RESUME
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves
Date of birth: February 9, 1961
Marital status: Married to Marlúcia Cândida de Oliveira Neves
3 children: Marihá, Catarina and Virgilio
Office address: Senado Federal, Ala Senador Ruy Carneiro, Gabinete 01
Esplanada dos Ministérios
Cep 70165-900 Brasília-DF
Phone: (61) 3311-4546/ 3311-1214 / Fax: (61) 3311-2955
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EDUCATION
* Ph.D., Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Brasília. Title of thesis: “Serum epidemiological study of the Hepatitis B Virus and the Hepatitis Delta Virus in the populations of twelve municipalities in the state of Acre, Brazil”, 2003
* Postgraduate degree in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectology, Office of the Secretary for Health of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1991
* Specialist degree in Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, Brazil, 1988
* Specialist degree in Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Brasília / Triangulo Mineiro School of Medicine, Brazil, 1987
* Medical Doctor degree, School of Medicine, Federal University of Para, Belem-PA, Brazil, 1986
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Acting President, Brazilian Senate, October – December 2007
* Chairman, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into the Brazilian “Aerial Blackout”, May 2007
* First Vice-President, Brazilian Senate, 2007 – 2009
* Board Member, Order of the National Congress
* Senator of the Republic, reelected for the state of Acre, 2007 – 2015
* First Vice-President, Brazilian Senate, 2005 - 2007
* Leader of the Workers’ Party and Leader of the Government Support Bloc, 2003
* Brazilian Senate delegate and member of the Organizing Committee on the Centenary Anniversary of the Baron of Rio Branco’s Taking of Office, Ministry of External Relations, 2002
* Chairman, Senator Caucus from the State of Acre, 2000, 2003 and 2006
* Senator of the Republic, elected for the state of Acre, 1999 - 2007
* Participation in Committees:
Ø Full member: Committee on Social Issues; Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense; Select Committee on Public Safety; Joint Committee on Public Plans and Budgets, and Oversight; Select Joint Committee to Improve the Procedures for Consideration of Provisional Measures, Joint Internal Measure 2/2004; Committee on Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship; Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO CPI); Select Committee on the Internal Rules Reform; Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into the Brazilian “Aerial Blackout”
Ø Substitute: Committee on Social Issues; Committee on Education; Committee on Infrastructure; Joint Select Committee on Legislative Consolidation; Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into the Bingo Scandal
* Regional delegate to the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine for the state of Acre, 1993-1997
* Head of the Intensive Care Unit, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco, Acre, 1992-1998
* Director of Internal Medicine, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco. This philanthropic institution is a general hospital that offers services in Internal Medicine, in-patient and surgery facilities, in addition to services in Obstetrics. & Gynechology, 1991-1992
* Volunteer Medical Doctor, Acre State Fourth Special Battalion of Frontiers, 1993-1994.
* Infectologist, Hospital of Clinics, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Unit, Office of the State Secretary for Health and Sanitation of Acre, Rio Branco-AC, 1991-1998.
* General practitioner and ICU doctor, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco-AC
* Tropical Medicine Specialist, Infectologist and General Practitioner in a private hospital, Rio Branco-AC
* General Practitioner, Hospital Matarazzo, Sao Paulo, 1989
* ICU training, Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectology, Office of the Secretary for Health of Sao Paulo, total of 2,400 hours, 1989 – 1990
* Full-Time Medical Residency in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Petropolis School of Medicine-RJ, 1987
* Medical Doctor, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Unit, Hospital de Base, Rio Branco-AC, Office of the State Secretary for Health, 1987-1988
* Volunteer General Practitioner, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco-AC, part-time, 1987
* General Practitioner, Hospital of Clinics Emergency Room, Rio Branco-AC, part-time, 1987
* Medical Training in Obstetrics. & Gynecology, Pediatrics, General Practice and Clinical Surgery, Regional Hospital of Asa Sul, Brasilia-DF
* Training in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospital Guadalupe de Belem-PA, supervised by MD Jose Clarindo Martins Neto, 1984
* Training in Clinical Surgery and General Practice, Hospital de Base de Rio Branco-AC and Municipal ER, 1982-1984
* Training in Clinical Surgery and General Practice, Belem Municipal ER, under the supervision of Equipe IV, 1981-1984
OFFICIAL MISSION
* Participation in the Seminar “Amazon Private Meeting”, which took place on the 29th and 30th of April, 2008, at Clarence House, London, UK. The subject was “How to improve the quality of life of the Amazon population, so that it may become the forest guardian”. The seminar was hosted by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
* Member, Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
* Member, Brazilian Society of General Practice
