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Rosenthal, Victor D. -ARGENTINA-, Fundador y Presidente

El Dr. Rosenthal es especialista en Medicina Interna y Enfermedades Infectocciosas. Certificado en Control de Infecciones y Epidemiología Hospitalaria. Fue residente de Infectología en la Universidad de Wisconsin EE.UU. Se graduó en Efectividad Clínica en la Universidad de Harvard EE.UU. Es el fundador y presidente de la Comunidad Científica Internacional de Control de Infecciones Nosocomiales (INICC, por sus siglas en inglés), centro de investigaciones internacional, sin fines de lucro, cuyo trabajo se focaliza en el estudio de las infecciones asociadas al cuidado de la salud en colaboración de más de 3.000 investigadores, en más de 600 ciudades, en 67 países, de las 6 regiones de la OMS. Es colaborador contratado por el CDC y por el Laboratorio de Microbiologia de la Armada de EEUU. Es co-autor de las guías para la prevención de bacteremia de la Joint Commission International (JCI). Es Miembro de la Fuerza de Tareas y Revisor de las Guías de Control de Infecciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Ha colaborado en la edición de las Guías de Control de Infecciones de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Perú, Hong Kong, Taiwán, China, y otros. Es miembro del Consejo Editorial y revisor científico de mas de 100 revistas científicas, tales como “Lancet”, “American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC)”; “Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology” (ICHE); y otras. Autor de más de 400 publicaciones científicas. Autor de capítulos de control de infecciones nosocomiales en los 5 continentes, destacandose los Best Sellers Americanos “Bennet & Brachman’s Hospital Infections”, y “ Richard Wenzel’s Hospital Infection”. Recibió premios en congresos científicos internacionales, como APIC, SHEA, IFIC, Panamericanos, entre otros. Durante los últimos 25 años ha dado mas de 5.000 platicas en congresos, simposios, cursos y entrenamiento de mas de 100 países de los 5 continentes.

Amani El Kholy- Egypt, Director de Pais

President of the Egyptian African Society for Clinical Microbiology Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Former Deputy President of the Society of Practitioners of Infection Control in Egypt (SPIC-EGYPT), Member of the Egyptian National Committee for Preparation and Updating the National Infection Control Guideline, Children Hospital Cairo University Abu el Reesh, Professor of Clinical Pathology (Clinical Microbiology) in the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University, Board Member of the Higher Infection Control Committee in Cairo University, Head of Infection Control Department in Dar Al Fouad Hospital 6th of October City, Egypt

Safaa AbdulAziz AlKhawaja- BAHRAIN-, Director de Pais

Chairperson of infection control department, Ministry of Health (2015). Assistant Professor of internal Medicine & infectious diseases in Arabian Gulf University (2010-2016); Participating in the training of arab board residents in the medical department; Participating in the training of interns in relation to infection control & prevention; Participating in the training of SMC arab board residents in relation to infection control & prevention. Bachelor Degree of Medine (MD)-King Faisal University, K.S.A. 1995; Arab Board Certificate of Medical Specialization in Internal Medicine; 2001; Fellowship training program in Infectious diseases –Westmead Hospital, WSAHS, Sydney, Australia; 2004; Certificate board in infection control (CIC) 2014. Infectious Disease Chief resident in Medical department, SMC, Bahrain (2004-2005). Consultant in Internal Medicine & Infectious diseases (2005-2016). Clinical Experience in general internal medicine and infectious diseases, participated in the program of clinical education for interns and medical residents; Supervising advisory, administrative & educational activities in relation to infection prevention and control in all governmental health care facilities. Member in central Morbidity & Mortality Committee in SMC (2005-2011); Member in CME Committee in SMC (2010-2013); Member in National TB Committee (2010-2016); Member in National Immunization Committee (2014-2016); Member in Ministry of Health Disaster committee (2015-2016); Member in National antimicrobial resistance Committee (2014-2016); Member in MOH Antibiotics Stewardship Committee (2016); WHO focal point for Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) in the kingdom of Bahrain (2016).

