History of Latin American Dermatology

Dermatology and dermatologists in BrazilInternational Society of Dermatology and of the National Academy of Medicine. For hispersonal merits and the quality of his scientific work, he was honored with thirteenawards: Oswaldo Cruz gold medal, Antonio Pedro (three times) and Gaspar Viana, JorgeLobo prize, many plaques — three national ones and one from the North American ClinicalDermatological Society. Azulay is one of the most outstanding authors in the Historyof Brazilian Dermatology.Rui MirandaA pillar of Paraná dermatology, in 1960 he founded the Souza Araújo Center of LeprosyStudies at Paraná’s Federal University, and, in 1990, the Pro-Hansen Foundation. Inthe field of Dermatology, he described five new pathologies, and within hansenology, hecontributed to a better knowledge of the disease.Lucio BakosBorn in 1942, in Zadar — present-day Croatia, then Italian territory — he graduatedin 1966 from Rio Grande do Sul’s Federal University (RGSFU). He was Visiting Scholar atCambridge University during 1972-73, working at Cambridge’s Addenbrooke’s Hospital,headed by Dr. Arthur Rook. He is Full Professor of Dermatology at the UFRGS since 1991.Sylvio FragaHe graduated in 1953 from the Medical School of the old Brazil University. Between1955 and 1956, he did his medical internship in Philadelphia (US). He completed the specializationin Dermatology and the pathology course at the Armed Forces Institute ofPathology in Washington. He was co-founder of the Dermatology Institute of the HolyHouse.João and Bernardo GontijoFrom Minas Gerais, the Gontijo family (the father, João B. Gontijo Assunção, and theson, Bernardo Gontijo) are distinguished personalities in Dermatology. João graduated in1947 from the MGFU, and completed his medical internship in Paris, at the Saint-LouisHospital, in 1948-1949. Through public competition, he obtained the degree of associateprofessor and unchaired faculty member of the MGFU. He published twenty-four worksindividually or in collaboration, and presented around two hundred papers at congressesand meetings in Brazil and abroad. Bernardo, the son, graduated from MGFU and completedhis medical internship in Dermatology at SPU’s Hospital das Clínicas ; he is currentlyprofessor of the MGFU Medical School. Both whave been participating membersand presidents of the BSD.Mário and Márcio RutowitschMárcio Rutowitsch is son of the dermatologist Mário Rutowitsch, who was presidentof the BSD in 1960. Márcio graduated from Fluminense Federal University and is currentlythe Head of the Dermatology Service at the HSE.Jorge José de Souza FilhoBorn in Florianópolis in 1937, he graduated from Paraná’s Federal University in1964, and was accepted in 1965 as intern with a scholarship at São Paulo’s Hospital das83