* Member, Administrative Board of the Autonomous Social Service, Associação das Pioneiras Sociais, Sarah Network of Locomotive Rehabilitation Hospitals (Rede Sarah de Hospitais do Aparelho Locomotor)
* Member, Acre Academy of Letters, taking of office in June 6, 2006, seat number 5
PUBLICATIONS
2005
* Sebastião Viana, Raymundo Paraná, Regina Célia Moreira, Adriana Parise Compri, and Vanise Macedo. High Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis D Virus in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73(4), 2005, pp 808-814
2004
* José Tavares-Neto, Juliano Freitas-Carvalho, Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Grace Rocha, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Edilândio Damasceno, Recleides Draub, Sebastião Viana e Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos. Research of Arbovirus Antibodies and the Yellow Fever Vaccine Virus (17D) in a Sample of the Rio Branco-AC Human Population, Before and Three Months After 17D Vaccination. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 37 (Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 37): Jan-Feb 2004
* J. Tavares-Neto, D. Almeida, M.C. Soares, R. Uchoa, S. Viana, R. Darub, E. Farias, G. Rocha, L. Vitvitski and R. Paraná. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C in the Western Brazilian Amazon Region (Rio Branco, Acre): A Pilot Study Carried Out During a Hepatitis B Vaccination Program. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004; 8(2):133-139
2003
* Paraná R., Lobato C., Viana S., Almeida D., Paes D. The Hepatitis B Vírus (HBV) – General Aspects
* Almeida D., Tavares-Neto J., Paraná R., Soares M.C., Uchoa R., Viana S., Darub R., Farias E., Andrade-Queiroz M. Prevalence of HCV in the Northern Region of Brazil. Rio Branco-AC
2002
* Almeida S., Tavares Neto J., Paraná R., Soares M.C.P., Uchoa R., Viana S, Darub R., Farias E., Rocha G. Prevalence of HBV in the Northern Region of Brazil. Rio Branco-AC. In Digestive System Week (V Semana Brasileira do Aparelho Digestivo), 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian Society of Gastroenterology, 2002. v. 1. p. 69-69
* Carvalho J.F., Viana S., Darub R., Farias E., Rocha G., Galvão-Castro B., Tavares-Neto J. Serum Prevalence of Retrovirus Infections in a sample of the Human Population of Rio Branco-AC. Bahian Journal of Public Health (Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública), vol. 26, p. 5-9, 2002
* Tavares-Neto, J., Almeida, D., Soares, M.C.P., Uchoa, R., Viana S., Darub, R., Farias, E., Rocha, G., Parana, R. Serum Conversion after an HBV Vaccination Program in Rio Branco-AC. In Digestive System Week (V Semana Brasileira do aparelho Digestivo), 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Annals of the Digestive System Week (Anais da V Semana Brasileira do Aparelho Digestivo, 2002), v. 1. p. 53-53
1999
* Opromolla D.V.A., Taborda P.R.O., Taborda V.B.A., Viana S., Furtado J.F. Lobomycosis: 40 New Cases. Clinical, Laboratory and Therapeutic Investigation. Brazilian Annals of Dermatology (Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia) 74 (nº 2): 135-141, 1999
1997
* Viana S., Schartmaier H., Batista L. Hepatitis G in Acre – Record of an Acute Case: First Acute Case: First Case Recorded in the Amazon Region, Rio Branco, July 1995 – Laboratory Confirmation in July 1996. Annals of the XXXIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (Anais do XXXIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical), Belo Horizonte-MG, p. 48
1996
* Opromolla D.V.A., Virmond M.C., Taborda P.R., Taborda V.A.B., Furtado J.F., Neves S.A.V.M. Therapeutic Experimentation to Treat Lobomycosis with Itraconazole. Fifty-First Brazilian Congress of Dermatology, Recife-PE
* Rocha A., Neves S.A.V., Lopes E.R. and Macêdo V.O. Contribution to the Knowledge of Acute Chagasic Cardiopathy. Systematic Study on the Excito-Conductive System and the Intracardiac Autonomic Nervous System in an Autochthonous Case in Acre. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 29(4):367-371, Jul-Aug 1996
1995
* Santos J.F., Macêdo V., Machado M.N., Campos D.E., Oliveira E.C., Castro C.N., Viana S., Luquetti A.O.. On a Highly Lethal Trypanosoma Cruzi Stock Isolated in an Infant During the Acute Phase of Chagas Disease. Annals of the XXXI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP, p. 285. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 28 (supl. I): 285, 1995
1994
* Viana S., Farias E., Lima Francimary, Batista L., Vieira A., Silva L., Lobato C., Nascimento S., Chalub S. Chagas Disease in the State of Acre: Record of Three Autochthonous Cases of Acute Myocardiopathy in Rio Branco, 1993. Annals of the XXX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (Salvador, BA), p. 77. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 27 (supl. I): 77, 1994
1992
* Aranha Camargo L.M., Aranha Camargo L.F., Neves S.A.V.M., Colleto G.M.D.D., Barata L.C.B. Study on the Clinical Evolution of Malaria by Plasmodium falciparum in Greater Sao Paulo, from 1986 to 1988: I. Preliminary Data – Factors Related to High Parasitemias. Annals of the II Symposium on Malaria. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 25 (supl. II): 45, 1992
1990
Del Bianco R., Rosental C., Viana S., Mendonça M. Sixteen Cases of Histoplasmosis in Patients with AIDS. III World Congress of AIDS, San Francisco, USA
PRESENTATIONS
2008
* Opening class to the inaugural class of the Anhembi Morumbi School of Medicine, in the Honor Commitment Ceremony. Subject: Panorama of Public Health in Brazil. Anhembi Morumbi University, February 22nd, 2008. São Paulo, state of São Paulo.
