Abel Salazar (scientist) should not be confused with António de Oliveira Salazar.
| Abel Salazar | |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Guimarães, Portugal |
| Death Place: | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Field: | Medicine |
| Work Institutions: | Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto |
| Alma Mater: | Surgical-Medical School of Porto |
Abel de Lima Salazar (19 July 1889, in Guimarães – 29 December 1946, in Lisbon), was a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter who worked and lived in Porto. He was the son of Adolfo Barroso Pereira Salazar (20 October 1858 in Guimarães – 1 January 1941 in Porto) and wife Adelaide da Luz da Silva e Lima (died 3 October 1929 in Porto).
Founded in 1975, the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (in English Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute), a research center and biosciences school of the University of Porto, was named after him.He was an anti-fascist and his painting with his social references anticipates the neo-realist movement in the Portuguese painting.