
Brazilian Fellows Co-author Paper and Present FAIMER Innovation Project at Rheumatology Conference

Elaine Bezerra, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Coordinator, Medical Program and Adjunct Professor, Rheumatology
Clinical Medicine Department
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Natal, Brazil

Maria José Pereira Vilar, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Rheumatology
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Natal, Brazil
George Dantas Azevedo, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Dean and Adjunct Professor, Anatomy
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Natal, Brazil
Congratulations to Elaine Bezerra (PHIL 2008), Maria José Pereira Vilar (BRAZ 2008), and George Dantas Azevedo (BRAZ 2007), who co-authored a paper entitled “Elective Rheumatology Program with Primary Health Care Focus,” derived from Dr. Bezerra’s FAIMER innovation project. Dr. Vilar presented the paper during a poster session at the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, held October 17-21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
