Nise Yamaguchi

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Nise Hitomi Yamaguchi (Maringá, May 6, 1959) is a Brazilian physician and university researcher-professor with a doctorate in oncology.[1][2]

Professional career[]

She graduated in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in 1982, and completed her residency in clinical medicine in immunology and allergies at the Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP) in 1988.

During her studies, she took courses in Germany and Switzerland on the humanistic view of patients and their families. She also participated in training in New York City with scientists at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she studied aspects of tumor immunology, which resulted in her master's thesis defended in the discipline of immunology at HCFMUSP, in 1993.[3]

Recognition[]

She became known nationally for being quoted to succeed the then Minister of Health Luiz Henrique Mandetta, for defending the controversial protocol of use of the drug hydroxychloroquine[4] in patients diagnosed with COVID-19, in accordance with the conception of the President of Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The doctor is part of the crisis office to deal with the pandemic and even held meetings with President Jair Bolsonaro. She was even quoted in speculation about the possibility of an exchange in the Ministry of Health.[3] Nise, however, was not chosen to replace Minister Mandetta, as Nelson Teich's appointment to head the Ministry of Health materialized.

After Nelson Teich's resignation on May 15, 2020,[5] the appointment of Nise Yamaguchi to the Ministry of Health leadership was again speculated, and she even met again with President Jair Bolsonaro.[6] After the meeting, Yamaguchi claimed that Bolsonaro did not invite her to succeed Teich, however, the immunologist physician remains one of the main candidates to take over the portfolio.[7]

Albert Einstein Hospital[]

In July 2020, the doctor who defends the use of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 was suspended by the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, where she works as an oncologist and infectious disease specialist.[8] According to her, the hospital management did not agree with her statements in defense of the drug for the cure of COVID-19, and justified the suspension by believing that her opinions without scientific basis denigrate the hospital because everyone associates the doctor with that health unit, but Sidney Klajner, president of the hospital, denied that this was related to her suspension. Nise also won the support of the president of the Zionist Brazil Israel Association, Felix Soibelman, who called the hospital's decision a "new inquisition carried out in the name of Albert Einstein."[9]


In July 2020, studies conducted by Oxford University in England, the National Institutes of Health in the United States, and the World Health Organization concluded that hydroxychloroquine has no beneficial effect on disease prevention or treatment.[10] Nise Yamaguchi believes that, behind the denial of the drug's effectiveness, there is competition between great powers, conspiring to weaken the world's production capacity, "letting its population die."[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nise Yamaguchi". Museu da Pessoa. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Quem é a médica Nise Yamaguchi, a próxima a depor na CPI da Pandemia". CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rosário, Mariana (7 April 2020). "Quem é Nise Yamaguchi, a imunologista que defende o uso da cloroquina". Veja. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Uso de cloroquina no tratamento da Covid-19 divide opiniões pelo mundo, e cientistas pedem cautela" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Teich deixa o Ministério da Saúde antes de completar um mês no cargo e após divergir de Bolsonaro". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ Soares, Ingrid (15 May 2020). "Após demissão de Teich, Nise Yamaguchi se reúne com Bolsonaro". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Nise Yamaguchi diz que não foi convidada para assumir Ministério da Saúde". O Antagonista (in Portuguese). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Médica Nise, que defende o uso da hidroxicloroquina, é suspensa de hospital". ISTOÉ Independente (in Portuguese). 11 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Brazilian hospital suspends doctor for comparing COVID-19 to Holocaust". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  10. ^ Alvim - @marianaalvim, Mariana (24 July 2020). "Os detalhes do estudo brasileiro 'padrão ouro' que aponta ineficácia da cloroquina contra covid-19" (in Portuguese). BBC News Brasil.
  11. ^ "Paulo Sampaio - Para médica Nise Yamaguchi, comunidade científica conspira contra a vida". noticias.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 August 2020.

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