History of Latin American Dermatology

Dermatology and dermatologists in Brazildirection of Degrais, and, upon returning to Brazil, with Fernando Terra founded the Instituteof Electroradiology, later included in the Dermatology Clinic of the National MedicalSchool.4. Adolfo Lutz completed his internships in Switzerland with Paul Gerson Unna (1850-1929), the founder of modern Dermatology.5. Ney Romitti worked in Munich with Alfred Marchionini.6. Sebastião de Almeida Sampaio completed his medical internships at the MayoClinic, in Rochester, US.7. Newton Guimarães worked in Barcelona with Xavier Vilanova.8. Joaquim Pereira da Mota (1894-1952) worked in Paris with Pautrier.9. Valdir Bandeira (Recife) and René Garrido Neves (Niterói) completed their medicalinternships in Buenos Aires, in the services of Julio Borda and Jorge Abulafia.The Brazilian Society of Dermatology (BSD)The founding meeting of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology began at ten o’clock onthe morning of Sunday, February 4, 1912, at the Miguel Couto Ward of Rio de Janeiro’sHoly House of Mercy. Eighteen doctors were present, of whom only ten were dermatologists.Three of them were part of the Organizing Commission: Fernando Terra, EduardoRabello and Werneck Machado. The other founders were Drs. Moncorvo Filho, AlfredoPorto, Eduardo Magalhães, Adolfo Lutz, Víctor de Teive, Caetano de Menezes, GasparViana, Leal Júnior, Oscar da Silva Araújo, Juliano Moreira, Paulo Parreiras Horta,Zopyro Goulart, Miguel Salles, Eduardo Jorge and Franco de Carvalho.The BSD is the second largest entity of the specialized field in the world, in numberof members. February 5, 2000, was approved as the date for the annual day of commemorationof the Dermatologist.Predominant in the first thirteen years of activities of the BSD, along with the mostearnest scientific debate, was the encouragement of research — later extended to thenew generations that studied Medicine —as well as the knowledge and the disseminationof dermatological activities in the other regions of the country; the welcoming and kindspirit of the leaders and the preoccupation with laying the foundations for the constructionof something definitive for the future.The history of the BSD included two lengthy presidencies: that of Fernando Terra,which lasted thirteen years, and that of Eduardo Rabello, who led it for fifteen yearswithout interruption.The presidents of the BSD■ The Brazilian Society of Dermatology (BSD)The dermatologists who held the Presidency of the BSD were: Fernando Terra (1912);Eduardo Rabello (1925); Oscar Silva Araújo (1941); Joaquim Mota (1942); João Ramos eSilva (1944); A. F. Da Costa Jr. (1946); Hildebrando Portugal (1948); Francisco EduardoRabello (1950); Demétrio Peryassu (1951); Edgard Drolhe da Costa (1953); Luis CamposMello (1955); Antar Padilha-Gonçalves (1957); Mário Rutowitsch (1959); Rubem DavidAzulay (1961); Glynne Leite Rocha (1963); J. Aguiar Pupo (1964); João Ramos e Silva(1965); Domingos Barbosa da Silva (1966). Antônio Carlos Pereira (1967); Rui NoronhaMiranda (1968); Jorge Lobo (1969); Anuar Auad (1970); Clóvis Bopp (1971); Rubem DavidAzulay (1972); Tancredo Furtado (1973); Sebastião de Almeida Prado Sampaio (1974),Jarbas Anacleto Porto (1975); José Pessoa Mendes (1976); Walter Moura Cantídio (1977);João Batista Gontijo (1978); Newton Guimarães (1980); Raymundo Martins Castro (1981);Márcio Lobo Jardim (1982); José Serrya (1983); Jorge José de Souza Filho (1984); LuizCarlos Cucé (1985); Divino Rassi (1986); René Garrido Neves (1987); César Bernardi85