Hospital Egas Moniz Lisbon

If you are visiting a patient or having treatment, you might need a discount hotel near the Hospital Egas Moniz in Lisbon. The hospital is located on Rua da Junqueira 126 in southern Lisbon, and was named after António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz. He was most commonly known as Egas Moniz, and was a neurologist and researcher (1874-1955) and the first Portuguese to receive a Nobel Prize. The techniques he developed in treating cerebral angiography and leucotomy are still widely used nowadays. The Hospital is across the road from the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical campus of Lisbon, which is a part of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. It has the world's largest ALS (Lou Gehrig’s) research center. One can also visit the interior of his country home and birth place, which became a museum. Everything related to his daily life can be found at the Museu Egas Moniz.