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Adib Jatene

Brazilian university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon (1929-2014) · Brazil · On the map · Academics · Died at 85

Adib Domingos Jatene was a noted Brazilian physician of Lebanese background, university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon. He is remembered as the inventor of the arterial switch operation, a surgical technique to correct transposition of the great vessels in the newborn.

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Anísio Teixeira Award1991
Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit

About this person

Country
Brazil
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2014 · aged 85