Roberto Kalil Wins Seat No. 1 at Brazil's National Academy of Medicine

Overview

• Kalil received 72 of 96 votes in a secret ballot in the academy's first plenary election of 2026.
• He will take Seat No. 1, succeeding José Manoel Jansen, who died in August 2025.
• The National Academy of Medicine is a 100-member institution that issues expert guidance that can influence Brazil's public health decisions.
• Kalil is a professor at the University of São Paulo, leads cardiology at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, and chairs the InCor council.
• He is the personal physician to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and he wrote that the post fulfills a career goal and that he will support research, innovation and national health debates.