Chucri Zaidan
Chucri Zaidan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chucri Zaidan October 29 , 1891 |
| Died | September 16, 1980 (aged 88) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, politician |
Chucri Zaidan (October 29 , 1891 – September 16, 1980) was a doctor of Syrian origin naturalized Brazilian.
Biography
Chucri Zaidan was born in Damascus, Ottoman Empire in 29 October 1891 and then migrated to Brazil in 1925. Settled in São Paulo he has been naturalized Brazilian.
Zaidan studied in the Medical Sciences College of the American University of Beirut and graduated as a physician in 1916. He was one of the first foreign physicians to revalidate his diploma in Brazil where he exercised obstetric medicine in Hospital Pró-Mater. He became popular for looking after the poor for free and his popularity led to his receiving in 1966 the title of Paulistano Citizen of the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo.[1]
In his honor, Avenida Ao Longo do Dreno do Brooklin received the name Doutor Chucri Zaidan through the Executive Order no. 18,226 of 22 September 1982.[1]
A metro station is also named after him.
References
- ^ a b "Avenida Doutor Chucri Zaidan" (in Portuguese). Dicionário de Ruas. Retrieved 24 May 2019.