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The outpatient clinic for patients with Turner syndrome at the Martagão Gesteira Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics (IPPMG-UFRJ), under the guidance of Professor Marília Martins Guimarães, organizes meetings on the first Wednesday of even months (February, April, June, August, October, and December) for patients, their families, and interested professionals or students to discuss topics related to the care of patients with the syndrome.
In February, inspired by the commemorative World Rare Disease Day, we addressed issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of people living with rare diseases, including patients with Turner syndrome. We also discussed the history of the Carnival celebration.
At the April meeting, we discussed the French national protocol for the diagnosis and care of patients with Turner syndrome. As usual, we talked about the origin of the Easter celebration.
The meetings occur every 2 months, and the upcoming meetings are already scheduled for June 5th, August 7th, October 2nd, and December 4th, 2024.
The outpatient clinic for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome, established in 1998, operates in the Endocrinology Service of IPPMG/UFRJ on Wednesday mornings. Referrals for patients suspected of having Turner syndrome can be made via the SISREG system. Continuity of care for adult patients with the syndrome is provided at the Endocrinology Service of HUCFF/UFRJ. Research projects related to the care of patients with the syndrome are also conducted at these services.
On March 7, 2024, Academic Eliete Bouskela was inaugurated as President of the National Academy of Medicine, the first woman to hold this position since the institution's founding on June 30, 1829.
Prof. Monica Roberto Gadelha will be part of the 2024-2025 Biennium Board as 1st Secretary, becoming the second woman to join the new leadership.
Photo: National Academy of Medicine
The collaboration with the Cell Biology Research Group at IPATIMUP - Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), along with the Experimental Endocrinology Research Group (LEEx) at ICB, UFRJ, began in 2013 with the technical-scientific visit of Prof. Leandro Miranda-Alves.
In 2014, a project was approved under the Science Without Borders Program/CAPES, titled "Impact of Endocrine Disruptors on zebrafish with BRAF600E mutation conditioned to the thyroid", coordinated in Brazil by Prof. Leandro Miranda-Alves, a permanent faculty member of the Endocrinology Postgraduate Program, and in Portugal by Prof. Paula Soares.
As the project progressed, partnerships for project development were also established with the Endocrine Physiology Laboratory Doris Rosenthal-LFEDR, led at the time by Prof. Denise Pires de Carvalho (IBCCF, UFRJ), with the group of Prof. Mário Vaisman (School of Medicine, UFRJ), Prof. Alice Dutra Violante (School of Medicine, UFRJ), and also with the group of Prof. Fernanda Vaisman (INCA), all permanent advisors of the Endocrinology Postgraduate Program.
In this regard, these longstanding partnerships have been highly successful, highlighted by:
1) Exchange and co-supervision of doctoral students;
2) Exchange of faculty/researchers;
3) Publications in high-impact international journals in the fields of Endocrinology, Oncobiology, and Environmental Toxicology;
4) Participation of Prof. Paula Soares in the I, II, and III Brazilian Meeting on Endocrine Disruptors (EBDE) organized by faculty members of the Endocrinology Postgraduate Program.
