António Egas Moniz
Portuguese politian and neurosurgeon
- Lived
- 1874–1955
- Country
- Kingdom of Portugal
Updated September 2026
About António Egas Moniz
António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, known as simply Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy—better known today as lobotomy—for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949.
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