Egas Moniz

Egas Moniz

Universidade de Lisboa

Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1949)

Professional bio

António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz was a Portuguese neurologist. He was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses. He was affiliated with the University of Lisbon.