One of the members of the Board of Directors of the Santos Dumont Institute (ISD), pediatrician José Luiz Egydio Setúbal, will take office on June 22, 2022 as the newest titular academic of the Brazilian Academy of Pediatrics (ABP). Along with 11 other directors, Setúbal is part of the ISD's highest decision-making body, which has, among other attributions, dealing with matters such as the general lines of the institution's policies, guidelines and strategies. Setúbal acts as a voluntary adviser, representing the civil entity through the organization Fundação José Luiz Egydio Setúbal – Hospital Infantil Sabará.

“I didn't pursue an academic career, I'm a pediatrician who worked for many years in hospitals and in private practice in São Paulo. But, for 20 years, I have been dedicating myself to philanthropy and actions aimed at child and adolescent health. I created a foundation that bears my name, and which has several activities in the third sector, such as teaching and research, in the context of pediatrics and child health as a whole. We took on many initiatives, such as Hospital Infantil Sabará, which is a reference in São Paulo; the launch of several publications; the elaboration of congresses; among many other actions. All of this ended up giving visibility to my work, but I always try to focus the spotlight on this institutional side”, comments physician José Luiz Setúbal who will assume Chair 29 of the ABP, whose patron is Prof. Dr. Nicholas Albano.

Currently, José Luiz Setúbal is the founder and president of the José Luiz Egydio Setúbal Foundation; vice-president of Instituto Pensi – Research and Teaching in Child Health; and chairman of the board of Associação Fundo Areguá. Between 2015 and 2017, he was provider of the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo; and worked as a clinical pediatrician in a private practice and in several hospitals in the city of São Paulo. Today, Setúbal acts as an adviser to several institutions, including: Fundação Tide Setúbal; Alberto Santos Dumont Teaching and Research Institute; Paulista Association of Foundations; and Brotherhood of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo.

“The election of Dr. Setúbal for the Brazilian Academy of Pediatrics is a fair recognition of its unequivocal competence and dedication to the development of actions aimed at the health of children and adolescents. As a natural member of the Board of Directors of the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, his performance has been strategic for the fulfillment of the institutional mission, as an executing body of public policies that contribute to the development of education, health and science and technology in Brazil”, emphasizes Jovan Gadioli dos Santos, managing director of ISD. 

Biography

José Luiz Egydio Setúbal in Medicine in 1981 at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo. He specialized in Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP); and postgraduate studies in Economics and Health Management at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp).

The José Luiz Egydio Setúbal Foundation is a non-profit institution whose mission is to work for child health on several fronts, understanding health not only as an opposition to disease, but also as the well-being of the person in the biopsychosocial dimension. The institution operates through its assistance arm with Hospital Infantil Sabará and carries out teaching, research and social projects in the area of child and adolescent health through Instituto Pensi – Pesquisa e Ensino em Saúde Infantil. 

Advice

The Board of Directors of the Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) is made up of 12 members who are representatives of public authorities, civil society entities, Institute associates and of recognized professional capacity. 

Board member activity is unpaid and consists of periodic meetings to resolve matters, such as:

The outline of ISD policies, guidelines and strategies;

Proposals for a management contract, budget, investment program and action plan for the execution of activities;

Financial and accounting statements and annual accounts;

Creation and amendment of statutes, internal regulations, own regulations for contracting works, services, purchases and disposals, as well as a plan for positions, salaries and employee benefits;

Management and activity reports to be forwarded to the supervisory body for the execution of the management contract;

Compliance with defined guidelines and targets.