Dr. Nathalie Charpak - Pediatrician, Carrera 7 No 46 –20, Apto 2001, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia,

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CURRICULUM VITAE

ACADEMIC STUDIES

1974 – 1981Université París Sud. Degree. Medical Doctor.

1982 – 1983Université París VI. Postgrade on Tropical and Nutricional Medicine.

1983 – 1987Université René Descartes. Degree : Pediatrician.

1987 – 1988Colombian National University/ICFES. Equivalence as Colombian Pediatrician.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1982 – 1986Paris and Countryside. Pediatric resident in hospitals and private practice as MD.

1987 – 1988IMI (Bogotá). Kangaroo Mother Program. Rural year as MD in Colombia.

1989 – 1993IMI. KMC program. Investigator and Coordinator of a research on

1993 – 1999ISS-WorldLab KMC program, Clinica del Niño (Bogotá). Coordinator

1996 - 2006 Fundación Canguro (Bogotá). Legal Representative. Research projects´ Coordinator

1996 - 2006 Coordinator of the KMC training program of the Kangaroo Foundation. More than 40 teams from 25 developing countries were trained in the past 10 years

2001- 2006Scientific Coordination, Kangaroo Mother Care Program, San IgnacioUniversity Hosp, Bogota, Colombia.

LECTURES ON KANGAROO MOTHER CARE:

1994- 2005 World Laboratory Annual Meetings. Geneva, Switzerland.

1996 - 2005 World Federation of Scientist, Anual Meetings, Errice, Sicilia.

1994 - 2005 Perinatology or Pediatric Congress in Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Francia .

1995 San Diego (CA,USA). Annual Meeting of the AmericanPediatric Society (APS/SPR) for

Pediatric research: oral presentation on early results of the RCT on the Kangaroo Mother Care

1997 - 1999 Annual Meeting of APS/SPR ( posters on KMC research results)

1996Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec (Canada). LocalHospitals and Laval University.

1996Trieste (Italia). WHO: First International Worshop on Kangaroo Mother Care.

1998 Recife (Brasil). First National meeting on Kangaroo Mother Programme.

1999 Uong Bi, I Seminar on KMC, Vietnam

2000 III International workshop on KMC, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

2001 Global Health Conference, Washington.

2001 Mondial Congress of Perinatal medecine, Barcelona, Spain

2002 Intercountry KMC Workshop. WHO-Fundacion Canguro-SNL. New Dehli. India.

2002 IV International KMC workshop, Cap Town, Afrique du Sud

2002 IPOKRATES Neonatal care and Comfort. Gmunden, Autriche

2003IPOKRATES Neonatal Care and Comfort. Padoue, Italie

2003Perinatology Mundial Congress, Osaka, Japon

2003Global Forum on health evidences for local decisions. Washington, USA.

2003Update on KMC for senior pediatricians. Emperial Collegue, London.

2004KMC Workshop, Chennai, India

2004KMC Workshop, Jaipur, India

2004KMC Workshop, Lucknow, India

2004KMC Workshop, Lagos, Nigeria

2004Mundial Congress in Pediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology

