Chucri Zaidan (October 29 , 1891 – September 16, 1980) was a medical doctor in Brazil. He was born in the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Chucri Zaidan was born in

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, Ottoman Empire on 29 October 1891 and then migrated to Brazil in 1925, leaving Syria. He settled in São Paulo. He became a naturalized Brazilian. Zaidan studied in the Medical Sciences College of the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...

and graduated as a physician in 1916. He was one of the first foreign physicians to revalidate his diploma in Brazil where he practised obstetric medicine in Hospital Pró-Mater. He became popular for looking after the poor for free; his popularity led to his receiving in 1966 the title of Paulistano Citizen of the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo. In his honor, the Avenida Ao Longo do Dreno do Brooklin received the name Doutor Chucri Zaidan through the Executive Order no. 18,226 of 22 September 1982. AvChucriZaidan Placa

A metro station is also named after him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaidan, Chucri 1891 births 1980 deaths Brazilian physicians Syrian emigrants to Brazil Brazilian people of Syrian descent Naturalized citizens of Brazil Syrian physicians People from São Paulo People from Damascus