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Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Colombia
Disclosure(s): MSD: Advisor/Consultant
Sandra Liliana Valderrama-Beltrán. Medical Specialist in Infectious Diseases. Master in Medical Sciences with emphasis in Hospital Epidemiology. Master in HIV. Clinical Epidemiology PhD(c). Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine. Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. Infectious Diseases Research Group, Bogotá, Colombia. Director of the Fellow Program in Infectious Diseases at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Colombian Senior Researcher according to the Colombian Ministry of Science and Technology. My research focus in the field of infectious diseases has been developed in the following topics: Health-care associated infections (CLABSI, VAP, and nosocomial pneumonia) , bacterial resistance (gram negatives and gram positives), HIV-AIDS (cardiovascular risk, comorbidities, treatment), viral hepatitis (diagnosis and treatment) and COVID-19 (health-care workers and SARS-CoV-2 infections and clinical prediction models). I have more than 15 years of clinical experience in hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs, infection control programs, and comprehensive care programs for people living with HIV.