Professional Activities

Past Work Experience And Academic Affiliation:

1986- 1987	Staff  Physician,  Clínica  Infantíl  Colsubsidio  (Children’s  Hospital),  Bogotá, Colombia
7/1991- 6/1992	Instructor  in  Pediatrics,  Department  of  Pediatrics  (during  chief  residency), University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.
July-Dec, 1995	Post  Doctoral  Research  Associate,  Department  of  Pediatrics,  Otitis  Media Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1/1996- 10/1998	Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section and Chief, Quality Assurance Office, Fundación, Clínica Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
10/1998- 3/2005	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
2007-08	Trinity College, Health Fellows Principal Advisor, Hartford, CT.
3/2005  to 8/2013	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
8/2011 to 12/13	Associate Professor of Immunology, UCHC, Department of Immunology
3/2013 to 8/13	Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Interim Physician in Chief, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
09/2004 to 2014	Adjunct  Assistant  Professor  of  Pharmacy Practice,  University of  Connecticut School of Pharmacy.

Current Job Titles And Academic Affiliations (Chronological Order)

10/1998 to date	Director  Pediatric  and  Youth  HIV  Program,  Connecticut  Children’s  Medical Center
12/2006 to date	Major  Advisor  for  the  Graduate  Program  in  Public  Health,  University  of Connecticut Health Center.
10/2008 to date	Director,  Division  of  Pediatric  Infectious  Diseases,  Department  of  Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
8/2012 to date	Elected Faculty Member to the Immunology Graduate Program, University of Connecticut Health Center.
9/2013 to date	Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Physician in Chief, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
09/2013  to date	Professor   of   Pediatrics, University   of   Connecticut   School of   Medicine, Farmington, CT
1/2014 to date	Professor of Immunology, UCHC, Department of Immunology.
January 2015	Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy.

Honors/Distinctions:

1988-91	Excellence in Patient Care by a Pediatric Resident, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
1990-91	Role Model in Teaching and Patient Care 1990-91, University of Connecticut, Dept of Pediatrics, Farmington, CT
1994-95	John B. Hawley Award for Health Promotion Research (University of Minnesota, School of Public Health), Minneapolis, MN
1995	Best scientific presentation - Northwest Pediatric Society fall meeting- 10/95. Minneapolis, MN
1998	Consultant for WHO – WHO model prescribing information. Member of the task force that developed and wrote “Drugs used in the treatment of Streptococcal pharyngitis and prevention of rheumatic fever. Geneva, 1998 – WHO/EDM/PAR/99.1”
2004	Medalla al Mérito Académico (Medal for Academic Merit), presented by the Corporación de Lucha Contra el SIDA (Corporation for the Fight Against AIDS), Cali, Colombia, March 31, 2004
2004	McNeill Spot Teaching Award for excellence in teaching: Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Pediatric Residency Program, June, 2004. Hartford, CT.
2004-15	Listed in Hartford Magazine’s Best Doctors in the Greater Hartford Area (2004- 2015). Listed in the 2004-2005 “Guide to American Top Pediatricians”, awarded by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, Washington D.C. Listed in the 2005-09 Best Doctors in America database (Pediatrics). Listed in Marquis Who’sWho in Medicine and Health Care, 2006-2007
2008	Regional Advocacy for Vaccination of Children Award, Presented by the Merck Vaccine Division, August, 2008
2009	Appointed to the Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2009/10 ZRG1 ICP2-B (51): Fogarty Institute, (NIH).
2010-2013	Elected to the Board of Directors of the  Child  Health  Institute  (CHDI)  of Connecticut and the Children’s Fund of Connecticut. Appointed in July 2012 as Chair of the Program Subcommittee and member to the Executive Committee.
2011	Elected permanent member to the Pediatric Travel Club (North Eastern United Pediatric Academic Membership), May 2011. Philadelphia, PA.
2011	2011 Best Clinical Sciences research award (PLoS NTD – 2010 syphilis manuscript). Colombian National Academy of Medicine – Bogota- Colombia, Dec 15/2011.
2012	Assigned to the Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2012/10 HIBP- NIAID (NIH) – June 14, 2012, San Francisco, CA. Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowship Program Review Committee Member, University of California, Berkeley, Program funding from the Fogarty International Center at the NIH
2014	NIH-NIAID: Topics in Bacterial Pathogenesis study section: Special Emphasis Panel Member ZRG1 IDMB 80 6/30/2014-7/1/2014
2014	Elected Chairman of the Board for the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI)– 2014-2016
2015	Member of the Training Advisory Group (TAG) for the CIDEIM-Yale Fogarty Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program