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 in the division of hematology at the Samaritano Hospital both in Sao Paolo, BrazilDr. Pita is the founder of the Pediatric Committee of the Brazilian Association of Hematology and Hemotherapy (ABHH).
She is the first president of the Brazilians’ 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. To achieve this laudable goal, she advanced a partnership with both pediatrics and hematology and made this a joint venture between the Brazilian Association of Hematology and Hemotherapy and the Brazilian Association of Pediatrics.