2007
* At the opening ceremony of the “Seminar on Public Reform”, representing the president of the Federal Senate, Senator Renan Calheiros. The seminar was organized by the Socio-Economic Development Council (Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social), an advisory department of the Presidency of the Republic in partnership with the Office of the Secretary for Institutional Relations of the Presidency of the Republic (Secretaria de Relações Institucionais da Presidência da República) and the Ministry of Justice (Ministério da Justiça). June 14, 2007, Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* “Doctors in the Interior of the Country” (Interiorização do Médico), at the XI National Meeting of Medical Entities, organized by the Brazilian Medical Association, Federal Council of Medicine and the Medical National Federation. June 6 – 8, 2007 – Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* “Public Health in Brazil”, opening solemn session of the X International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis Therapeutics, VI Course on Therapeutic Update in Hepatology and I Monothematic Meeting on Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis of the SBH, SBI and SBMT. May 31 – June 2, 2007, Salvador-BA, Brazil
* “Public Health in Brazil”, inaugural class, Master’s Degree and Doctor’s Degree in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo (USP) in partnership with the Health Sciences Department of the Federal University of Acre (UFAC) and the Office of the Secretary for State and Municipal Health. May 18, 2007, Rio Branco-AC, Brazil
* “Environment, Health and Epidemics”, XLIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine. March 11, 2007, Campos do Jordão-SP, Brazil
* “The State of Acre Debates PAC (Brazilian Program for the Acceleration of Growth)”. February 2007, Rio Branco-AC, Brazil
2006
* “A Different Walk, mandate review. End of 2006”, Acre, Brazil
* “The Political Reform in Brazil – Historical Aspects, December 2006”, Acre, Brazil
* “Analisis of the National Scenario – Education with Professional Quality and Professional Enhancement”, July 2006
* “Brazil: A New Look Towards the Future 2007-2022”, based on the Project Brasil Tres Tempos, the Federal Government, June 2006
* “Defibrillation in the Community – Legislation on Public Access to Defibrillation”, XII Brazilian Congress on Intensive Medicine (Congresso Brasileiro de Medicina Intensiva), April 28 – May 2, 2006, Recife-PE, Brazil
* “Dignity of the Human Life and Biotechnologies – Medical Issues”, National Confederation of the Bishops of Brazil, June 3, 2005, Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* “State and National Political Scenario”, the Workers’ Party I Seminar of Acrelandia-AC, April 15, 2006
2005
* “Parliamentary Performance and the Standing Rules of the Brazilian Senate”, Brazilian Legislative Institute, Brazilian Senate, April 11, 2005
* The Kyoto Protocol: a New Paradigm in International Relations”, inaugural class, Master’s Degree Course in Law, Federal University of Acre (UFAC), April 14, 2005
2004
* Round table “Update on Hepatitis B and Hepatitis Delta”, joint speech with Raymundo Paraná, MD, and Alcir Barone, MD. XL Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine. March 8, 2004
2003
* “Financing the Brazilian National Unified Health System (SUS) and Enhancement of the Medical Profession”, VII Brazilian Congress on Internal Medicine, I International Congress on Urgent Care Medicine, I International Congress on Family and Community Medicine and I National Symposium on Palliative Care, the Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP. October 31, 2003
* “Institutional Relations between the Public Prosecution Service and the Legislative”, I Symposium on Ministerial Update, Acre Prosecution Office of Justice, Rio Branco-AC, July 31, 2003
* “Legislative Perspectives to Prevent and Control Obesity in Brazil”, forum about the Strategies to Promote Healthy Weight in Brazil, Pan American Organization of Health (PAHO). April 9, 2003
* “Epidemiology of Hepatitis”, Catholic University of Brasilia, School of Medicine. February 24, 2003
2002
* “The Crisis on Basic Sanitation in Brazil and the Occurrence of Preventable Diseases”, Acre Federal University, Undergraduate Degree in Medicine. June 18, 2002
* “Christians and Social Welfare”, debate on “Alternatives to Neoliberalism”, promoted by the Bureau for Political Education of the Workers’ Party Regional Office, Rio Branco-AC. June 8, 2002
* Debate on “Health and Basic Sanitation”, Focus on Brazil Forum – University of Brasilia Community Center. April 10,
2002
* “Contingency Plan to Fight Smallpox”, panel “The Real Risk of a Biological War”, XXXVIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Iguazu Falls-PR. February 28, 2002
2001
* “The Right to Privacy and Databases”, Seminar on Human Rights, Association of Federal Judges of Brazil, Sao Luis-MA, June 13, 2001
ATTENDANCE TO CONGRESSES AND SEMINARS
2007
* XI National Meeting of Medical Entities, organized by the Brazilian Medical Association, Federal Council of Medicine and the Medical National Federation. June 6 – 8, 2007, Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* X International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis Therapeutics, VI Course on Therapeutic Update in Hepatology and I Monothematic Meeting on Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis of the SBH, SBI and SBMT. May 31 – June 2, 2007, Salvador-BA, Brazil. Lecture on “Public Health in Brazil”, at the opening solemn session
2006
* XII Brazilian Congress on Intensive Medicine, Adult, Children, Neonatal, April 28 – May 2, 2006, Recife-PE, Brazil. Round table lecture on “Defibrillation in the Community – Legislation on Public Access to Defibrillation”
2004
* I Congress on Cardiovascular Emergencies of the Hospital Sirio-Libanes and I Interamerican Symposium of the Council of Critical Care Medicine – American Heart Association. June 24 – 26, 2004, Sao Paulo-SP
2003
* XXXIX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, March 16-21, 2003, Belem-PA
* Applied Research Annual Meeting on Chagas Disease and Leishmaniases, promoted by the School of Medicine of the Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba-MG, October 24, 2003
2000
* XXXVI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, February 20 – 24, 2000, Sao Luis-MA. Lecture on “Impact of the Antiretroviral Therapy” in the capacity of conference president
1997
* VIII Brazilian Congress of Intensive Therapy, Adult and Children, and I Latin-American Forum of Resuscitation, Salvador-BA
1995
* XXXI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP
* III Brazilian Congress of Internal Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP
1994
* XXX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Salvador-BA
1990
* Co-author of the study “Clinical and Therapeutic and Pathological Study on Ten Cases in Sao Paulo of Histoplasmosis in Patients with AIDS”, XXVI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
1988
* Monthly Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, Brasilia-DF
1987
* XXIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Curitiba-PR.
