Brazil
The pioneers were Augusto Brandão Filho, the first general surgeon to perform brain surgery in Brazil, and José Ribe Portugal and Elyseu Paglioli, the founders of the first two neurosurgery schools in Brazil. The Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery was founded in Brussels, Belgium, on July 26, 1957, during the First International Congress of Neurological Surgery, at the initiative of José Ribe Portugal and José Geraldo Albernaz 1).
Hospitals
Department of Neurosurgery, Cajuru University Hospital, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil.
female neurosurgeon
There are fewer women surgeons in Brazil than men. However, in general, there is an increase in women in the analyzed specialties over the years. With the proportional inclusion of women in the Brazilian surgical workforce, we hope that we can achieve sex equality in Brazil 2).
Management of chronic subdural hematoma in Brazil
Teles AR, Kraemer JL. Management of chronic subdural hematoma in Brazil. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2018 Aug;76(8):570-571. doi: 10.1590/0004-282×20180082. PubMed PMID: 30231134 from Hospital São José, Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre RS, Brasil.