Roquette, J2011-06-292011-06-292004Rev Port Cir Cardiotorac Vasc. 2004 Oct-Dec;11(4):185-8http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/292In this article the author evokes the figures of the past-presidents of the Portuguese Society for Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, since its foundation, and enhances their qualities, regarded as examples for the new generations of cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeons in training. He approaches and describes the skills and personal requirements considered as essentials to be developed nowadays, by all those who dedicate their lives to those exciting and passionate surgical specialities.porPessoal AdministrativoCompetência ClínicaLiderançaPortugalSociedades MédicasCirurgia TorácicaProcedimentos Cirúrgicos Vascularesjournal article