* IV Congress of the Brazilian Society of Infectology, Curitiba-PR
* XII Annual Course and IV International Symposium on Hepatites, Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro
* IV Congress of the Cardiology Society of Rio de Janeiro State-RJ
* I Seminar on the Environment of State of Acre, organized by the Bureau for Urban Development and Environment, Rio Branco-AC
* I International Meeting in Brazil about AIDS, Sao Paulo-SP
1986
* International Symposium on Malaria, Rio de Janeiro-RJ
* VIII National Conference on Health, Brasília-DF
1985
* II Journey of State of Para on Cardiology, Belem-PA
1984
* I National Seminar on Medical Teaching, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG
* I Week of Alternative Therapies, Federal University of Para, Belem-PA
* VI Amazonian Medical Congress, Belem-PA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves
Date of birth: February 9, 1961
Marital status: Married to Marlúcia Cândida de Oliveira Neves
3 children: Marihá, Catarina and Virgilio
Office address: Senado Federal, Ala Senador Ruy Carneiro, Gabinete 01
Esplanada dos Ministérios
Cep 70165-900 Brasília-DF
Phone: (61) 3311-4546/ 3311-1214 / Fax: (61) 3311-2955
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EDUCATION
* Ph.D., Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Brasília. Title of thesis: “Serum epidemiological study of the Hepatitis B Virus and the Hepatitis Delta Virus in the populations of twelve municipalities in the state of Acre, Brazil”, 2003
* Postgraduate degree in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectology, Office of the Secretary for Health of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1991
* Specialist degree in Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Brasilia, Brazil, 1988
* Specialist degree in Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Brasília / Triangulo Mineiro School of Medicine, Brazil, 1987
* Medical Doctor degree, School of Medicine, Federal University of Para, Belem-PA, Brazil, 1986
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Acting President, Brazilian Senate, October – December 2007
* Chairman, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into the Brazilian “Aerial Blackout”, May 2007
* First Vice-President, Brazilian Senate, 2007 – 2009
* Board Member, Order of the National Congress
* Senator of the Republic, reelected for the state of Acre, 2007 – 2015
* First Vice-President, Brazilian Senate, 2005 - 2007
* Leader of the Workers’ Party and Leader of the Government Support Bloc, 2003
* Brazilian Senate delegate and member of the Organizing Committee on the Centenary Anniversary of the Baron of Rio Branco’s Taking of Office, Ministry of External Relations, 2002
* Chairman, Senator Caucus from the State of Acre, 2000, 2003 and 2006
* Senator of the Republic, elected for the state of Acre, 1999 - 2007
* Participation in Committees:
Ø Full member: Committee on Social Issues; Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense; Select Committee on Public Safety; Joint Committee on Public Plans and Budgets, and Oversight; Select Joint Committee to Improve the Procedures for Consideration of Provisional Measures, Joint Internal Measure 2/2004; Committee on Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship; Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO CPI); Select Committee on the Internal Rules Reform; Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into the Brazilian “Aerial Blackout”
Ø Substitute: Committee on Social Issues; Committee on Education; Committee on Infrastructure; Joint Select Committee on Legislative Consolidation; Parliamentary Inquiry Committee into the Bingo Scandal
* Regional delegate to the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine for the state of Acre, 1993-1997
* Head of the Intensive Care Unit, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco, Acre, 1992-1998
* Director of Internal Medicine, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco. This philanthropic institution is a general hospital that offers services in Internal Medicine, in-patient and surgery facilities, in addition to services in Obstetrics. & Gynechology, 1991-1992
* Volunteer Medical Doctor, Acre State Fourth Special Battalion of Frontiers, 1993-1994.
* Infectologist, Hospital of Clinics, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Unit, Office of the State Secretary for Health and Sanitation of Acre, Rio Branco-AC, 1991-1998.
