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On April 22, 2004 Latin America lost a charismatic leader in Hepatology. Like Hans Popper and Kamal Ishak in the United States, Peter Scheuer and Valery Desmet in Europe, Luiz Carlos da Costa Gayotto dedicated his life to Liver Pathology and was a reference for all latinamericans.
Gayotto was Dean Professor of Pathology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He published around 200 scientific papers, including original studies, chapters of books, articles and reviews, in three languages English, Spanish and Portuguese. He contributed to the study of epidemiology and pathology of viral hepatitis. In terms of prevention, belonging to the first Consulting Committee of the Ministry of Health of Brazil, he developed actions to start hepatitis B vaccination, specially in the Amazon region which, according to his studies, is considered an hyperendemic area..