Sheldon Benjamin M.D. Travels to Brazil to Give Lectures and Neuropsychiatric Consultations at SARAH Rehabilitation Hospital in Brasilia

Sheldon Benjamin, M.D., Vice Chair of Education, recently traveled to Brazil, where he delivered lectures and performed neuropsychiatric consultations at the SARAH Rehabilitation Hospital in Brasilia.  During his visit, Dr. Benjamin also consulted on patients with complex neurobehavioral problems being treated by the neurology team.

The UMass Chan Neuropsychiatry program has an exchange program with the SARAH Hospital in Brasilia. Lucia Braga, Ph.D., the CEO and President of the SARAH Network, is a prominent neuropsychology researcher and a professor in our department.  UMass Chan Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry residents can arrange to spend an elective month in neurorehabilitation at the Brasilia hospital.

In addition, Dr. Benjamin gave a series of talks and panel discussions on neuropsychiatry at the Congress on Brain Behavior and Emotions in Rio de Janeiro on June 29th while he was there.  

Below are some of the photos from this trip.

Photo descriptions from top left to right:  Rounding with the Neurology Team at the SARAH Hospital in Brasilia; Dr. Benjamin, lecturing on how to perform a neuropsychiatric examination at the Congress on Brain Behavior and Emotion in Rio de Janeiro; Dr. Benjamin with Lucia Braga, PhD, professor of psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School, during his previous visit to the SARAH Rehabilitation Network in 2015; and the poster for his lecture at the SARAH Rehabilitation Network annual scientific meeting at the SARAH Hospital in Brasilia.