What is Ivo Pitanguy?
'''Ivo Hélcio Jardim de Campos Pitanguy''' (July 5, 1926 – August 6, 2016) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[Plastic surgery|plastic surgeon]]. He was born in [[Belo Horizonte]]. In 1953, he began working at a Brazilian hospital. On December 17, 1961, [[Niterói circus fire|a burning circus tent fell on 2,500 spectators]] in the Brazilian city of [[Niterói]]. Pitanguy treated [[burn]] victims for weeks on an [[emergency]] basis. He later referred to the event as life changing, as it taught him that for many, physical appearance was critical to living. Pitanguy died of a [[heart attack]] at his home in [[Rio de Janeiro]] on 6 August 2016, aged 90.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37001270 Celebrated Brazil plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy dies at 90]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites== * [http://www.pitanguy.com/ Ivo Pitanguy Clinic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828195210/http://www.pitanguy.com/ |date=2005-08-28 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitanguy, Ivo}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Surgeons]] [[Category:Brazilian physicians]] [[Category:People from Belo Horizonte]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] {{bio-stub}}