History of Latin American Dermatology

PAULO R. CUNHAFigure 11. Prof. Dr.Paulo CunhaFigure 12. Firstemining board for TEDacreditation (October28, 1967) in Juiz deFora. Left to right:Rubem D. Azulay, RuiMiranda, SebastiãoSampaio, TancredoFurtado and ClóvisBoppBrazil. Based on the collected data, the president of the BSD, Dr. Marcio Rutowitsh, organizeda series of meetings with young dermatologists with less than ten years of trainingin order to discuss the outlook for the profession, and thus strengthen theparticipation of the BSD in support of the field.At the same time, the BSD is promoting a review in the Anais Brasileiros of Dermatologiawith the purpose of attaining the reorganization of the data base, Índex Medicus/Medline.The degree of specialist in DermatologySince 1950, under Law No. 1,270, the BSD is considered of public interest. Twentythreeyears went by between the holding of the first meeting of Brazilian specialists indermatology and syphilography, in 1944, and the other great event in the history of theentity, in 1967: the examination of the first physicians to obtain the degree of specialistin Dermatology, held in Juiz de Fora. The professors who took that first exam were: TancredoFurtado, Clovis Bopp, Rubem David Azulay, Rui Noronha de Miranda and SebastiãoSampaio (delegate to the AMB) (Figure 12).In 2005, the thirty-ninth specialist degree exam of the BSD took place, under the presidencyof Professor Dr. Paulo R. Cunha.Services certified by the BSDThe scope of services certified nationwide by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology iscomposed of seventy units. This shows the maturity of the specialized field in the country,providing broad care for millions of patients with cutaneous diseases. In additon to204 annual vacancies for medical internships, and specialization, there are master’s andPhD degrees in its graduate courses.Regional UnitsNORTH-NORTHEASTBahiaBahia, the cradle of dermatology in the country, currently has two services certifiedby the BSD: that of the Hospital das Clínicas (UFBA), and that of the St. IsabelHospital at the Bahia School of Public Health and Medicine.88