Antonio Roberto Chacra

Diretor do Centro de Diabetes do Hospital Sírio Libanês e Presidente do Instituto Paulista de Diabetes e Endocrinologia. Possui Graduação e Residência Médica em Medicina pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina. Pós-graduação na Universidade do Texas, Southwestern Medical School. Doutorado em Medicina (Endocrinologia Clínica) pela UNIFESP/EPM. Foi Diretor e Investigador Principal do Centro de Pesquisa Clínica em Diabetes da UNIFESP/EPM. Ocupou os cargos de Chefe da Disciplina da Endocrinologia, Chefe do Departamento de Medicina da EPM/UNIFESP, Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes, Presidente da Associação Latino Americana de Diabetes, Vice-Presidente da International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (Reg. SP), Editor Chefe dos Brazilian Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism por oito anos. Presidente do Comitê Executivo do Programa Harvard/Joslin/SBD, Diabetes Education. Presidente da Associação Brasileira dos Diabéticos (ABD), Diretor do Centro de Estudos Latino Americano em Diabetes (CELAD). Aos 37 anos foi aprovado em concurso para Professor Titular tendo sido considerado um dos mais jovens Professores à atingir este título. Autor de vários artigos científicos, particularmente no campo do diabetes e participou como investigador principal em mais de 100 ensaios clínicos farmacológicos sobre compostos antidiabéticos. Na América Latina, o Dr. Chacra é bem conhecido por sua dedicação e compromisso com a educação em diabetes. É endocrinologista atuante com título de especialista desde 1976 pela Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabolismo - Associação Médica Brasileira e Conselho Federal de Medicina com clínica estabelecida na Rua Manoel da Nóbrega, 1626 Paraíso São Paulo/SP.

Dr. Antonio Roberto Chacra is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of Diabetes Center at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. After completing his residency training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, he spent two years as a research fellow in diabetes and metabolism at the Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas, Dallas,USA. Dr.Chacra was for six consecutive years Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation and has served as a member of the working group World Health Organization /International Diabetes Federation (WHO/IDF). He was also the President of the Executive Committee for the Harvard-Joslin Diabetes Education Program in Brazil. In the past, Dr.Chacra has been President of several diabetes associations, including the Latin American Diabetes Association, the Brazilian Diabetes Society and the Brazilian Endocrinology and Metabolism Society (Sao Paulo section). He has also served for eight years as Editor-in- Chief of the Brazilian Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, the official organ of the Brazilian Endocrinology & Metabolism Society. Dr. Chacra is basically an academic very much envolved with diabetes continuing medical education. He is the Chairman of the very traditional Advanced Course in Diabetes Treatment, organized yearly in Sao Paulo. He was also the President of the 12º Latin American Diabetes Congress, which was held in Sao Paulo in 2004. He has authored multiple scientific articles particularly in the field of diabetes. Dr.Chacra is largely worldwide known in the diabetes scientific community for his dedication and commitment to diabetes care, education and clinical research. Dr. Chacra is the Chief of the Clinical Diabetes Research Center at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.