilian physician, pathologist and scientist, discoverer of the neurogenic mechanism of the chronic phase of Chagas disease, a human parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan.-Life:Fritz Köberle was born in Eichgraben, Austria, and studied medicine...

    , professor of Pathology
    Pathology
    Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....

    , proponent of the neurogenic theory of the chronic phase of Chagas disease
    Chagas disease
    Chagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking insects of the subfamily Triatominae most commonly species belonging to the Triatoma, Rhodnius,...

  • Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira
    Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira
    Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira was a Brazilian physician, and academic....

    , professor of Internal medicine
    Internal medicine
    Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...

    , who was also a Dean of the University of São Paulo
  • Renato Migliorini
    Renato Migliorini
    Renato Helios Migliorini was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist, biochemist and full professor of physiology at the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo.He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences....

    , professor of physiology
  • José Lima Pedreira de Freitas, professor of preventive medicine
    Preventive medicine
    Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

    , epidemiologist and sanitarist, famous for his studies of Chagas disease
  • José Moura Gonçalves
    José Moura Gonçalves
    José Moura Gonçalves , Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist, biochemist and educator, one of the pioneers of biochemistry in the country....

    , professor of Biochemistry
    Biochemistry
    Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...

    , discoverer of the protein
    Protein
    Proteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...

     structure of Bothrops
    Bothrops
    Bothrops is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Central and South America. The generic name is derived from the Greek words bothros and ops that mean "pit" and "eye" or "face"; an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs. Members of this genus are responsible for more human deaths in the...

     venom

Notable alumni

  • Antonio Palocci
    Antonio Palocci
    Antonio Palocci Filho is a Brazilian physician and politician, and former Chief of Staff of Brazil under President Dilma Rousseff . He was the Finance minister of the Brazilian federal government from January 1, 2003 until March 27, 2006 , during the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...

    , politician, former mayor of Ribeirão Preto, former Minister of Economy
  • Sócrates
    Sócrates
    Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, MD, , more commonly known simply as Sócrates, is a Brazilian former association footballer....

    , former star soccer player
  • Marco Antonio Zago
    Marco Antonio Zago
    Marco Antonio Zago is a Brazilian physician and prominent medical scientist, who is active in the fields of hereditary diseases of the blood , molecular basis of cancer and human population genetics. Since 2007 he is also the president of the Brazilian National Research Council .Dr...

    , hematologist, current president of the Brazilian Research Council
  • Gilberto de Nucci
    Gilberto de Nucci
    Gilberto De Nucci is a noted Brazilian physician, scientist and university professor in the field of pharmacology.He was born in Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. His father was a well-known physician in the city...

    , pharmacologist
  • Renato M.E. Sabbatini, neuroscientist, writer and publisher

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Department of Pathology

University Hospital

Medical Student Housing

A professor's house

Main gates

Administration building

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