REVISTA DA ASSOCIAÇÃO MÉDICA BRASILEIRA
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www.ramb.org.brEditor-in-chief
Carlos V. Serrano Jr.
Co-editors
José Maria Soares Jr.
Wanderley M. Bernardo
Administrative Co-editor
Paula Jereissati
Head Writer
César Teixeira
Associated Editors
Albert Bousso
Anna Andrei
Auro Del Giglio
Daniel Deheinzelin
Edna Frasson de S. Montero
Eduardo F. Borba
Elias Jirjoss Ilias
Isabela Giuliano
José Maria Soares Jr.
José Mendes Aldrighi
Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti
Alvaro Atalah
Álvaro Petracco
Angelita Habr Gama
Anoi Castro Cordeiro
Antonio José Gonçalves
Carlos A. Cardim de Oliveira
Carlos Alberto Malheiros
Claudio Cohen
Cristina Muccioli
Davi Rumel
Décio Mion
Délcio Matos
Durval Damiani
ADVISORY BOARD
BRAZILIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION – MANAGEMENT BOARD – YEARS 2014-2017
President
Florentino de Araújo
Cardoso Filho
1
st
Vice-president
Eleuses Vieira de Paiva
2
nd
Vice-president
Lincoln Lopes Ferreira
Vice-presidents
Lairson Vilar Rabelo
Eduardo Francisco
de Assis Braga
Cléa Nazaré Carneiro Bichara
Salustiano José Alves
de Moura Junior
Álvaro Roberto Barros Costa
Petrônio Andrade Gomes
José Luiz Weffort
Eduardo da Silva Vaz
JurandirMarcondes
Ribas Filho
Aguinel José Bastian Junior
General Secretary
Antônio Jorge Salomão
1
st
Secretary
Aldemir Humberto Soares
1
st
Treasurer
José Luiz Bonamigo Filho
2
nd
Treasurer
Miguel Roberto Jorge
Directors
Giovanni Guido Cerri
(Scientific)
Antonio Carlos Vieira Lopes
(DAP)
Jane Maria Cordeiro Lemos
(Cultural)
Emilio Cesar Zilli
(Professional Defense)
Nívio Lemos Moreira Junior
(International Relations)
Rafael Klee de Vasconcelos
(Medical Economics)
Jorge Carlos Machado Curi
(Public Health)
Diogo Leite Sampaio
(Communications)
Edmund Chada Baracat
(Academic)
Antonio Carlos Weston
(Member’s Helpline)
Márcio Silva Fortini
(Patient Protects)
Carmelo Silveira Carneiro
Leão Filho (Marketing)
José Luiz Dantas Mestrinho
(Parliamentary Affairs)
Lucia Pellanda
Nilson Roberto de Melo
Paulo Caramelli
Paulo Kassab
Rossana Pulcineli V. Francisco
Seizo Miyadahira
Werther Bruno W. de Carvalho
International Editors
Andre D’Avila
Dimas Ikeoka
Frida Leonetti
Geltrude Mingrone
Giuseppe Barbaro
Marcelo Marotti
Ruy Jorge Cruz Junior
Walter Ageno
Junior Editor
Gabriel Liguori
Edmundo M. Ferraz
Eduardo de Souza
Eduardo Weltman
Emmanuel A. Burdmann
Gilberto Schwartsmann
HillegondaM. Durithl Novaes
Ivan Ceconello
José Eduardo de Siqueira
Júlio Coelho
Luana Carandina
Luís Bahamondes
Luís Paulo Kowalski
Marcelo Gurgel C. da Silva
Márcia R. Pinho Makdisse
Marco A. Borges Lopes
Marcos Roberto Tavares
Maria de Lourdes Brizot
Maurício Abrão
Milton A. Martins
Nilton Hideto Takiuti
Paulo A. Carvalho Fortes
Paulo Veiga Jardim
Pedro Luis Squilacci Leme
Pedro Paulo Pereira
Pedro Puech Leão
Raymundo S. Azevedo
Roberto Eduardo Bittar
Rodrigo Ruano
Rogério Souza
Rolf Gemperli
Rosana P. V. Francisco
Roseane Mattar
Sérgio Nishioka
Sonia Mansoldo Dainesi
Valdir Golin
Victor Bunduki
Volnei Garrafa
Wagner Weidebach
EDITORIAL BOARD