Dermatology in Public Health Environments A Comprehensive Textbook

EDITOR Renan Rangel Bonamigo,  MD by Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil (UFCSPA, 1991), with Residency in Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre; Master and PhD in Medical Sciences by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 1998; 2003). Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 1997). Qualification by the Brazilian Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1998). Former coordinator of the SBD Department of Skin Allergy (2007-2009, 2020-2022). Associate Editor of the Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia between 2009-2016. Member of the SBD Education Department between 2017-2019. He is Professor at UFRGS, teaches in the Pathology Postgraduate Program at UFCSPA, and in the Medical Sciences Postgraduate Program at UFRGS. He is a preceptor of the Dermatology Residency Program at the HCPA and is the Head of the Dermatology Service at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre Hospital, Brazil. He has authored more than 150 publications in the field of Dermatology.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

André Avelino Costa Beber  holds an MD from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (UFSM, 1997). He completed his residency in dermatology at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre and his Master of Medical Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2008). He was awarded the title of Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 2000). He is currently a Professor and Head of the Dermatology Service at UFSM and an advisor to the Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Brazilian Society of Dermatology.

Clarice Gabardo Ritter  holds an MD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (UFRGS, 2002). She completed residencies in internal medicine (2004-2005) and dermatology (2006-2007) at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre. She also holds a Master of Medical Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2011), and was awarded the title of Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 2008). She is currently a dermatologist at one of Brazil’s largest public hospitals (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre) and Medical Residency Preceptor at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), mainly focusing in clinical dermatology, skin allergies and public health dermatology.

Renata Heck  holds an MD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 2009), and completed her residency in dermatology at the Clínicas Hospital of Porto Alegre (HCPA. She holds a Master’s and PhD in Medical Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 2014; 2020), and was awarded the title of Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 2013). She is currently a preceptor of the Dermatology Residency Program atthe HCPA.