Internal medicine
Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira was a professor of Internal medicine and acting President (Reitor) of the University of São Paulo between October, 8th, 1968 and April, 29th, 1969. During his short tenure as head of the University of São Paulo, he actively pursued university reforms, repealed the repression of students by police forces and objected the arbitrary political persecution within the university enforced by the military regime who ruled the country.