In Memoriam: Rosa María Pereira, M.D., Ph.D.

[Hannah Miller]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of ASBMR member and volunteer leader Rosa Maria Pereira on October 2, 2022. Dr. Pereira was Professor of Medicine and Head of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory of the Rheumatology Division at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine, in São Paulo, Brazil, and was a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Regional Editor for South America since 2020. Dr. Pereira was President of ABRASSO-regional São Paulo from 2019-2021 and a member of the Osteoporosis Committee of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology. She authored more than 360 articles published in international journals and received more than 80 awards. Dr. Pereira loved to share her enthusiasm for the field and enjoyed discussing and learning from her most intriguing cases. She will be missed by many. Please take the time to share a memory on this forum. 

[Ernesto Canalis]

Rosa was a wonderful human being. She spent time as a post doctoral fellow in our laboratory. She was intelligent, diligent and enthusiastic about her work. Above all Rosa was a caring individual. She returned to Sao Paolo after the completion of her laboratory experience in the US to continue a very successful academic career at the School of Medicine. She often came to the US to attend the annual meeting of ASBMR, I am grateful that I had the oppotunity to know her. She will be sincerely missed by many of us.

Ernie Canalis

[Nilton Rosa Neto]

Professor Rosa Pereira was a very special human being. Dedicated physician and researcher. She mentored many students, residents and postgraduate fellows. I am priviliged to be one of them. My last collaboration with her was presented just recently at the ASBMR2022 and she worked very hard to have all the information we needed ready for it. She always did.

She will definitely be remembered as one of the Brazilian references in the bone and mineral field.

Nilton Salles Rosa Neto

[Cristiano Zerbini]

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