Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira joins National Academy of Medicine

Pediatrician and Fiocruz researcher Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira has been inaugurated as a full member of the National Academy of Medicine (ANM), occupying chair number 17 of the Medicine Section.

Moreira, widely known as Bebeth, is the 11th woman elected to the Academy and the first pediatrician to receive this distinction. Her career has focused on neonatology, scientific research, and the defense of the Unified Health System (SUS).

The induction ceremony included representatives from various medical entities, such as the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. During her speech, Moreira stated that the distinction was not an individual achievement but the result of a collective trajectory built alongside colleagues and institutions dedicated to science and public health.