The presence of women in interventional cardiology is increasing. Year after year, talented female professionals from all over the world join our practices, contributing quality, knowledge, effort, and commitment to the improvement of people’s quality of life.
However, this integration progress does include obstacles and problems related to existing gender disparity and inequalities in the initial steps of a career in cardiology.
SOLACI and the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology (SBHCI) are convinced that these issues must be reflected upon, and that such consideration is a pivotal step towards a more equitable professional environment. In consequence, the upcoming SOLACI-SBHCI 2019 Congress will feature discussion panels on the main issues faced by women for their career development.
These sessions will feature the presence of Dr. Carla Agatiello, Head of the Interventional Women in Latin American Program (Grupo MIL), a SOLACI initiative aimed at promoting interaction and collaboration among female interventional cardiologists in our region. World-renowned international female interventional cardiologists such as Dr. Roxana Mehran, Dr. Cindy Grines, and Dr. Viviana de Mello Guzzo Lemke will also take part in the aforementioned activities.
Additionally, Dr. Mehran is the Head of the Women as One initiative, a program that seeks to foster gender equality in healthcare, particularly in interventional cardiology.
Below, more detailed information on these Congress sessions.
01/08 | Rio Pinheiros Room | 12:15pm – 02:00pm | Satellite Symposium MINT (Interventional Women)
Chairs: Maria Sanali Moura de Oliveira Paiva (BRA).
Panelists: Maria Sanali Moura de Oliveira Paiva (BRA), Micheli Zanotti Galon (BRA), Ludmilla Almeida da Rocha Ribeiro de Oliveira (BRA), Adriana Costa Moreira (BRA) and Celia Maria Camelo Silvia (BRA).
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12:15pm – 12:30pm | “Brazilian Reality” – Viviana de Mello Guzzo Lemke (BRA) | |
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12:30pm – 12:45pm | “Women in Interventional Cardiology past, present and future – small numbers, growing impact” – Roxana Mehran (USA) | |
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12:45pm – 01:00pm | “Motivations and barriers to choosing a career in interventional cardiology” – Cindy Grines (USA) | |
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01:00pm – 01:15pm | “Why we should have a feminist global health agenda?” – Carla Agatiello (ARG) | |
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01:15pm – 01:30pm | Engaging men to support women in science, medicine and global health – Ricardo Alves da Costa (BRA) | |
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01:30pm – 01:45pm | “Implicit prejudice in medicine: a meritocracy-based principle and women careers” – Deborah Christina Nercolini (BRA) | |
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01:45pm – 02:00pm | Panelists Discussion |
02/08 | Rio Tietê Room | 07:00am – 08:00am | Breakfast MINT (Women in Interventional Cardiology) – Colóquio: Women in Interventional Cardiology: If you love it, you do it! From the sick the the healing heart
Chairs: Maria Sanali Moura de Oliveira Paiva (BRA).
Panelists: Cindy Grines (USA), Roxana Mehran (USA), Carla Romina Agatiello (ARG), Heloisa Maria M. S. Guimarães (BRA), Glaucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira (BRA), Lilia Nigro Maia (BRA) and Magaly Arrais dos Santos (BRA).
More information: http://www.solacicongress.org/en/
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