Amazon Swim (Martin Strel)
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DURING FEB 1 - APR 08, 2007 MARTIN STREL SWAM 5,268 KMS (3274 MILES) OF THE AMAZON RIVER! HE DEDICATED THE SWIM TO THE PROTECTION OF THE RAINFOREST.

Members of the Amazon virtual medical team

Current members:

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACSMedical DirectorThe University of Arizona
Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhDTeam PhysicianThe University of Tennessee
Ronald C. Merrell, MD, FACSTelemedicineVirginia Commonwealth University
Eskild Pedersen, MDInfectious and Tropical Disease The University of Arizona
Marc E. Goldyne, MD, PhDDermatology University of California San Francisco
Tadeja Kotar, MDInfectious and Tropical Disease The University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Joe Mills, MDVascular surgery The University of Arizona
Mark Langenfeld, PhDExercise Physiologist Southeast Missouri State University
Andrej Marusic, MD, PhDPsychiatrist, Psychologist University of Primorska, Slovenia
Renato Poggetti, MDTrauma Surgeon School of Medicine, San Paulo, Brazil
Aurelio Rodriguez, MDTrauma Surgeon Allegheny General Hospital, Pennsylvania
Tania Correa de Toledo Ferraz Alves, MD, PhDPsychiatristUniversity of Săo Paulo, Brazil
Paulo Jorge Correia Alves, MDHead and Neck Surgeon Medical tenent in Brazilian Army, Săo Paulo, Brazil
Zvezdan Pirtosek, M.D., Ph.DNeurologistThe University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ales Kogoj, M.D., Ph.D.PsychiatristUniverstity Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dorjan Marusic, MD, B.Sc.Internal MedicineMinistry of Health, Slovenia
Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D.TelemedicineUniversity of Arizona
Richard A. McNeelyTelemedicineUniversity of Arizona