José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1946

Place of Birth: Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Profession: physician writer, surgeon

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Leo

José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo (August 6, 1946), or simply J.J.
Camargo, is a Brazilian thoracic surgeon, writer and lecturer.
Graduated on medical school in 1970 on the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with specialization on thoracic surgery on the Mayo Clinic.
Now, is a professor on the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre.His team did the first lung transplantation of Brazil and Latin America, in 1989.
He also did the first double lung transplant of Brazil.
His team is the team that transplant more lung in the country.
In 2015, 60% of the Brazilian lung transplants are of his team