José Aristodemo Pinotti

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

José Aristodemo Pinotti is a Brazilian physician, gynecological surgeon, university professor, scientific and educational leader and politician. He is currently a federal congressman by the state of São Paulo and estadual secretary of College Education os State of São Paulo, and the chairman of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Medical School of the University of São Paulo.

Besides his current positions, Dr. Pinotti has had many executive and leadership positions:

  • Full professor and Chief of the Department of Tocogynecology of the Medical School of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Campinas
  • Dean of the Medical School of UNICAMP
  • Founder and director of the UNICAMP's Center for Integral Women's Health Care (CAISM - Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher)
  • Rector of the State University of Campinas
  • Secretary of Health of the State of São Paulo
  • Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo
  • Secretary of Education of the city of São Paulo
  • Secretary of Higher Learning of the city of Sâo Paulo

He was also a candidate for mayor of the cities of Campinas and São Paulo and for vice-governor of the state of São Paulo.

As a researcher and scientist, Dr. Pinotti has been extremely influential in his area. His specialty is Gynecology and Obstetrics, specifically oncology. He is considered one of the foremost international experts in surgery for breast cancer and at least one procedure has his name (the Koppke-Pinotti technique). ´