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
Jorge Vidaurre (Chair)
Mubeen Fatima Rafay (Associate Chair)
Sucheta M. Joshi (Board Liaison)
Maria T. Acosta
Sonika Agarwal
Arayamparambil C Anilkumar
Poonam Bhatia
Sonal Bhatia
Harry T. Chugani
Dave Fitzgerald Clarke
Satyanarayana Gedela
Debabrata Ghosh
Julia Katherina Holtmann
Charuta Joshi
Kenneth J. Mack
Dana Marafie
Joseph Pinter
Mary Spiciarich
Alcy R. Torres
Edwin Trevathan
Marcio Moacyr Vasconcelos