Medical Chief
Clínica Colsanitas, Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Colombia
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
I am an Infectious diseases professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medical School and the vice president of Innovation and scientific development at Clínica Colsanitas. I belong to several scientific societies, including the American Association of Infectious Diseases (IDSA), ambassador for Latin America of the American Society of Hospital Epidemiology (SHEA), and since 2011, member of the National Academy of Medicine of Colombia. I’m involved in research projects on the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance, control of infections associated with health care, HIV/ AIDS, H1N1 infection, invasive fungal infections, and clinical trials related to antimicrobials and vaccines. I served as advisor of Colombia’s Government (President of the Republic, Ministry of Health ) in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic