Associação Brasileira de Portadores de
Espondilite Anquilosante (ABRESPAN)
Founded in December 2004
Rua Joaquim Antunes, 490 conj. 71
São Paulo/SP
Tel./Fax: (+55-11) 3081-5999
eMail: emei
terra.com.br
Internet homepage: www.espondilitebr.hpg.com.br
| Presidente | Dr. Eduardo de Souza MEIRELLES, São Paulo (address as given above) Rheumatologist |
| Vice-Presidente | Rodinei Santana GUIMARÃES AS patient |
| Tesoureiro (Treasurer) | Flavio de Grandis PUCHALSKI Physiotherapist |
| President of Scientific Board | Dr. Percival D. Sampaio BARROS Rheumatologist |
| International contacts | Dr. Eduardo de Souza MEIRELLES, São Paulo (address as given above) |
| Membership 1. Jan. 2007 | 130 members, most of them AS patients |
| Local branches | 1 local branch with weekly exercises |
| Newsletter | being built up |
| Further publications | 1. Translation of NASS Guidebook for Patients
published in www.espondilitebr.hpg.com.br
and in www.emedix.com.br
2. Portuguese validation of BASDAI and BASFI indexes in way of publication (permission obtained by Dr. Célio Roberto Gonçalves) 3- Dr. Muhammad Asim Khan: "Ankylosing Spondylitis the facts" in way of translation (permission obtained by Dr. Percival D. Sampaio Barros) 4- AS Diagnosis and Treatment Brazilian Guidelines published in Brazilian Medical Association, Medical Federal Board, and Brazilian Rheumatology Journal |
| Important events in 2007 | Monthly Lecture and Meeting with AS Sufferers in GRUPASP (São Paulo State Self-Help Arthritic Group) and in GRUPARJ (Rio de Janeiro State Self-Help Arthritic Group) initiated in February 2006 |
| Membership fee | Currently only financial donations to a local bank account |
| Remarks | Existence of a National Virtual AS Group created
by our Vice-President Rodinei Santana Guimarães before ABRESPAN
foundation was of great help and support for the Association
Low income of most ABRESPAN members leading to initiate the Association only with donations Brazilian Rheumatology Society support and recognition lending their address for legal registration |
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