Joaquim Moreira da Fonseca was born on July 21, 1886, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, to Manoel Moreira da Fonseca and Luiza Mendes da Luz Fonseca.
He completed his undergraduate studies in medicine at the Rio de Janeiro College of Medicine, graduating in 1910 after approval of his final thesis, which he named “Contribution to the Study of the Lentiform Nucleus.”
Dr. Moreira Fonseca was sworn in as a Full Member of the Academia Nacional de Medicina (National Academy of Medicine – ANM) on October 16, 1919, upon submitting a dissertation named “Adrenal Insufficiency in Influenza.” He was then appointed as an Emeritus Professor in 1945 and held several positions at the Academy’s board, in addition to serving as Vice-President from 1938 to 1942, and as President from 1942 to 1943.
The physician and scholar went on to secure the titles of Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at the College of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (later renamed the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ) and Full Professor of Tropical and Infectious Diseases at the same institution. The ANM honored his lifelong contributions to medicine with the Costa-Alvarenga Award in 1914.
Dr. Moreira Fonseca was also an Active Member and Secretary General of the Sociedade Médica de São Lucas (São Lucas Medical Society), the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and Syphilography, the Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine, and the Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases in Buenos Aires.
Additionally, the doctor held the title of Full Member of the Rio de Janeiro Medical and Surgical Society and the Brazilian Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, and was a Member and Secretary of Rio de Janeiro’s Sociedade Médica dos Hospitais (State of Rio de Janeiro Medical Society of Hospitals). Finally, he earned the position of Emeritus Member of the Brazilian Academy of Military Medicine.
Dr. Moreira da Fonseca was also an Honorary Member of several societies and associations, including the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics; the Medical Society of Petrópolis, the Nossa Senhora de Lourdes Medical Association, the Brazilian Institute of Medical History, the São Paulo Academy of Medicine, and the Argentine Medical Association. In addition, he held the position of President of the official Brazilian delegation sent to the 3rd International Conference on Poliomyelitis in Rome, Italy.
The physician and scholar was honored with the Carlos Chagas Medal for National Medical Merit, decorated as a Commander of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great and received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal and Order of St. John of the Lateran of Rome, Italy. In addition, he was acknowledged as a Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and the Order of Medical Merit – Grand Officer.
Dr. Joaquim Moreira da Fonseca passed away on May 1, 1970.
Academic number: 286
Chair: 02
Member: Emeritus
Section: Medicine
Election: 18/09/1919
Inauguration: 16/10/1919
President: Miguel de Oliveira Couto
Emeritus Member Status: 04/10/1945
Predecessor: Miguel da Silva Pereira
Death: 01/05/1970
Academic number: 286
Chair: 02
Member: Emeritus
Section: Medicine
Election: 18/09/1919
Inauguration: 16/10/1919
President: Miguel de Oliveira Couto
Emeritus Member Status: 04/10/1945
Predecessor: Miguel da Silva Pereira
Death: 01/05/1970
Joaquim Moreira da Fonseca was born on July 21, 1886, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, to Manoel Moreira da Fonseca and Luiza Mendes da Luz Fonseca.
He completed his undergraduate studies in medicine at the Rio de Janeiro College of Medicine, graduating in 1910 after approval of his final thesis, which he named “Contribution to the Study of the Lentiform Nucleus.”
Dr. Moreira Fonseca was sworn in as a Full Member of the Academia Nacional de Medicina (National Academy of Medicine – ANM) on October 16, 1919, upon submitting a dissertation named “Adrenal Insufficiency in Influenza.” He was then appointed as an Emeritus Professor in 1945 and held several positions at the Academy’s board, in addition to serving as Vice-President from 1938 to 1942, and as President from 1942 to 1943.
The physician and scholar went on to secure the titles of Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at the College of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (later renamed the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ) and Full Professor of Tropical and Infectious Diseases at the same institution. The ANM honored his lifelong contributions to medicine with the Costa-Alvarenga Award in 1914.
Dr. Moreira Fonseca was also an Active Member and Secretary General of the Sociedade Médica de São Lucas (São Lucas Medical Society), the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and Syphilography, the Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine, and the Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases in Buenos Aires.
Additionally, the doctor held the title of Full Member of the Rio de Janeiro Medical and Surgical Society and the Brazilian Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, and was a Member and Secretary of Rio de Janeiro’s Sociedade Médica dos Hospitais (State of Rio de Janeiro Medical Society of Hospitals). Finally, he earned the position of Emeritus Member of the Brazilian Academy of Military Medicine.
Dr. Moreira da Fonseca was also an Honorary Member of several societies and associations, including the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics; the Medical Society of Petrópolis, the Nossa Senhora de Lourdes Medical Association, the Brazilian Institute of Medical History, the São Paulo Academy of Medicine, and the Argentine Medical Association. In addition, he held the position of President of the official Brazilian delegation sent to the 3rd International Conference on Poliomyelitis in Rome, Italy.
The physician and scholar was honored with the Carlos Chagas Medal for National Medical Merit, decorated as a Commander of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great and received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal and Order of St. John of the Lateran of Rome, Italy. In addition, he was acknowledged as a Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and the Order of Medical Merit – Grand Officer.
Dr. Joaquim Moreira da Fonseca passed away on May 1, 1970.