History of Latin American Dermatology

JOSÉ A. MÁSSIMO, PEDRO GARCÍA ZUBILLAGA, GRACIELA MANZUR, MIRTA VÁZQUEZFigure 7. SecondArgentine Congress ofNeonatal Dermatology(2003)In the month of June, the plan to make PediatricDermatology known in the Argentineprovinces was launched in Tucumán; on the 15 thand 16 th , the First Sessions of Pediatric Dermatologyof Northwest Argentina took place with thepresence of the country’s most outstanding specialistsand a large number of participants.Between August 29 and 31, 2002, a majormilestone was achieved, in the auditoriums of thePalais Rouge, by the Third Argentine Congress ofPediatric Dermatology, under the presidency ofDr. José Antonio Mássimo, and with the presenceof Drs. Ernesto Bonifazzi from Italy and AmyNopper from the United States, within a majorframework of participants.By that date, the building of the associationheadquarters’ second story was completed, and the official opening was held on August30, with the presence of the foreign guests and of numerous local academic officials.The scientific year ended on November 30th with the unfolding of the third meetingin the city of Luján, province of Buenos Aires, with a major scientific program and theparticipation of numerous colleagues.On April 12, 2003, the scientific activities for that year began with the holding of thefirst meeting in the halls of the Palais Rouge in the city of Buenos Aires.On June 28, continuing with the undertaking to make the field known outside the cityof Buenos Aires, the year’s second scientific gathering was held at the Children’s Hospitalin La Plata, with numerous participants who traveled there from Buenos Aires and thepresence of a large number of colleagues from the city of La Plata and its surroundings.Between September 11 and 13, 2003, the Second Argentine Congress of Neonatal Dermatologywas held with the presidency of Dr. José Antonio Mássimo. It enjoyed the presenceas special guests of Drs. Carlo Gelmetti (Italy), Joseph Morelli (U.S.) and Marcelo Ruvertoni(Uruguay) and an enrollment that topped the number of 800 participants (Figure 7).At the end of the congress, during the meeting of members, it was decided to confirmthe Governing Board for a new two-year period, the Board being constituted as follows:president, José Antonio Mássimo; vice-president, María Teresa Zabala; general secretary,Pedro García Zubillaga; scientific secretary, Graciela Manzur; treasurer, CarlosLorenzano; full members, Grete Bloch and Nancy Leston; substitute members, SusanaGrees and Silvina Bruey, and as members of the monitoring organ, full account reviewersRicardo Kohan and Guillermo Ihlo, and substitute account reviewer Pedro Rovere.On December 6th and 7th, 2003, the year’s scientific activities came to an end at thepicturesque city of La Falda, Córdoba, with the unfolding of the First Sessions of PediatricDermatology of Central Argentina. The visiting lecturers were Professors Drs. RicardoNegroni and Héctor Lanfranchi, of the city of Buenos Aires, Eudoro de los Ríos, ofSan Miguel de Tucumán, and Miguel Tregnaghi of the city of Córdoba.For the first scientific meeting of the year 2004, on March 27 a new visit was paid tothe museum of the Reconquest in the city of Tigre, in the province of Buenos Aires, carryingout an attractive program that was enjoyed by a packed auditorium.From the outset of that year ASADEPE’s scientific committee, under the leadership ofDr. Graciela Manzur, gave a strong boost to teaching activities at the association’s headquarters,with the offering of diverse courses (Esthetics, Immunology, Therapeutics, Genetics,and Exanthematic Diseases) and the setting up of the monthly TeachingAthenaeum, with the participation of specialists and physicians under training belongingto the residency and to the Pediatric Dermatology study course of the Medical School.60