Dr. MARIO GONÇALVES CARNEIRO Doctor in Medicina y Surgery.

Became Bachelor of Medicina and Surgery by the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra University in 1942. He did his Doctorate thesis about thermalism under the name "As Caldas of Chaves" In the same University.
In 1945, he studied Hydrology and Medical Climatology. Is specialized in General Surgery. He as well followed a Course about Pedagogic Sciences in the University of Coimbra, Course of Thisiology and Sanitary Medicine, Course of Specialization in Rheumatic ailments for post-graduates in the Hospital Saint Paul of Barcelona( Spain); Qualified of Competence in Medical Hydrology by the Orden de los Médicos (Portugal).
He currently is:

Clinic Director of Caldas of Chaves since 22 September 1945; Director of the Hospital of Caldas of Chaves since 1950 ; General Secretary of "First Tramontano Thermal Congress " ( 1973) ; General Secretary of the "Thermal Colloquy of Alto Tamega and Meeting Luso-Spanish in Médical Hydrology"(1988).
Organizer of a divulging course " As Termas and the General Clinic"for Medicine Doctors of Northern part of Portugal and Galicia (1991).
Member of several Scientific Medical Assotations either national or international ,standing out among then "Portuguese Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology" , "Spanish Society of Medical Hydrology", "International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology" (Germany), Foreign member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Galicia.
Author of several book, standing out especially the first one: "As Caldas of Chaves" (1945) and the recent one: "A Magia de Aquae Flaviae" 
He has made near hundred of Conferencies and Communications in Portugal and abroad about Thermalism and he is as well author af many articles for newspapers and magazines.
Doctor Mario G. Carneiro Sheep passed away day 11 of July of 2008 in his native city, Calda de Chaves.