Integrative Pediatrics in Brazil

Dr. Ricardo Ghelman, MD, Ph.D., is the founding Chair of the Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health (CABSIN), which serves as the Brazilian chapter of the International Society of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine Research (ISCMR). He is a member of WHO's Expert Advisory Panel TCIM, Executive Advisor of the Virtual Health Library of TCIM (VHL TCIM Americas/PAHO/WHO), Ambassador of Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO) for Brazil. He graduated as a physician from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a pediatrician from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, and a pediatric oncologist from Campinas University. He obtained his Master's degree in Embryology and Comparative Anatomy from the University of São Paulo, trained on Goethean Phenomenology at the Life Science Seminar, Scotland. He obtained a Ph.D. in reproductive toxicology on phytotherapy at the Obstetrics Department of the Federal University of São Paulo. He did a Postdoctoral fellowship on Pain and Anthroposophy at the Neuroscience Program, Department of Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP). He is the pioneer coordinator of Integrative Pediatrics at the Pediatric Oncology Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (ITACI/HC FMUSP), Chair of the Department of Integrative Medicine for Children and Adolescents of the São Paulo Pediatric Society, coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Integrative Pediatrics at IBCMED, Professor of the Postgraduate Course on Phytotherapy in the field of Anthroposophy of the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo. He is the Medical Director of the Ghelman Integrative Medicine Institute.