History of Latin American Dermatology

PAULO R. CUNHAmaterials and items for the course. She immediately perceived that making the beds ofthe infirmary available to Dermatology, being present at graduation, and creating a Residencyin Dermatology constituted the means to gain strength and to grow.”Between 1971 and the 1980s, new faculty members were hired, including Marta CassoniHabermann, Sílvio Alencar Marques, Joel Carlos Lastória, Hamílton Ometto Stoff,Sílvia Regina Barraviera, Vidal Haddad Júnior and Maria Regina Silvares (it is necessaryto recall that in Botucatu faculty members are full-time and with exclusive dedication).With the creation of the PSU in 1976, new departments were constituted, Dermatologybecoming joined to radiology and to infectious and parasitic diseases. In 1994, the Dermatologyand Radiotherapy Department were created, which ended up being a better solution,even though it still suffered the contingencies of the prohibition of further hiring.In 1970, with four beds being available and a strong demand existiting for outpatienttreatments, the Medical Residency was initiated, at first going through a slow and difficultconsolidation process until 1978, when it started to grow. Between 1970 and 2001, 82 residentsgraduated from the program. From 1994 to the present, 6 vacancies were offered.As for the Service, having had 2 beds in 1968, Dermatology now has 16. The General andSpecial Outpatient Office operates daily in the two shifts, with 7 consultation areas, 2 operatingrooms and the wound healing treatment room. There are mycology, photographicdocumentation, allergic immunology, photobiology and telemedicine services.Celso Piero Hospital and Maternity (PUC Campinas)The Dermatology Service of the PUC Campinas was created in 1979 by Prof. Dr. WalterBelda, who headed it until the late 80s. The first assistants to be hired were Dr. AntônioFrancisco Bastos, Maria Elizabeth Nanni and, later, Dr. João Roberto Pupo Neto.The medical residency was approved by the MEC in 1987 for two First-Year or two Second-Yearvacancies in Dermatology, a situation that has persisted up to the present, withthe prerequisite of two years of clinical medicine.After the Dermatology Service had undergone serious difficulties, Dr. Lúcia Arrudatook over the leadership in 2002 with the purpose of restructuring it. At present, Drs.Mariana Zaniboni, Sylvia Ipiranga, Márcia Mayko Kobayashi, Cláudia Valéria Braz,Valéria Pereira Santos are under contract to the Celso Piero Hospital. Collaboration asvolunteer faculty is also provided by Drs. Rilde Veríssimo in the Pathology Service, Dr.Glória Sasseron and Dr. Antonio Bastos Filho in the Dermatology outpatient service, andProf. Magali Soares in the teaching of Mycology. The meetings of the Service take placeon Tuesdays and an invited professor attends every first Tuesday of the month.The ABC Dermatology ServiceThe Dermatology Service of the ABC was launched by Prof. Luis Henrique CamargoPaschoal, a pioneer in dermatological surgery, and is now under the leadership of Dr.Carlos Machado Filho. At present, the dermatological surgery center is considered to beone of the best in Latin America. Dr. Luis Henrique Camargo Paschoal and his disciplesCarlos Machado, Mário Marques, Eliandre Palermo and Francisco Levocci stand out atnational level in this specialized subfield. Prof. Francisco Macedo Paschoal was also oneof the pioneers in classical and digital dermatoscopy.In addition to those mentioned above, São Paulo has the following services available:the Wladimir Arruda University Hospital (Head of Service, Dr. Luiz Cucé); the GuilhermeÁlvaro Hospital; the Lusíadas Foundation (Head of Service, Prof. Dr. Ney Romitti), SãoPaulo University; the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (Head of Service, Prof. Norma Foss);Unicamp (Head of Service, Dr. Elemir Macedo de Souza); the Marília Medical School(Head of Service, Dr. Spencer Sornas) and the Taubaté University Hospital — UNITAU(Head of Service, Dr. Samuel Mandelbaum).104