NACPC: A Transdisciplinary Action for Life

Pedro Guimarães was born in Salvador-Bahia, on September 22, 1964. At 03 years old he moved to Rio de Janeiro with his family, father, mother and 03 sisters, where he remained until he was 13. In between, he experienced the separation of his parents, following the early flee of his father, leaving the responsibility of caring for the whole family only with his mother, which was overloaded of work to survive and care for 04 children. This fact made Pedro learn early on how to solve his own problems, developing an unusual sense of practicality, the courage to face his own fears, the development of resilience and an unquestioning faith. Back in Salvador, in 1977, he continued his studies supported by this mother´s struggle and his own quest for growth and development, innate characteristic of his personality. By the end of 1982, he applied for the university and was approved. He joined the School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, against the will of his mother, who insisted he studied engineering. Even without the necessary support at home, he began to study medicine graduating in 1989. As a student, from the first year, he went to the surgical area, especially in the discipline of Surgical Technique. Under the supervision and care of Prof.. Celso Figueroa, he begun to exercise a leadership role already in college. He organized, together with another group of students, all the practical part that included classes of instruments, types of nodes, types of probe, amongst others, with the experimental classes performed on rats, simulating the surgeries performed in humans. This type of approach has been very innovative, especially remembering what happened nearly 20 years ago. They proved that when it became aware of the types of experimental classes that were held here, the Faculty of Medicine, USP - Ribeirão Preto absorbed the experience of the team and implemented the same methodology in their classes Technique and Experimental Surgery. A long journey began and it was always kept as a base reference and differential Experimental Surgery. After his graduation, Peter took a test to become a Resident in Sao Paulo. City in which he settled, he was approved to perform medical residency at Hospital 09 July. After completion of medical residency, he was approved by the Brazilian Society of Urology, becoming the Chair Member and Member of the Society, returning, after that, to his hometown. But he was willing to follow the slope of academic education, realizing that he would need to invest, he decided to leave the office and hospital, leaving with courage, an early stage, already very well structured, to return to Sao Paulo to complete the master's and doctoral. Again, this was not a decision that gained the support of his family. It was a stage also of very difficult choices that would change his life. Living there, in order not to lose the bond with the faculty of medicine at home, he had to travel every 02 months to teach and especially to coordinate the group of students / instructors who conducted the practical and scientific discipline. Even from afar, his power did not diminished as a teacher and he coordinated by far, using fax, phone meetings via speakerphone, since the Internet was not as accessible. It was an exercise of leadership, ability to mobilize and motivate an entire team. All this more than 1000 km away. In 1997, he defended the Master's thesis at the Federal University of São Paulo - Paulista School of Medicine and was approved. In 1999 he defended his Ph.D. thesis in Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo - Paulista School of Medicine, approved with grade 10 and quoted with approval. It was an exquisite work, which has developed a special technique of staining tissues of guinea pigs to evaluate malformations in rats. His motivation was related to their inclination to seek solutions to social problems based on his humanitarian medical vision. As a teacher, he was always associated with the technical information with the scientific view on the humanitarian care of patients. Until 2002 he remained in private medical school, and after that he was approved in the public system as an Adjunct Professor of the Federal University of Bahia, continuing his contribution as an educator and humanitarian doctor.