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A Voice for Chagas: Bringing Awareness to a Neglected Tropical Disease
February 12 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 pm
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Join us for a presentation and panel discussion with Florida medical experts on the complexities of Chagas disease, highlighted in Daisy Hernández’s “The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease,” the 2024-2025 One Book, One U selection for the University of Miami.
FEATURING PRESENTATIONS BY
Norman L. Beatty, M.D., FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University of Florida College of Medicine
“Introduction to Chagas Disease” and “Chagas Disease in Florida and Next Steps”
Ivan Alberto Gonzalez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical, Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
“Chagas Disease in Pediatrics”
Julia Bini Viotti, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
“Chagas Disease in Solid Organ Transplantation”
AND A PANEL DISCUSSION MODERATED BY
Jose F. Rodriguez
Director of Access Services and Learning Commons, University of Miami Libraries
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