Consensus:

• First Latin American Consensus on treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. (2003)
• PANLAR Rheumatoid arthritis Study Group and GLADAR Consensus Meeting of Latin-American Rheumatologists on Education and the Use of DMARDs and Biologics. (2005)

Investigator Meetings :

• First Investigator Meeting-Río de Janeiro. (2003)
• Second Investigator Meeting, Rio de Janeiro. (2006)

Publications:

First Latin-American Position paper on the Pharmacological treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatology 2006;45:(supplement 2):pp. ii7-ii22(1)

• Caballero Carlo V, Galarza C, laurindo I, Cardiel M, Massardo L y Pons-Estel B (eds).Retos para el Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de la Artritis Reumatoide en América Latina. 2006 (Ediciones Uninorte). 450 pages. (Book)

Prizes:

• Antonio Reginato Prize to best scientific paper -Epidemiology-at the 10th South Cone Rheumatology Congress, Reñaca, Chile, October 2005- GLADAR: Latin American cohort of patients with early onset RA

Education programs:

• 10-15 july 2006- First arthritis workshop, Ciudad de Panama, Panama. Endorsed by StanfordUniversity. Courses: “Tomando el control de su salud”” and “El manejo personal de la artritis”; Participants: 22 health professionals (nurses, physicians, psychologists,) from Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Perú y Venezuela.

Future achievements:

• Manuscript in preparation: 2005 “PANLAR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS STUDY GROUP AND GLADAR Consensus Meeting of Latin-American Rheumatologists on Education and the Use of DMARDs and Biologics”.
(Results of workshop undertaken in Reñaca, Chile, see above) Editor: Arnulfo Nava, Mexico.
• Program of workshops on health care for patients in Latin America based on the program endorsed by Stanford University.
• First Latin American Congress on Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2008.