* General practitioner and ICU doctor, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco-AC
* Tropical Medicine Specialist, Infectologist and General Practitioner in a private hospital, Rio Branco-AC
* General Practitioner, Hospital Matarazzo, Sao Paulo, 1989
* ICU training, Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectology, Office of the Secretary for Health of Sao Paulo, total of 2,400 hours, 1989 – 1990
* Full-Time Medical Residency in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Petropolis School of Medicine-RJ, 1987
* Medical Doctor, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Unit, Hospital de Base, Rio Branco-AC, Office of the State Secretary for Health, 1987-1988
* Volunteer General Practitioner, Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco-AC, part-time, 1987
* General Practitioner, Hospital of Clinics Emergency Room, Rio Branco-AC, part-time, 1987
* Medical Training in Obstetrics. & Gynecology, Pediatrics, General Practice and Clinical Surgery, Regional Hospital of Asa Sul, Brasilia-DF
* Training in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospital Guadalupe de Belem-PA, supervised by MD Jose Clarindo Martins Neto, 1984
* Training in Clinical Surgery and General Practice, Hospital de Base de Rio Branco-AC and Municipal ER, 1982-1984
* Training in Clinical Surgery and General Practice, Belem Municipal ER, under the supervision of Equipe IV, 1981-1984
OFFICIAL MISSION
* Participation in the Seminar “Amazon Private Meeting”, which took place on the 29th and 30th of April, 2008, at Clarence House, London, UK. The subject was “How to improve the quality of life of the Amazon population, so that it may become the forest guardian”. The seminar was hosted by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
* Member, Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
* Member, Brazilian Society of General Practice
* Member, Administrative Board of the Autonomous Social Service, Associação das Pioneiras Sociais, Sarah Network of Locomotive Rehabilitation Hospitals (Rede Sarah de Hospitais do Aparelho Locomotor)
* Member, Acre Academy of Letters, taking of office in June 6, 2006, seat number 5
PUBLICATIONS
2005
* Sebastião Viana, Raymundo Paraná, Regina Célia Moreira, Adriana Parise Compri, and Vanise Macedo. High Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis D Virus in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73(4), 2005, pp 808-814
2004
* José Tavares-Neto, Juliano Freitas-Carvalho, Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Grace Rocha, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Edilândio Damasceno, Recleides Draub, Sebastião Viana e Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos. Research of Arbovirus Antibodies and the Yellow Fever Vaccine Virus (17D) in a Sample of the Rio Branco-AC Human Population, Before and Three Months After 17D Vaccination. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 37 (Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 37): Jan-Feb 2004
* J. Tavares-Neto, D. Almeida, M.C. Soares, R. Uchoa, S. Viana, R. Darub, E. Farias, G. Rocha, L. Vitvitski and R. Paraná. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C in the Western Brazilian Amazon Region (Rio Branco, Acre): A Pilot Study Carried Out During a Hepatitis B Vaccination Program. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004; 8(2):133-139
2003
* Paraná R., Lobato C., Viana S., Almeida D., Paes D. The Hepatitis B Vírus (HBV) – General Aspects
* Almeida D., Tavares-Neto J., Paraná R., Soares M.C., Uchoa R., Viana S., Darub R., Farias E., Andrade-Queiroz M. Prevalence of HCV in the Northern Region of Brazil. Rio Branco-AC
2002
* Almeida S., Tavares Neto J., Paraná R., Soares M.C.P., Uchoa R., Viana S, Darub R., Farias E., Rocha G. Prevalence of HBV in the Northern Region of Brazil. Rio Branco-AC. In Digestive System Week (V Semana Brasileira do Aparelho Digestivo), 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian Society of Gastroenterology, 2002. v. 1. p. 69-69
* Carvalho J.F., Viana S., Darub R., Farias E., Rocha G., Galvão-Castro B., Tavares-Neto J. Serum Prevalence of Retrovirus Infections in a sample of the Human Population of Rio Branco-AC. Bahian Journal of Public Health (Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública), vol. 26, p. 5-9, 2002
* Tavares-Neto, J., Almeida, D., Soares, M.C.P., Uchoa, R., Viana S., Darub, R., Farias, E., Rocha, G., Parana, R. Serum Conversion after an HBV Vaccination Program in Rio Branco-AC. In Digestive System Week (V Semana Brasileira do aparelho Digestivo), 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Annals of the Digestive System Week (Anais da V Semana Brasileira do Aparelho Digestivo, 2002), v. 1. p. 53-53
1999
* Opromolla D.V.A., Taborda P.R.O., Taborda V.B.A., Viana S., Furtado J.F. Lobomycosis: 40 New Cases. Clinical, Laboratory and Therapeutic Investigation. Brazilian Annals of Dermatology (Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia) 74 (nº 2): 135-141, 1999
1997
* Viana S., Schartmaier H., Batista L. Hepatitis G in Acre – Record of an Acute Case: First Acute Case: First Case Recorded in the Amazon Region, Rio Branco, July 1995 – Laboratory Confirmation in July 1996. Annals of the XXXIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (Anais do XXXIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical), Belo Horizonte-MG, p. 48
1996
* Opromolla D.V.A., Virmond M.C., Taborda P.R., Taborda V.A.B., Furtado J.F., Neves S.A.V.M. Therapeutic Experimentation to Treat Lobomycosis with Itraconazole. Fifty-First Brazilian Congress of Dermatology, Recife-PE
