title: The history of neurosurgery at the University of Sao Paulo.
abstract: The history of neurosurgery at University of São Paulo comes from 1918, since its origins under the Department of Neurology from Chair of Psychiatric Clinic and Nervous Diseases. Professor Enjolras Vampré was the great inspiration for such medical specialty in the State of Sao Paulo. In 1929, the first neurosurgical procedures were performed in the recently (at time) organized Section of Neurosurgery. The official inauguration of the Division of Functional Neurosurgery occurred at June 1977, with the presence of worldwide well-known neuroscientists. The division suffered a deep streamlining under the leadership of Professor Raul Marino Jr., between the decades of 1990 and 2000. At this time, it was structured with the sections of neurological surgery, functional neurosurgery and neurosurgical emergency. Since 2008, Professor Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira is the Chairman of the Division and has provided the Division with the best available technological resources, performing more than 3,000 surgeries a year and training professionals who will, certainly, be some of the future leaders of brazilian neurosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Divisao de Neurocirurgia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Manoel Jacobsen
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Divisao de Neurocirurgia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eberval Gadelha
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Divisao de Neurocirurgia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mario Augusto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taricco
authors.affiliation: Divisao de Neurocirurgia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Píndaro P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Plese
authors.affiliation: Escola de Medicina, Universidade Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.affiliation: Escola de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Saulo A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Divisao de Neurocirurgia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luzio
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*