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Associação Médica Brasileira
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Postal code: 01333-903
Phone: (+55 11) 3178-6800
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Carlos V. Serrano Jr.
Managing editor:
César Teixeira
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Editor:
Cristiana Gonzaga S. Corrêa
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Graziella Risolia Gallo ME
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Cover:
Rafael Zemantauskas
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ASSOCIAÇÃO MÉDICA BRASI
LEIRA – MANAGEMENT BOARD 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 Jr.
Álvaro Roberto Barros Costa
Petrônio Andrade Gomes
José Luiz Weffort
Eduardo da Silva Vaz
JurandirMarcondes Ribas Filho
Aguinel José Bastian Jr.
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 Defence)
Nívio Lemos Moreira Jr.
(International Relations)
Rafael Klee de Vasconcelos
(Medical Economy)
Jorge Carlos Machado Curi
(Public Health)
Diogo Leite Sampaio
(Communications)
Edmund Chada Baracat (Academic)
Antonio Carlos Weston
(Member Support Service)
Márcio Silva Fortini
(Protection to the Patient)
Carmelo Silveira Carneiro Leão Filho
(Marketing)
José Luiz Dantas Mestrinho
(Parlamentary Subjects)