Mehta, Yatin- INDIA NORTH-, Director de Pais

Presidente de “Medanta Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesia, Medanta The Medicity”, Gurgaon, India. Ex Vice Presidente de la sociedad india de medicina de cuidados intensivos (ISCCM), Nueva Delhi, India. Ex Presidente de la asociación india de anestesia cardio-torácica (IACTA). Fundador y ex-Editor en Jefe de “Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia”. Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de ISCCM. Nueva Delhi, India. Asia.

Aamer Ikram- PAKISTAN, Director de Pais

Prof Dr Aamer Ikram Dr Aamer Ikram graduated in 1987; did Diploma in Pathology (1990); qualified MCPS (1991); Fellowship (Clinical Microbiology) in 1998; clinical training from UK (2005); and PhD (Microbiology) 2014. Qualified Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety (National University of Science & Technology) followed by Diploma Disaster Management. Excelled in the fields of biosafety, biosecurity, dual-use safety and infection control accomplishing a wide range of courses from renowned universities like Harvard, Oxford, South Florida, Iowa, Chester, Bradford, etc, and workshops from UN, WHO, CDC, ASM and ABSA. During 2009-10, he completed one year certificate course from University of Iowa; later ‘Dual-use Biosecurity’ master trainer course from Bradford University. First Pakistani to be a Registered Biosafety Professional (RBP) from ABSA (USA); Biosafety Level 2 Professional from Institute of Safety in Technology & Research (UK); and IFBA Certified Professional. Awarded FRCP by Royal College Edinburgh in 2012; and FRCPath from Royal College of Pathologists London in 2014. He has been Chief Editor of Infectious Diseases Journal Pakistan, and is among the editorial board of renowned national and international journals. Have more than hundred and fifty publications. Holds multiple portfolios including: President Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan; President Pakistan Biological Safety Association; HEC Focal Point of Expertise under National Research Programme for Universities; Convener Microbiology PHRC; and member several National Working Groups. Recently selected as International Ambassador by Society Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Was conferred ‘Biosafety Heroes Award’ by International Federation of Biosafety Associations in 2011.

Professor Sheila Myatra - INDIA, Secretario de Pais

Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, INDIA. Professor Sheila Myatra works in Asia’s largest cancer hospital since 19 years. She is consultant critical care specialist attending to a 23- bed mixed medical - surgical ICU. She is a teacher for Medical Council of India’s recognized Critical Care super specialization programme of the Homi Bhabha National University, Mumbai. She is currently Secretary for accreditation of the Indian College of Critical Care Medicine of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and has been actively involved with the society as past national treasurer, executive committee member and chairman of the Mumbai branch of ISCCM. She is also the President and founder member of the national airway society "All India Difficult Airway Association" (AIDAA).She has been actively involved with the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) since 2007, She is the lead author of the first published ICU airway guideline - “Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in the ICU” by AIDAA. She conducted the first national sedation survey and is the lead author of the end of life care guidelines for India. Her research interests include prevention of nosocomial infections, functional hemodynamic monitoring, difficult airway management, sedation and end of life care. She has recently developed a new test in hemodynamic monitoring called the “tidal volume challenge” published in Critical Care Medicine in March 2017. She was awarded the FICCM (Fellowship of Indian college of Critical Care Medicine) by Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) in 2013 and Fellowship of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) by the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) in 2015. Three-time recipient of the President Citation by the President of the ISCCM 2012,2013 & 2015) for contribution to the society and the field of Critical Care in the country. Also awarded, the “Hargobind National Medical Scholarship” in 2001 to train in Critical Care at MSKCC (New York), USA. List of publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Myatra+S

Hu, Bijie -CHINA-, Director de Pais

Miembro del Directorio de la Sociedad de Control de Infecciones de China. Jefe del Departamento de Infectología, Zhongshan Hospital de la universidad de Fudan. Profesor, Departamento de Medicina Pulmonar, Zhongshan Hospital de la Universidad de Fudan. Shanghai, China. Asia.

