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José Eduardo de Lima Pinto da Costa (born in Cedofeita, Porto, 3 April 1934), is a Portuguese doctor specialized in forensic medicine. He is a former director of the Porto Institute of Legal Medicine, and has made multiple appearances on the television program Praça da Alegria.[1] He now teaches forensics at the Lusíada University of Porto.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Pinto da Costa was born as the eldest of six children of José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa (Foz do Douro, Porto, June 9, 1910 – Aldoar, Porto, December 6, 1977), a merchant, and wife Maria Elisa Bessa de Lima de Amorim Pinto (São Mamede de Infesta, Matosinhos, May 15, 1913 – November 14, 1997). One of his brothers is Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, the President of the sports club FC Porto.[2]
Marriage and children
[edit]He married on January 8, 1962 Maria da Graça de Freitas do Amaral Lobo Machado, of the Viscounts of Paço de Nespereira (b. Guimarães, November 18, 1934), a first cousin of Diogo de Freitas do Amaral, and had two sons and one daughter:
- Diogo Paulo Lobo Machado Pinto da Costa (b. 1962)
- Rui Manuel Lobo Machado Pinto da Costa (b. 1967)
- Mafalda Lobo Machado Pinto da Costa (b. 1968)
Education and Career
[edit]Pinto da Costa received his medical education at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto, enrolling in 1953 and graduating in 1960. His thesis was entitled "Morte por Acção do Óxido de Carbono" (Death Caused by Carbon Dioxide).
Following this, in 1961, he became an Assistant Lecturer in Forensic Medicine and Forensic Toxicology. In 1973 he earned a PhD in Forensic Medicine in Porto. He joined the faculty of the University of Porto as an assistant professor, then became an associate professor, and in 1996 a full professor.
In 1975, he was appointed sub-director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Porto; in 1976 he became its director. In the late 1980s, Pinto da Costa was elected the first president of the Board of Forensic Medicine of the Portuguese Medical Association, and chaired the Higher Forensic Medicine Council from 1988 to 1998.[2]
He has performed about 30,000 autopsies.[3]
Published works
[edit]Articles
[edit]- Magalhães, T; Carneiro de Sousa, MJ; Gomes da Silva, A; Pinto da Costa, D; Grams, AC; Ribeiro, C; Pinto da Costa, J (Dec 1998). "Child sexual abuse: a preliminary study". J Clin Forensic Med. 5 (4): 176–182. PMID 15335515.
- Pinto da Costa, J (1987). "[Legal and ethical rules on transplantation in Portugal]". Acta Med Leg Soc (Liege) (in French). 37: 75–79. PMID 2979423.
- Pinto da Costa, J (1987). "[Legal medicine for the future]". Acta Med Leg Soc (Liege) (in French). 37: 11–17. PMID 2979408.
- Pinto da Costa, J (1980). "[Death by poisoning. Statistics from the Porto Institute for Forensic Medicine - Portugal 1901-1978]". Acta Med Leg Soc (Liege) (in French). 30 (3): 65–74. PMID 7223491.
Books
[edit]- Pinto da Costa, José (2004). Ao sabor do tempo: crónicas médico-legais. Vila Nova de Famalição:: Edições Quasi. ISBN 9789895520671.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Pinto da Costa, José (1985). Responsabilidade médica. Porto: Felício & Cabral. ISBN 9789728205065.
- Pinto da Costa, José (1991). Medicina legal. IMLP. OCLC 876309421.
See also
[edit]Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa - brother
References
[edit]- ^ "Pinto da Costa - Empresário morto - Praça da Alegria". YouTube. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ a b "University of Porto Famous Alumni: José Eduardo Pinto da Costa". University of Porto. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "10 PERGUNTAS a JOSÉ EDUARDO LIMA PINTO DA COSTA,"Quem lida com a morte todos os dias tem uma alegria de viver muito maior do que os outros"". Folha de Portugal. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- Prof. J. Pinto da Costa - personal web page (Portuguese)
- University of Porto Famous Alumni: José Eduardo Pinto da Costa - biography on University of Porto's web page
- Interview in Folha de Portugal - (Portuguese)
- José Eduardo Pinto da Costa (Community) - Facebook page (Portuguese)
- TEDxAveiro - José Eduardo Pinto da Costa - Concepts and extensions of the legal medicine - TEDx talk (Portuguese)
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