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After his 1967 graduation, he specialized in infectious diseases with Prof. Vicente Amato Neto, at the University of São Paulo and at the Hospital do Servidor Público de São Paulo. This work led him to develop an interest in immunology. Varella interned at MD Anderson in 1978,[11] and has worked at Hospital do Câncer, specializing in oncology.[1]
He has had an active role in prevention and educational campaigns about AIDS, being the first one to have a radio program on the subject. From 1989 to 2001 he volunteered to work as an unpaid physician in one of the largest prisons of Brazil, the Carandiru, in order to help tackle an AIDS epidemic among inmates.[13][12] He wrote the best-seller book Estação Carandiru chronicling this experience, later adapted in the film Carandiru, by Hector Babenco). The book has been described as a quasi-ethnographical study of the prison.[14]
Varella is also very active in the public understanding of science, particularly in the medical area. He writes columns for the largest Brazilian newspapers and was invited by the Globo TV Network to host a series of programs on the human body, the brain, first aid, smoking,[18]pregnancy, obesity and others, which were exhibited at the Fantástico show on Sundays.[17] He is also the producer and host of a TV talk show on medicine and health, which is broadcast on several TV channels.
He has also written fiction for adults[19] and children and has often been a vocal supporter of scientific skepticism.[20][21]
Controversy
In 2020, Varella was criticized after hugging an inmate who been convicted of murdering and raping a 9-year-old child during a documentary aired on Fantástico reporting on the life of trans women incarcerated in male prisons. He later apologized, stating that he did not know what crime she had committed, and that he avoids learning this information to avoid bias when treating patients.[22]
Personal life
Varella has been married to actress Regina Braga since 1981, and has fathered two daughters.[1] He is an atheist.[23][24][25][26]
Works
Carcereiros (2012)
Prisioneiras
AIDS Hoje. In 3 volumes, in collaboration with Antonio Fernando Varella and Narciso Escaleira.
^Varella, Drauzio (29 September 2011). "Viagem ao passado". drauziovarella.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^Lanna, Marcos (January 2000). "Estação Carandirú, de Drauzio Varella". Ilha – Revista de Antropologia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 (1). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 155–162. ISSN2175-8034. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^de Almeida, Flávio (November 2008). "Um doutor na sala de TV". Diversa (in Brazilian Portuguese). No. 16. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^Varella, Drauzio (8 January 2005). "Febre amarela". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^Varella, Drauzio (18 March 2018). "Opinião: Imposição pelas mãos". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^Alves, Micheline (8 February 2013). "Drauzio Varella". Trip (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
