José Aristodemo Pinotti

José Aristodemo Pinotti (20 December 1934 to 1 July 2009) was a Brazilian physician, gynecological surgeon, university professor, scientific and educational leader and politician. He studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of São Paulo, where he also took his doctorate, and he became full professor and chief of the Department of Tocogynecology at the Medical School of the State University of Campinas. He was dean of that school, founded and directed its Center for Integral Women's Health Care, and served as rector of the university from 1982 to 1986. His specialty was gynecology and obstetrics, in particular oncology, and he was considered one of the foremost international experts in breast cancer surgery; the Koppke-Pinotti technique carries his name. He authored, edited or co-edited 81 books and hundreds of scientific papers, belonged to the Brazilian Academy of Medicine and served as president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. In public life he was Secretary of Education and Secretary of Health of the State of São Paulo, and he was a federal congressman for São Paulo at the time of his death.