* Rocha A., Neves S.A.V., Lopes E.R. and Macêdo V.O. Contribution to the Knowledge of Acute Chagasic Cardiopathy. Systematic Study on the Excito-Conductive System and the Intracardiac Autonomic Nervous System in an Autochthonous Case in Acre. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 29(4):367-371, Jul-Aug 1996
1995
* Santos J.F., Macêdo V., Machado M.N., Campos D.E., Oliveira E.C., Castro C.N., Viana S., Luquetti A.O.. On a Highly Lethal Trypanosoma Cruzi Stock Isolated in an Infant During the Acute Phase of Chagas Disease. Annals of the XXXI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP, p. 285. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 28 (supl. I): 285, 1995
1994
* Viana S., Farias E., Lima Francimary, Batista L., Vieira A., Silva L., Lobato C., Nascimento S., Chalub S. Chagas Disease in the State of Acre: Record of Three Autochthonous Cases of Acute Myocardiopathy in Rio Branco, 1993. Annals of the XXX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (Salvador, BA), p. 77. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 27 (supl. I): 77, 1994
1992
* Aranha Camargo L.M., Aranha Camargo L.F., Neves S.A.V.M., Colleto G.M.D.D., Barata L.C.B. Study on the Clinical Evolution of Malaria by Plasmodium falciparum in Greater Sao Paulo, from 1986 to 1988: I. Preliminary Data – Factors Related to High Parasitemias. Annals of the II Symposium on Malaria. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine 25 (supl. II): 45, 1992
1990
Del Bianco R., Rosental C., Viana S., Mendonça M. Sixteen Cases of Histoplasmosis in Patients with AIDS. III World Congress of AIDS, San Francisco, USA
PRESENTATIONS
2008
* Opening class to the inaugural class of the Anhembi Morumbi School of Medicine, in the Honor Commitment Ceremony. Subject: Panorama of Public Health in Brazil. Anhembi Morumbi University, February 22nd, 2008. São Paulo, state of São Paulo.
2007
* At the opening ceremony of the “Seminar on Public Reform”, representing the president of the Federal Senate, Senator Renan Calheiros. The seminar was organized by the Socio-Economic Development Council (Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social), an advisory department of the Presidency of the Republic in partnership with the Office of the Secretary for Institutional Relations of the Presidency of the Republic (Secretaria de Relações Institucionais da Presidência da República) and the Ministry of Justice (Ministério da Justiça). June 14, 2007, Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* “Doctors in the Interior of the Country” (Interiorização do Médico), at the XI National Meeting of Medical Entities, organized by the Brazilian Medical Association, Federal Council of Medicine and the Medical National Federation. June 6 – 8, 2007 – Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* “Public Health in Brazil”, opening solemn session of the X International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis Therapeutics, VI Course on Therapeutic Update in Hepatology and I Monothematic Meeting on Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis of the SBH, SBI and SBMT. May 31 – June 2, 2007, Salvador-BA, Brazil
* “Public Health in Brazil”, inaugural class, Master’s Degree and Doctor’s Degree in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo (USP) in partnership with the Health Sciences Department of the Federal University of Acre (UFAC) and the Office of the Secretary for State and Municipal Health. May 18, 2007, Rio Branco-AC, Brazil
* “Environment, Health and Epidemics”, XLIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine. March 11, 2007, Campos do Jordão-SP, Brazil
* “The State of Acre Debates PAC (Brazilian Program for the Acceleration of Growth)”. February 2007, Rio Branco-AC, Brazil
2006
* “A Different Walk, mandate review. End of 2006”, Acre, Brazil
* “The Political Reform in Brazil – Historical Aspects, December 2006”, Acre, Brazil
* “Analisis of the National Scenario – Education with Professional Quality and Professional Enhancement”, July 2006
* “Brazil: A New Look Towards the Future 2007-2022”, based on the Project Brasil Tres Tempos, the Federal Government, June 2006
* “Defibrillation in the Community – Legislation on Public Access to Defibrillation”, XII Brazilian Congress on Intensive Medicine (Congresso Brasileiro de Medicina Intensiva), April 28 – May 2, 2006, Recife-PE, Brazil
* “Dignity of the Human Life and Biotechnologies – Medical Issues”, National Confederation of the Bishops of Brazil, June 3, 2005, Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* “State and National Political Scenario”, the Workers’ Party I Seminar of Acrelandia-AC, April 15, 2006
2005
* “Parliamentary Performance and the Standing Rules of the Brazilian Senate”, Brazilian Legislative Institute, Brazilian Senate, April 11, 2005
* The Kyoto Protocol: a New Paradigm in International Relations”, inaugural class, Master’s Degree Course in Law, Federal University of Acre (UFAC), April 14, 2005
2004
* Round table “Update on Hepatitis B and Hepatitis Delta”, joint speech with Raymundo Paraná, MD, and Alcir Barone, MD. XL Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine. March 8, 2004
2003
* “Financing the Brazilian National Unified Health System (SUS) and Enhancement of the Medical Profession”, VII Brazilian Congress on Internal Medicine, I International Congress on Urgent Care Medicine, I International Congress on Family and Community Medicine and I National Symposium on Palliative Care, the Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP. October 31, 2003
