José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo

José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo (born August 6, 1946), or simply J.J. Camargo, is a Brazilian thoracic surgeon, writer, and lecturer.^[1]

José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo
Personal details
Born	(1946-08-06) August 6, 1946 (age 79) Vacaria, Brazil
Alma mater	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Education and career

Camargo graduated from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1970 and trained in thoracic surgery at the Mayo Clinic. As of 2022, he was a professor at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre.^[2]

Camargo and his team performed what is considered the first lung transplantation in Brazil and Latin America in 1989^[3][4] and the first double lung transplant in Brazil.^[5] His team has been reported to hold the record for the most lung transplants in the country.^[6] In 2015, 60 per cent of all lung transplants performed in Brazil were attributed to them.^[7] He has performed approximately 300 lung transplants and over 30,000 thoracic surgeries at Santa Casa.^[1]

Camargo created and currently directs "Transplantes da Santa Casa de Porto Alegre" (Transplant Center at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre). He is also the Director of "Cirurgia Torácica no Pavilhão Pereira Filho" (Thoracic Surgery at Pavilhão Pereira Filho).^[1]

He has been a member of the Academia Sul-Riograndense de Medicina since 1993^[8] and of the National Academy of Medicine since 2010.^[9]

He has hundreds of scientific publications and has given approximately 900 lectures in 22 countries.^[1]

Books

• Camargo, José J. (2000). Cirurgia torácica. Mais de 120 questões de múltipla escolha com respostas comentadas. Rio de Janeiro: Revinter. 146 páginas. ISBN 8573093854
• Eduardo Garcia (org.), José J. Camargo (org.) (2003.). Histórias Médicas. Porto Alegre: Ed. da ISCMPA. 149 páginas. ISBN 8589782034
• Camargo, José J. (2008). Não pensem por mim. reflexões e histórias de um médico. Porto Alegre: AGE Ed. 213 páginas. ISBN 9788574974118