Committee Description
The International Affairs Committee promotes and supports child neurology development in low- and medium-income countries. The committee supports national meetings in poor resource countries in Latin America, building infrastructure, and providing training. The committee accepts, evaluates, and selects applicants for the yearly D’Souza award, coordinates medical rotations of D’Souza awardees in the US or Canada, and hosts awardees during the annual meeting. Additionally, the committee organizes international SIGs or symposiums for the annual meeting and collaborates on outreach projects with other societies, including International, European, Ibero-American, and African child neurology societies.
Committee Roster
Mubeen Fatima Rafay (Chair)
Maria T. Acosta (Associate Chair)
Soe S Mar (Board Liaison)
Sonika Agarwal
Arayamparambil C Anilkumar
Poonam Bhatia
Sonal Bhatia
Jahnavi Chatterjee
Dave Fitzgerald Clarke
Satyanarayana Gedela
Debabrata Ghosh
Kenneth J. Mack
Dana Marafie
Sharoon Qaiser
Alcy R. Torres
Edwin Trevathan
Marcio Moacyr Vasconcelos
Jorge Vidaurre
Elissa Yozawitz