José Antonio Livramento (Figure 3) was born in Recife, Pernambuco, in 1945⁸. He graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 1968 and was a Neurology resident at the Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, from 1969 to 1970⁸, since when he has followed an academic career. In 1978 he completed his masters in Neurology under the supervision of Prof. Spina-França with the dissertation “Immunoglobulins in Normal Cerebrospinal Fluid”. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1980 with the study “The Contribution of Immunofluorescent Reactions in Cerebrospinal Fluid to the Study of Neurocysticercosis”, also under the supervision of Prof. Spina-França⁸. In 1986 he was awarded the livre-docência at FMUSP with his thesis “Cerebrospinal Fluid Syndrome in Neurocysticercosis”. Prof. Livramento carried out numerous activities at FMUSP, the São Paulo Association of Medicine, the BAN, the WFN and the São Paulo Academy of Medicine⁸. From 2010 to 2017 he was editor of the ANP together with Prof. Machado, a duty he always performed with great elegance and dedication.

Source: https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20170187.