This symposium will explore the intersection between humanitarianism, medicine, and anthropology among communities in Latin America.
Join us for an inspiring morning of presentations by medical and social scientists who work in Central & South America and the Caribbean.
Welcome Remarks
Diego Jaramilo Jaramillo, Consul General of Ecuador, in Los Angeles
C. Cindy Fan, Vice Provost for International Studies, International Institute and Professor of Geography at UCLA
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
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
Nicolas Cuttriss, MD, MPH, FAAP, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, AYUDA (American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc.) Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Federico G. Velez, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ,School of Medicine & Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA
Thomas S. Weisner, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCLA
Daniel Levi, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology & Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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:
Diego Jaramillo, Consul General of Ecuador
C.Cindy Fan, Vice Provost, International Institute
Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D. Director, Center for World Health
Kevin Terraciano, Ph.D., Director, Latin American Institute
9:40 am Reza Jarrahy, M.D. & Bonnie Taub, Ph.D.
10:05 am Nicolas Cuttriss, M.D.
10:50 am Break
11:10am Federico Velez ,M.D.
11:45 am Thomas Weisner, Ph.D.
12:20 pm Daniel Levi, M.D.
12:55pm Closing Remarks: Drs. Taub and Jarrahy
1:15pm Lunch
2:15pm Adjourn