On November 20, in Rio de Janeiro, at the headquarters of SBC, the title of honorary member was awarded to Professor Fausto J. Pinto. According to its President, Marcelo Quiroga, SBC "is very careful about granting this title, so much so that the last one was granted in 1992". He also mentions that, Professor Fausto J. Pinto "gathers enviable qualifications and a brilliant associative insertion in Europe, being one of the main names in the world cardiology".