Dr. Marimilia Pita is a pediatric oncologist/hematologist. She oversees the Medical Residency Program in the pediatric hematology department at the University of Campina and the division of hematology at the Samaritano Hospital both in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Dr. Pita is the founder of the Pediatric Committee of the Brazilian Association of Hematology and Hemotherapy (ABHH) and President/ Chief Executive Officer of the Lua Vermelha โ Sickle Cell Disease Association- a patient organization.
She is the first president of the Braziliansโ Congresses of Pediatric Hematology- ABHH and similar to Pediatric Oncology, she advocated for Pediatric Hematology to be a certificate program that is recognized by the Brazilian Medical Association and by the Federal Council of Medicine in Brazil.