Cabo Verdean American Medical Society PodCast Julio Teixeira MD, FACS

As a professional Society we have faced challenges in returning to Cabo Verde to collaborate

with our colleagues. The Psychodynamics are complex intertwined with feelings of fear, insecurity and fairness not to mention the difference in the culture of professionalism, language, etc.

This Podcast is a frank conversation with Dr. Raffaella Gozzelinoan Italian Cabo Verdean a Professor of Biomedical Sciences who returns to lead a University on Cabo Verde.

In this episode hear a presentation of a young Colo-rectal surgeon about the growing incidence of colorectal cancer in Cabo Verde, the cultural and socio-economic barriers to screening and the challenges of treating colon cancer in Cabo Verde. presentation by Dr. Luis Bernardo Moreira and a great discussion with CVAMS members

A fascinating discussion of the current management of diabetic foot ulcers. Learn how the introduction of new protocols has decreased the rate of Amputation in Hospital Agostinho Neto. This conversation dives deeper into the needs for rehabilitation

and he plight of Amputees in Cabo Verde and the overall challenges of vascular surgery practice in Cabo Verde

In this Episode you will learn about the experience of Dr Irina Tavares in Collaborating with Dr Roberto Pineda and CVAMS that has led to new skills and her travel to the US for further education. we Also have a great presentation by Dr Valeria Semedo on the Current State of Palliative care medicine in Cabo Verde

A conversation  sponsored by the Cabo Verdean American Medical Society in Collaboration with the Fundacao Mais vida menus Alcool with  Experts and Activists from Cabo Verde, reviewing the current  epidemiological challenges and treatment  resources in Cabo Verde  taking in account the asymmetric health care delivery system.

A conversation promoted by the Cabo Verdean American Medical Society on Citizenship and Health in Cabo Verde attitudes and perceptions of our population and impact on health outcomes. A conversation  with Nadir Sousa Professor of social sciences at University of Santiago, Cabo Verde