* “Institutional Relations between the Public Prosecution Service and the Legislative”, I Symposium on Ministerial Update, Acre Prosecution Office of Justice, Rio Branco-AC, July 31, 2003
* “Legislative Perspectives to Prevent and Control Obesity in Brazil”, forum about the Strategies to Promote Healthy Weight in Brazil, Pan American Organization of Health (PAHO). April 9, 2003
* “Epidemiology of Hepatitis”, Catholic University of Brasilia, School of Medicine. February 24, 2003
2002
* “The Crisis on Basic Sanitation in Brazil and the Occurrence of Preventable Diseases”, Acre Federal University, Undergraduate Degree in Medicine. June 18, 2002
* “Christians and Social Welfare”, debate on “Alternatives to Neoliberalism”, promoted by the Bureau for Political Education of the Workers’ Party Regional Office, Rio Branco-AC. June 8, 2002
* Debate on “Health and Basic Sanitation”, Focus on Brazil Forum – University of Brasilia Community Center. April 10,
2002
* “Contingency Plan to Fight Smallpox”, panel “The Real Risk of a Biological War”, XXXVIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Iguazu Falls-PR. February 28, 2002
2001
* “The Right to Privacy and Databases”, Seminar on Human Rights, Association of Federal Judges of Brazil, Sao Luis-MA, June 13, 2001
ATTENDANCE TO CONGRESSES AND SEMINARS
2007
* XI National Meeting of Medical Entities, organized by the Brazilian Medical Association, Federal Council of Medicine and the Medical National Federation. June 6 – 8, 2007, Brasilia-DF, Brazil
* X International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis Therapeutics, VI Course on Therapeutic Update in Hepatology and I Monothematic Meeting on Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis of the SBH, SBI and SBMT. May 31 – June 2, 2007, Salvador-BA, Brazil. Lecture on “Public Health in Brazil”, at the opening solemn session
2006
* XII Brazilian Congress on Intensive Medicine, Adult, Children, Neonatal, April 28 – May 2, 2006, Recife-PE, Brazil. Round table lecture on “Defibrillation in the Community – Legislation on Public Access to Defibrillation”
2004
* I Congress on Cardiovascular Emergencies of the Hospital Sirio-Libanes and I Interamerican Symposium of the Council of Critical Care Medicine – American Heart Association. June 24 – 26, 2004, Sao Paulo-SP
2003
* XXXIX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, March 16-21, 2003, Belem-PA
* Applied Research Annual Meeting on Chagas Disease and Leishmaniases, promoted by the School of Medicine of the Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba-MG, October 24, 2003
2000
* XXXVI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, February 20 – 24, 2000, Sao Luis-MA. Lecture on “Impact of the Antiretroviral Therapy” in the capacity of conference president
1997
* VIII Brazilian Congress of Intensive Therapy, Adult and Children, and I Latin-American Forum of Resuscitation, Salvador-BA
1995
* XXXI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP
* III Brazilian Congress of Internal Medicine, Sao Paulo-SP
1994
* XXX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Salvador-BA
1990
* Co-author of the study “Clinical and Therapeutic and Pathological Study on Ten Cases in Sao Paulo of Histoplasmosis in Patients with AIDS”, XXVI Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
1988
* Monthly Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, Brasilia-DF
1987
* XXIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Curitiba-PR.
* IV Congress of the Brazilian Society of Infectology, Curitiba-PR
* XII Annual Course and IV International Symposium on Hepatites, Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro
* IV Congress of the Cardiology Society of Rio de Janeiro State-RJ
* I Seminar on the Environment of State of Acre, organized by the Bureau for Urban Development and Environment, Rio Branco-AC
* I International Meeting in Brazil about AIDS, Sao Paulo-SP
1986
* International Symposium on Malaria, Rio de Janeiro-RJ
* VIII National Conference on Health, Brasília-DF
1985
* II Journey of State of Para on Cardiology, Belem-PA
1984
* I National Seminar on Medical Teaching, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG
* I Week of Alternative Therapies, Federal University of Para, Belem-PA
* VI Amazonian Medical Congress, Belem-PA
1983
* XV Scientific Meeting of Medical Students, Rio de Janeiro-RJ
HONORS AND AWARDS
* Amazon Commercial Merit Order (Grand Officer), granted by the Goods, Services, and Tourism Trade Federation, on April 11th, 2008.
* Military Judiciary Merit Order (High Distinction), granted during the bicentennial celebration of the Military Superior Court, in Brasília, on April 1st, 2008.
* Honorary Professor, title granted by the School of Medicine of the Federal University of the state of Bahia, during the bicentennial celebration of the opening of this School. Salvador, state of Bahia, February 2008.
* Homage paid by the first graduate students of the School of Medicine of the Federal University of the state of Acre, in recognition of his most important contribution to the creation of the course - Class named Professor Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves. Rio Branco, December 2007.
* Certificate of participation in the 15th Pan American and Parapan American Games, RIO 2007, supporting the Brazilian Olympic Movement; granted by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. Rio de Janeiro, December 2007.
