{"id":2782,"date":"2025-05-07T13:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roo.fmrp.usp.br\/?page_id=2782"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:01:31","slug":"sobre-o-departamento","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roo.fmrp.usp.br\/en\/sobre-o-departamento\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Founded by Prof. Dr. Almiro Pinto Azeredo in 1959, the Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (ROO)<\/b> of the\u00a0 Medical School of\u00a0Ribeir\u00e3o Preto\u00a0<\/span>(FMRP)<\/span>\u00a0at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo is located in the Hospital das Cl\u00ednicas<\/i> in Ribeir\u00e3o Preto and has been home to professionals from interdisciplinary areas for over 60 years, when Dr. Almiro Azevedo was appointed to make the discipline of Ophthalmology official, which was taught on a voluntary basis at the beginning of FMRP’s activities, in the improvised Ophthalmology Department, which managed to expand its facilities in 1961, with equipment and surgical instruments acquired by HC and FMRP with support from the Rockfeller Foundation.<\/span><\/p>

From 1957 onwards, the first Otorhinolaryngology classes were offered, initially as an optional course under the responsibility of the Peroral Endoscopy and Face and Neck Tumor Surgery service, coordinated by Professor Luiz de G\u00f3es Mascarenhas and supported by other professors from S\u00e3o Paulo and volunteers. It wasn’t until 1970 that the Otorhinolaryngology Department was formally developed and linked to the Ophthalmology Department, which was renamed the Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology Department, and later moved to new premises in the new HCRP building on the USP campus in 1978, marking an era of development and progress for both specialties. In 1985, with the arrival of Professor Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f4nio de Oliveira, Otorhinolaryngology began a strong phase of academic, scientific and care development.<\/span><\/p>

Professor Luiz de G\u00f3es Mascarenhas also played an important role in the development of the Head and Neck Surgery discipline, which began in 1957 and constantly evolved as a result of the knowledge and perceptions of the interface between this specialty and the areas of Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology. In 2000 the discipline was transferred to the Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, becoming the current Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery – ROO, also including the Speech and Hearing Therapy course in 2003.<\/span><\/p>

The Department currently offers services at all levels of care, forming part of the Sistema Unificado de Sa\u00fade (SUS) and working in locations coordinated by the HCFMRP\/FMRPUSP\/FAEPA Healthcare Complex, such as:<\/span><\/p>