<Tr> <Th> Fields </Th> <Td> Neurologist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Institutions </Th> <Td> University of Coimbra (1902); University of Lisbon (1921--1944) </Td> </Tr> <P> António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (29 November 1874--13 December 1955), known as Egas Moniz (Portuguese: (ˈɛɣɐʒ muˈniʃ)), was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography . He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy--​ known better today as lobotomy--​ for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 (shared with Walter Rudolf Hess). </P> <P> He held academic positions, wrote many medical articles and also served in several legislative and diplomatic posts in the Portuguese government . In 1911 he became professor of neurology in Lisbon until his retirement in 1944 . </P>

Who developed the surgical procedure known as the lobotomy