* Award “Congress in Focus, 2007” – chosen as one of the fifteen best senators of the country during the year 2007. Brasília, November 2007.
* Certificate of the University of Brasília for he was the first former student of the University to reach the highest position of the Legislative Branch – the Presidency of the Senate; granted during the celebration of the 45-year anniversary of the University of Brasília. Brasília, October 2007.
* Elected by DIAP (Interunion Department of Parliamentary Consultancy) one of the 100 most influential parliamentarians in the years 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003
* Honored by the 9th Brazilian Congress on Internal Medicine, for his relevant services to Brazilian Medicine. Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine. October 2007.
* Honored by the Santa Juliana Hospital, Rio Branco, state of Acre, with the title of “Friend of Health”, for his relevant and tireless efforts, dedication, teamwork ability, and collaboration in actions towards the search for excellence and the provision of better care to patients of that institution. June 2007
* Received recognition from the scientific community and the Brazilian Society of Hepatology for his support to the fight against Viral Hepatites in Brazil. Hepatology of the Millennium and Brazilian Society of Hepatology. 10th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis Therapeutics. Salvador, state of Bahia, May 2007.
* Star of Acre Order, Grand Cross, through Art. 26 of Decree no. 24, February 26, 1976, and Decree no. 15,610, December 21, 2006
* Honored by the InterAmerican Heart Foundation for his contribution as Heart Ambassador. February 2005
* Honored by the Public Prosecution Service of the State of Acre for his endeavors and dedication towards the renovation and expansion of Promotor Tancredo Neves Building. July 27, 2005
* Honored by the National Cancer Institute for his dedication to protect the health of the Brazilian population and to prevent the expansion of smoking in Brazil, not sparing any effort towards the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 2005
* Merit Medal of the Office of the Public Prosecution Service of the State of Acre, for his contribution and relevant services to juridical studies and to the Public Prosecution Service. September 2005
* Congratulations Letter from the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, for his contribution as Heart Ambassador to Latin America. September 2005
* Honored by the Regional Council of Medicine of the State of Acre (CRM-AC), for his contribution as a Member of Congress in support of medical sciences and medical professionals. October 2005
* Thank-you Letter from the Brazilian Yawanawa Indians for the visit paid by the Itinerant Health Care Team to their lands. November 2005
* Thank-you Letter from Paula Johns, Coordinator of the Zero Tobacco Network, for his efforts and dedication towards the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Brazil. November 2005
* Letter from the InterAmerican Heart Foundation congratulating Senator Tião Viana for his support to the World Heart Federation and to the World Health Organization, with a view to the approval, during the World Health Assembly, of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health. 2004
* Honored by the National Council of the Heads of State Public Prosecution Services, for his relevant services to the Brazilian Public Prosecution Service. Rio Branco-AC, July 31, 2004
* Merit Honor awarded by the Law School of the Federal University of Acre - UFAC, for his contribution to the implementation of the Master’s Degree in Law, in partnership with the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Rio Branco-AC, August 11, 2004
* Special Tribute from the Law School of UFAC. 2004
* Honored by the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, for his significant leadership in strengthening the Chain of Survival in Brazil. March 18, 2003
* Honored by the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, for his efforts towards the implementation of measures to improve the quality of life by reducing the incidence of obesity among Brazilians. March 18, 2003
* Acknowledgment from the National Institute of Traumato-Orthopedics for helping with the partnership with the State of Acre. July 31, 2003
* Admission to the Rio Branco Order, in the grade of grand officer, through a decree on September 17, 2003
* Admission to the Air Force Order of Merit, in the grade of grand officer, through a decree on October 1st, 2003
* Honored by the State of Acre Government for contributing to the cause of Acre and to the ideals of “Florestania - a concept that brings together the forest (“floresta”) and citizenship (cidadania) -, in celebration of One Hundred Years of the Acrean Revolution and One Hundred Years of the Treaty of Petropolis, 2003
* Honored by the National Council of the Heads of State Public Prosecution Services for the relevant services to the Brazilian Public Prosecution Service
* Admission to the Military Order of Merit, in the grade of Commander, through a decree on April 3, 2002
* Elected Medical Senator of the Year 2002, by the Rio de Janeiro Society of Medicine and Surgery
* Admission to the Naval Order of Merit, in the grade of Grand Officer, through a decree on May 10, 2002
* Honored by the body of teachers and students of the Postgraduation Course in Medicine and Health (CPgMS) of the Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine for helping promote scientific cooperation between the University of Bahia and the Government of Acre. December 2002
* Commencement speaker, graduation ceremony of the Law students, Federal University of Acre, 2000
* Commencement speaker, graduation ceremony of the students of Letters, Federal University of Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul Campus, 2000
* Official guest, Sao Gabriel municipality, RS, 2000
* Telegram received from then Minister of Health, Jose Serra, for carefully following up the works developed by the Ministry of Health. March 3, 2000
* Motion of acknowledgment from the Legislative Assembly of Acre, for being responsible for the Program of Vaccination against the Hepatitis B Virus in the State of Acre, 1999
* Commencement speaker, graduation ceremony of the nursing students, Federal University of Acre, 1995
