Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini

Dr. Euryclides Zerbini, in a promotional photo by the University of São Paulo.

Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (10 May 1912 – 23 October 1993) was a Brazilian physician and cardiac surgeon.[1] He is internationally known for performing the first heart transplantation in Latin America in 1968, and for creating the famous and respected clinical and research center Instituto do Coração da Universidade de São Paulo (Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo), in São Paulo, Brazil.

  1. ^ "BJCVS, Vol.: 27 Ed.: 1 – 152/154 – 2012, Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini – 100 years". Rbccv.org.br. Retrieved 2015-09-17.