{"id":22587,"date":"2026-02-02T16:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aortic-africa.org\/persons\/verna-vanderpuye\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:43:06","slug":"verna-vanderpuye","status":"publish","type":"persons","link":"https:\/\/aortic-africa.org\/pt-pt\/persons\/verna-vanderpuye\/","title":{"rendered":"Verna Vanderpuye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Dra. Verna Vanderpuye M.D, nascida a 6<sup>de<\/sup> fevereiro de 1965 no Gana, \u00c1frica Ocidental, tem mais de 20 anos de experi\u00eancia no tratamento do cancro com radioterapia, terapia sist\u00e9mica, forma\u00e7\u00e3o de jovens estudantes de medicina, m\u00e9dicos, profissionais de sa\u00fade aliados e investiga\u00e7\u00e3o sobre o cancro em \u00c1frica. \u00c9 consultora s\u00e9nior no Centro Nacional de Radioterapia, Oncologia e Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universit\u00e1rio Korlebu, Acra, Gana, com afilia\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Universidade do Gana, Acra. Os seus interesses centram-se nos cancros da mama, sarcoma, genitourin\u00e1rio, gastrointestinal e na investiga\u00e7\u00e3o das particularidades do tratamento do cancro em \u00c1frica.  <\/p>\n<p>Sendo a primeira oncologista pioneira na regi\u00e3o da \u00c1frica Ocidental ap\u00f3s a sua forma\u00e7\u00e3o apoiada pela American Cancer Society e pela AIEA na Universidade Howard e nos Hospitais da Universidade de Chicago. A Dra. Vanderpuye orientou muitos jovens profissionais de oncologia regionais e internacionais ao longo da sua forma\u00e7\u00e3o, fases de carreira jovem e de n\u00edvel m\u00e9dio, incutindo a import\u00e2ncia de uma abordagem hol\u00edstica aos doentes, considerando fatores econ\u00f3micos, socioculturais e psicol\u00f3gicos em rela\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 evid\u00eancia atual da pr\u00e1tica. Esta abordagem resultou efetivamente numa melhoria da qualidade de vida mesmo face a recursos limitados, ao mesmo tempo que promove oportunidades de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e desenvolve abordagens pragm\u00e1ticas e econ\u00f3micas para a implementa\u00e7\u00e3o de novas evid\u00eancias.  <\/p>\n<p>Est\u00e1 facilmente acess\u00edvel aos colegas mais jovens, encorajando um equil\u00edbrio entre as tens\u00f5es e distra\u00e7\u00f5es atuais da vida, o envolvimento acad\u00e9mico incluindo investiga\u00e7\u00e3o, profissionalismo e desenvolvimento de compet\u00eancias na \u00e1rea de especializa\u00e7\u00e3o. \u00c9 atualmente Secret\u00e1ria-Tesoureira da AORTIC, ex-diretora do programa de oncologia cl\u00ednica do seu programa local de forma\u00e7\u00e3o m\u00e9dica p\u00f3s-graduada, membro de v\u00e1rios comit\u00e9s de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de cancro locais, regionais e internacionais, incluindo ASCO, ESMO, OMS, UICC. <\/p>\n<p>A Dra. 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