Course Co-Directors

Doreen Defaria Yeh, MD
Associate Director, MGH Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Co-Director, MGH Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Program
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

Madelaine Tully, MD
Family Physician, Progressive Community Health Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Planning Committee

Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS
President of CVAMS
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Northwell Health
New York

Patricia Andrade, MD
Physician, General Surgeon
Taunton and Fall River, MA

Elizabeth Gomes, DO
Physician, Jenks Park Pediatrics Women and Infant's Hospital through Care - New England
Central Falls, RI | Providence, RI

Maria Fatima Barros, RN, MSN
(Retired) Volunteer many communities’ health & advisory committees, RI Department of Health Advisory Boards
Providence, RI

Rosilda James, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist, Alves Psychotherapy
Walnut Creek, CA

Samora Miguel Cardoso Lopes
Clinical Research Sub-investigator, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care And Pain Medicine
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Maya Spencer, MD
Pediatrician, Atrius Health
Braintree, MA

Susan Weinberg, MD, FACR
Founder, Mary Jo Cropper Family Center for Breast Care
Past Director of Trihealth Radiology, Cincinnati
Rad Partners—SEAL Team

Lyla Blake, MD, MPH
Physician, Community Health Center of Cape Cod
Falmouth, MA

Kimberly Coto, LICSW, MSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
New Bedford, MA

Faculty

Patrice Alves, MD
Internal Medicine Physician, Christus Health
San Antonio, TX

Paulo Pina, MD
Network Pediatric Medical Director, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
Brooklyn, NY

Maritsa Barros, EdD, MS
University Lecturer, Tufts University
Owner, Senavision

Carla Barbosa, MD
National Program Coordinator for Oncology
Ministry of Health, Cabo Verde

Hirondina Borges, MD
Oncologist, Agostinho Neto University Hospital
Praia, Cabo Verde

Adriano Cabral, MEd, CAGS
CEO, Inclusion Family Center, Inc.
Brockton, MA

Samantha DeAndrade, MD, MPH
Fellow in Urogynecology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Luis Manuel Dias Andrade, MD
Physician, Agostinho Neto University Hospital
Praia, Cabo Verde

David Earle, MD, FACS
Director, New England Hernia Center
Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts University – School of Medicine
Medical Advisor, Western Mass Region of the National Ski Patrol

Oyere K. Onuma, MD
Director, Global Cardiovascular Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital – Cardiology Division & Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Health Equity in Cardiology (MGH)

E. Isabel Lopes, MD
Physician, Mad River Community Hospital, Open Door Community Health Center & Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital
California, USA

Antonio Mendes, MD
Medical Director, Mendes Medical Associates
Norwood, MA

Robert M. Teixeira, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Danielson Pereira Barreto da Veiga, MD
President, Order of Physicians, Cabo Verde
Chair of Surgery, Agostinho Neto University Hospital

Nicholas Tawa, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director of Nutrition Support Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Nivia Vieira, MSc
Assistant Director of Healthcare Partnership, Project Bread
East Boston, MA 

Idalina S. Afopa, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Veterans Health Administration
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York, NY

Valéria Semedo, MD
Physician, Agostinho Neto University Hospital
Coordinator, HAN – Palliative Care
Member, African Association of Palliative Care
Lecturer, University of Cape Verde
Nursing Chair, Disability Verification Commission of the National Social Security Institute
Cabo Verde

Jason Sherer, MD, MPH
Physician, Cardiology - St. Francis Heart Center
Rockville Centre, NY

Darlene Spencer
Program Officer/Board President, Carney Family Charitable Foundation
Cape Verdean Association in New Bedford

Joseph Gomes, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician, Memorial Hospital West
Pembroke, FL

Merrian Brooks, MD
Attending Pediatrician/Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Anibal Melo, MD
Physician, Saint Luke’s Hospital – Department of Nephrology
St. Louis, MO

Djanira Fernandes, MD
PGY1 Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Tim Johnson, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine, Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Elisa Cabral, MS
Inclusion Family Center

Claudia Fontes, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fresno, CA

Roberto Pineda, MD
Thomas Y. & Clara W. Butler Chair of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Gabriella Spinola
Chief Marketing Officer, CMO
WeCare 365 AFC