Evandro Chagas

Evandro Chagas (b. August 10, 1905, Rio de Janeiro; d. November 8, 1940, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine. He was the eldest son of Carlos Chagas (1879-1934), noted physician and scientist who discovered Chagas disease, and brother of Carlos Chagas Filho (1910-2000), also a noted physician and scientist who was president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Evandro Chagas died at an air crash in Rio de Janeiro at 35 years of age.

The Instituto Evandro Chagas, a basic and clinical research institution, is named for him.

Evandro Chagas