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Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator
Clínica Bíblica Hospital, Costa Rica
Disclosure(s): Eli Lilly: Stocks/Bonds; Pfizer: Advisor/Consultant
Jose Pablo Diaz Madriz, PharmD, MSc. Dr. Diaz Madriz is an infectious disease clinical pharmacist, Master in pharmacology and Medication Management and the Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Clínica Bíblica Hospital, San José, Costa Rica.
He is an adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Costa Rica and at the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED). Dr. Díaz Madriz has worked as an advisor for the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica. He is a Member of the National Commission on Antimicrobial Resistance and is one of the co-authors of Costa Rica National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance. In Costa Rica he is also a member of the National Strategy for Surveillance of AMR from INCIENSA (Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud).
Dr. Díaz is an international consultant for the Pan American Health Organization. He has worked in workshops in Central America related to AS programs. He has delivered several webinars on implementation of ASPs and optimization of antibiotic use in Latin America and has published on implementation of AS interventions in Costa Rica.