This symposium will explore the intersection between medicine, surgery and anthropology among communities in Brazil.
Join us for an inspiring morning of presentations by clinicians and social scientists who work in Latin America.
Welcome Remarks
Ambassador Bruno de Risios Bath, Consul General of Brazil in Los Angeles
Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D., Director, Center for World Health, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Kevin Terraciano, Ph.D., Director, Latin American Institute at UCLA
Presenters
Karin Nielsen, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine & Mattel Children’s Hospital, Director of the Center for Brazilian Studies at UCLA
Reza Jarrahy, M.D., F.A.C.S.,F.A.A.P.,Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Cassio Raposo do Amaral, M.D.,Ph.D. Vice President and Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital Sobrapar, Campinas, Brazil
Bonnie Taub, M.P.H,M.A.,Ph.D., Co-Chair, Latin American Studies Graduate Program;
Fielding School of Public Health & Department of Anthropology at UCLA
Schedule
8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks:
Ambassador Bruno de Risios Bath Consul General of Brazil
Kevin Terraciano,Ph.D.,Director, Latin American Institute,UCLA
Thomas J. Coates,Ph.D. Director, Center for World Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
9:40am Reza Jarrahy, M.D. & Bonnie Taub, Ph.D.
“Forging a New Paradigm : Surgical Anthropology and Anthropological Surgery”
10:10 am Karin Nielsen,M.D.,MPH
“Congenital Infections in Brazilian Children: Clinical and Community Research"
10:55 am Break
11: 15 am Cassio Raposo do Amaral,M.D.,Ph.D.,
“Specialized care to the diverse, multicultural and mixed Brazilian population:
Understanding our differences”
12:15pm Discussion & Closing Remarks
12:45pm Lunch, Music and Posters by Lehmann Scholars
2:00 pm Adjourn