History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Dermatology in ColombiaThe Association has held 24 national congresses, the first in Bogotá (December 8-10,1960), the second in Medellín (1961), the third in Cali (1963), under the presidencies ofGuillermo Pardo Villalba, José Posada Trujillo and Hernán Tobón Pizarro, respectively.The following ones took place in Bucaramanga, Bogotá, Barranquilla, Manizales,Pereira, Paipa, Pasto, Cartagena, San Andrés, Santa Marta and Bogotá (2004).Six national congresses of Pediatric Dermatology have also been held (since 1964,every two years), and three national congresses of Dermatological Surgery (since 1999,every two years).The Ninth Ibero-Latin American Congress took place in Medellín in 1979, under thepresidency of Alonso Cortés.Some other events held by schools and chapters include:- 10 international symposia on Dermatology, Institute of Health Sciences (CES);- 1 international symposium on Contact Dermatitis (Bolivarian Pontifical U.) and twointernational symposia (city of Medellín, University of Antioquia, CES and Bolivarian PontificalU., in Medellín).- 4 international seminars on pediatric Dermatology;- 7 symposia on dermatological therapy;- 2 courses of the International Society of Dermatology, U. del Valle;- 18 courses of the International Society of Dermatology, organized by María MélidaDurán, Bogotá.- Multiple dermatological sessions of the Coast, Bolivarian Society.- 2 oncological Dermatology seminars and 1 course, School of Oncological Dermatology,National Cancer Institute.- 4 dermatological symposia of the Caribbean, Association of Dermatologists of the Atlantic.- Fifteenth Bolivarian Congress 2000 and Fourth Colombian-Venezuelan Encounter,Pereira.- “Pedro Miguel Román Suárez” dermatological athenaeum, Chapter of North of Santander.- 1 course on Progress in Dermatology, 1 course on Tropical Medicine and Sessions on“Skin Cancer Prevention”; Central Military Hospital, University of New Granada.- 4 refresher courses and workshops, Association of Santander.■ Teaching Dermatology: Dermatology schools-servicesTeaching Dermatology: Dermatology schools-servicesIn Colombia the teaching of this specialized field has been carried out in the diverseDermatology services, within the framework of academic and research and taking universityhospitals, whose contribution has been fundamental for dermatological treatmentfor the community, as the base for action. Nine services exist with graduate studies inDermatology at different universities in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Cali, one oncologicalDermatology subfield program in Bogotá and one dermatological surgery programin Medellín. In addition, various Dermatology services operate in many cities andoffer undergraduate medical teaching.Since they were launched in the nineteenth century, the services have turned into trueschools of Dermatology that have accompanied the development of the field. During thefirst years they followed the guidelines of European schools, particularly that of theFrench, which became dogma in the medical world. At the beginning of the twentiethcentury it came under the influence of the United States school, which continues to thisday. Since the mid-twentieth century it has also received the contribution from the LatinAmerican schools, especially those of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, since many dermatologistshave traveled to those countries for their training. With these varied influences,137