Researcher responsible for CEPID CancerThera, Dr. Carmino Antonio de Souza, takes office as a full member of the Academy of Medicine of São Paulo

Dr. Carmino Antonio de Souza, lead researcher and director at CEPID CancerThera during his inauguration speech, highlighting the commitment to ethics, scientific rigor and the legacy of national medicine.

In a ceremony held on October 7th, the researcher responsible for CEPID CancerThera, Dr. Carmino Antonio de Souza, officially took office as a full member of the São Paulo Academy of Medicine (AMSP). The election of the doctor and full professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas (FCM/Unicamp) had taken place at the extraordinary general assembly, held in june this year.

Founded in 1885 — a few years after the National Academy of Medicine — AMSP is home to a valuable historical collection of research and knowledge sources, in addition to acting as a reference academic environment for the debate of current affairs and major themes of medicine. Upon taking on the chair that was once occupied by illustrious figures in public health and São Paulo medicine, such as professors José Aristodemo Pinotti, Raul Carlos Briquet and Enio Buffolo, the new academic defined the occasion with frankness: “For me it is a very Honorable and of high responsibility”.

Dr. Carmino Antonio de Souza, lead researcher and director at CEPID CancerThera, during a ceremony that made his inauguration official as a full member and honorary of the São Paulo Academy of Medicine (AMSP).

With an exemplary trajectory dedicated to onco-hematology, bone marrow transplantation and health management — having worked as Secretary of Health of the State of São Paulo and the Municipality of Campinas, in addition to Vice-President of FAPESP —, Souza sees the honor as an integrating milestone in his journey. “I am in a phase of life where receiving this recognition makes me think that everything was worth it and that I must follow, within my physical and intellectual capacity, serving our society and the community that works in the life sciences”, he evaluates.

In view of the institutional representation of the Academy, he added that he intends to join forces with the work of the entity: “At AMSP I intend to participate, whenever possible, in its scientific and cultural activities, books etc”.

From left to right: Dr. Celso Dario Ramos, lead researcher and deputy director at CEPID CancerThera, Dra. Elba Etchebehere, principal researcher and coordinator for the diffusion of knowledge at the center and professor at FCM/Unicamp, Dr. Carmino Antonio de Souza, Dra. Maria Elvira Pizzigatti Correa, post-doctorate in executive management of research at the center, Dra. Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad, coordinator of the Hemocentro of FCM/Unicamp, and Dra. Luciana Malavolta Quaglio, lead researcher at CancerThera.

Watch in full: Inauguration ceremony of Dr. Carmino Antonio de Souza, director of CEPID CancerThera, as a full member of the São Paulo Academy of Medicine.