2005 IDNIC 2005 (Infant development in Neonatal Intensice Care ), Londres.

2005Global Forum for Health Research, Mumbai, Sept 2005

2005KMC Seminary, Health Ministery, Vietnam, Oct 2005

2005El Metodo Madre Canguro, Congreso Liga de la Leche, Bilbao, España

2005 National Pediatric Congress, Cartagena, Colombia

2006 Journées de Perinatalité, Beziers, France

2006 KMC Workshop, Barcelona, Spain

2006 ”KMC in Colombia, Past Present y Future” Uppsala University, Sweden

PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS AND VIDEOTAPES.
  1. Charpak N , Ruiz JG et al. Rey-Martínez Kangaroo Mother Program: an alternative way of caring for low birth weight infants? One year mortality in a two cohort study. Pediatrics 1994; 94:804-810.
  2. Charpak N Ruiz-Pelaez JG, Figueroa Z. Current knowledge of KMC. Curr Opin Pediatr 1996;8:108-12
  3. Charpak N, Figueroa Z. La methode kangourou. Edit: ESF, Paris, France, 1996, El Metodo Canguro. Edit: Interamer. Mc Graw Hill, Bog.1997, “O Metodo Mae Canguru”. Edit: Interamer. Mc Graw Hill, Brazil (1999).
  4. Charpak N, Ruiz-Pelaez JG, Figueroa Z, Charpak Y. Kangaroo mother versus traditional care for newborn infants  2000 grams: a RCT. Pediatrics 1997;100:682-8
  5. Charpak N, Figueroa Z, 1997 Videotape" Piel a Piel en la intimidad" ( US$ 20, 24 mn) available in NTSC and PAL-SECAM, English, French and Spanish. Fund Cang Carrera 7 No 46-20, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.
  6. Tessier R, Cristo M, Velez S, Girón M, Figueroa de Calume Z, Ruiz-Peláez JG, Charpak Y, Charpak N. Kangaroo mother care and the bonding hypothesis. Pediatrics 1998;102(2):e17
  7. Ruiz Pelaez JG, Charpak N. Caring for the mother and the preterm infant: KMC. Birth 1998 Mar;25(1):62-4
  8. Cattaneo A, Charpak N et al. Kangaroo mother care in low income countries. International Network in Kangaroo Mother Care. J.Trop Pediatr.1998 Oct;44(5):279-82.
  9. Charpak N, Figueroa Z, Ruiz JG. Kangaroo Mother Care. Lancet 1998; 351: 114.
  10. N. Charpak , Zita Figueroa and J.G. Ruiz on behalf of the participants of the II International Workshop on Kangaroo Mother Care ”The Bogota Declaration on KMC” conclusions at the second international workshop on the method. Acta Paediatrica 89:1137-40.2000
  11. Human immunodeficiency virus type-I: mother-to-child transmission. Meeting of the world federation of scientists. Join report. Dovie Akue JP, Babaki P, Barre-Sinoussi F, Charpak N, de The G., Ferreira Rea M. et Al. Acta Paediatr 2000;89:1385-6.
  12. N. Charpak , J.G. Ruiz and Zita Figueroa. Humanizing neonatal care. Acta Paediatr 89:501-12.2000
  13. Charpak N, Ruiz-Pelaez JG, Figueroa de Calume Z, Charpak Y “A Randomized Controlled Trial on Kangaroo Mother Care: Results of follow-up at one year of corrected age”. Pediarics 2001; 108(5); 1072-79
  14. N. Charpak , J.G. Ruiz and Zita Figueroa. What is the issue when discharging “premies”: Early discharge from hospital or early integration with the family? Acta Paediatr. 2001 Oct;90(10):1105-6
  15. Mother to Child Transmission of HIV-1. Meeting of the world federation of scientists. Join report. G.Biberfeld, P.Biberfeld, F. Buonaguro, N.Charpak, G de The, M. Ferreira Rea et Al, Acta Paediatr 2001; 90:1337-1339
  16. Ruiz-Pelaez, Charpak, N., J.G., de Calume, Z. “Predictional need for supplementing breastfeeding in preterm infants under KMC” Acta Paediatrica, 91:1-5, 2002
  17. Weller, A. Rozin, A., Goldstein, A., Charpak, N., Ruiz-Pelaez, J.G., de Calume, Z., Charpak, Y. & Sack, J. (2002). Longitudinal assessment of the pituitary-thyroid axis and adrenal function in preterm infants raised by "kangaroo mother care". J.Hormone Research 2002;57:22-26
  18. Booklet “Estimulacion, masajes y lactancia maternal. Paso a Paso”. 2002. ISBN 958-97234-8-9
  19. Booklet “Pautas de manejo Canguro” 2002. ISBN 958-97115-7-X
  20. J.Sack,A. Goldstein, N.Charpak, A.Rozin, J.G.Ruiz, Z.Figuroa, Y.Charpak, A.Weller “Post partum maternal hypothyroidism in an area were iodine supplementation is required” Thyroid 2003, Vol 13 No 10: 959-964. © Mary Ann Liebert,Inc
  21. R.Tessier, M.Cristo, S.Vellez, M.Giron, L.Nadeau, Z.Figueroa, J.G.Ruiz, N.Charpak. “Kangaroo Mother Care: a method for protecting high risk LBW and premature infants against developmental delay” Infant behavior and development (IBAD)26 (2003) 384-397. Elsevier Edition
  22. Active participation of the Kangaroo Foundation in “ Kangaroo Mother Care A practical Guide” WHO 2003, ISSBN 92 4 159035 1
  23. Figueroa Z ,Charpak, N., Ruiz-Pelaez, J.G., “KMC Method: an alternative o a complementary method for the best care of the LBWI?” The Suffering Child. Issue 5, 2004,
  24. Juan Gabriel Ruiz-Peláez, MD MmedSci 1, Nathalie Charpak, MD 2 Luis Gabriel Cuervo, MD MSc 3Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to follow from developing countries. BMJ 2004;329;1179-1181
  25. N Charpak, J.G. Ruiz, J. Zupan, A. Cattaneo, Z. Figueroa, R.Tessier, M. Cristo, G. Anderson, S. Ludington, S. Mendoza, M. Mokhachane and B. Worku “Kangaroo Mother Care 25 years after” Acta Paediatrica 94(5):514-522 May 2005
  26. Charpak N.” Bébés Kangourous, Materner autrement” Ediciòn Odile Jacob. Aug 2005. Paris. Francia. ISBN 2.7381.16434. Translation available in Spanish, Italian and English 2006
  27. Charpak, N., Ruiz-Pelaez, J.G., de Calume, Z "Influence of feeding patterns and other factors on early somatic growth of healthy, pre-term infants in home-based Kangaroo Mother Care: A cohort study". J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Oct;41(4):430-437.
  28. N Charpak, J G Ruiz-Peláez, “Sources of resistance to Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) implementation in developing countries and proposed solutions.”. Acta Paediatrica 95 (5): 529 – 534 May 2006

PRIZE

1 - INCLEN PRIZE for the most outstanding paper published during 1997-1998.

2 - SAN VALENTINO PRIZE 1999 “ un ano d´amore” Vatican, for proving, on sound scientific basis the efficiency of the Kangaroo Mother Method and for transferring the knowhow to many other developping countries.

3 - SPECIAL JURY AWARD for the video Tape: Kangaroo Mother Care Method. International festival of Health Film. 1999. WHO and WAMHF

4 – BEST PRACTICES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH 2006 AWARD. Global Health Council. Washington .