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The new Brazilian Society of Urology
Rev Assoc Med B ras 2017; 63(8):663 663
EDITORIAL
The new Brazilian Society of Urology
A nova Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
Archimedes Nardozza Junior1*
1President of the Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia (SBU) (2016-2017)
*Correspondence:
Address: Rua Bambina, 153, Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil
Postal code: 22251-050
The Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU) has undergone a
restructuring process in recent years. If we currently have
a financially balanced and structured organization both
from an administrative and a scientific point of view, a
lot of that is due to the colleagues that preceded me.
The former directors have promoted reformulations
and have, with their effort and dedication, transformed
the SBU into an organization that is recognized as an
example of efficiency and work.
We know that the Brazilian political and economic
situation is not favorable. We have gone and are still go-
ing through difficult times, especially from an economic
point of view. We are experiencing the result of the actions
of a government that institutes disastrous economic and
social policies, besides supporting campaigns and projects
to defame the medical class in general.
If we have arrived at this moment with reasons to
celebrate, it is thanks to the proper planning and hard
work of this entire senior management. Efficient teamwork
has enabled us to overcome this difficult time.
We cannot lose sight of the idea that taking care of a
person’s life is one of the noblest activities and we, those
who help prepare professionals who will perform such a
noble office, have twice the responsibility.
We have a strong continuing education branch and
we will continue to strengthen this important initiative.
The performance in medical residences and professional
valorization are priorities of this administration.
We improve the present without losing sight of the
future. The extremely efficient Teaching and Training
Commission (TTC) is responsible for the accreditation
and supervision of the residency centers. We are launch-
ing software to monitor all residency centers, seeking to
homogenize the training of the resident doctor.
Also thinking about improving our professionals’
performance, we are working with the Specialist Title
Commission in order to value our TiSBU more and more.
We have created a Professional Valuation Commit-
tee with representation in Brasília and in several orga-
nizations such as the Brazilian Medical Association
(AMB, in the Portuguese acronym), Federal Board of
Medicine (CFM, in the Portuguese acronym), National
Regulatory Agency for Private Health Insurance and
Plans (ANS, in the Portuguese acronym), Brazilian Health
Surveillance Agency (Anvisa, in the Portuguese acronym)
and others.
We have gained international recognition by strength-
ening ties with important organizations such as the Amer-
ican Urology Association (AUA), the European Association
of Urology (EAU) and the American Confederation of
Urology (CAU, in the Spanish acronym).
With these actions, in addition to developing projects
that benefit urologists, we are regaining our organiza-
tion’s credibility.
This work has the purpose of showing some of our
scientific activity and sharing achievements with you, as
a great team of professionals that are part of the Brazilian
Society of Urology.
We appreciate the efforts of all those involved in
this project.