Raka, Lul. -KOSOVO-, Director de Pais

Presidente del Comité Nacional para la Prevención y Control de Infecciones Nosocomiales, Ministerio de Salud de Kosovo. Profesor Adjunto de Microbiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Prishtina University. Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública de Kosovo. Prishtina, Kosovo. Europa.

Najiba M Abdulrazzaq- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Head of Infection Prevention and Control Central Committee in Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE. Head of Internal Medicine -Cardiology Department in AL Baraha Hospital. Head of Infection Prevention Unit in Al Baraha Hospital. Member of Various committees in the hospital and in Ministry, Drug Formulary Committee, Physician evaluation committee. Acting as Auditor for files in hospitals under MOHAP and serving a key role in Quality and Excellence department. Serving a key role in Quality and Excellence department and played a vital role in getting JCI Accreditation to the hospital

Souha S. Kanj- LEBANON-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Professor of Medicine at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Lebanon. Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Chairperson of the Infection Control and Prevention Program at AUBMC. After obtaining the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Université Saint-Joseph (USJ, Beirut, Lebanon; 1987), Souha S. Kanj continued her education at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) in North Carolina, USA, where she trained in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She received the American Board in Internal Medicine in 1991 and in Infectious Diseases in 1994. She was a Howard Hughes research associate from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, she established the immunocompromised host service and infectious disease transplant service at DUMC, which has become a leading training Center in the United States. In 1998, Dr Kanj joined The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Lebanon and was promoted to Professor of Medicine in 2007. She has served at AUBMC as the Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases since 2002 and Chairperson of the Infection Control and Prevention Program since 2005. She is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, a fellow of the American College of Physician and in 2016 was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She is a member of the International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) group of experts established in Geneva, Switzerland. She is the co-chair of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Study Group for the International Society of Chemotherapy. She served on the education committee for the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) for 4 years and was the course co-director for their summer school in 2010. Dr Kanj has presented the results of her research in many international conferences and has been invited several times as a notable speaker in regional and international scientific forums including IDSA, ECCMID and ISC. She has written many chapters in various scientific books and several cards in UpToDate. To date, Dr Kanj has published 140 scientific peer-reviewed publications. In 2014, she received the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research award

Javier Eduardo Desse- ARGENTINA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Docente Adscripto de Universidad de Buenos Aires y de Universidad Maimónides. Miembro Fundador de la Sociedad Argentina de Infectologia. Especialista en Medicina Interna Clinica Médica; Médico Infectólogo Universitario (UBA); Jefe de Unidad de Internación y Consultorios Externos de Infectologia en Hospital Provincial E E Erill de Escobar en Provincia de Buenos Aires; Jefe de Infectologia, Epidemiologia Hospitalaria y Control de Infecciones en Casa Hospital San Juan de Dios de Ramos Mejia en Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales - COLOMBIA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Expert in Tropical Infectious Diseases and Public Health. He is President of the Travel Medicine Committee of the Pan American Infectious Diseases Association (API), as well Secretary of the Colombian Infectious Diseases Association (ACIN). Also, President of the Coffee-Triangle Chapter of ACIN. Since 2014, has been recognized as Senior Researcher by the national agency of Science in Colombia, Colciencias. He is Professor and Appointed Director of Research of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Co-Chair of the Research Group Public Health and Infection. His H index=17 with over 240 papers in journals indexed in PubMed and/or Scopus.

Sofía del Carmen González Collantes- PERU-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Presidente de Sociedad Peruana de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales. Presidente del Comité de Calificación de Instituciones Médico Científicas del Consejo Nacional del Colegio Médico del Perú. Médico especialista en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales. Maestría en Epidemiología. Docente de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. (U.N.M.S.M.). Miembro permanente del Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Daniel Alcides Carrión” U.N.M.S.M. Jefe de la Oficina de Epidemiología y Salud Ambiental del Centro Médico Naval “CMST”. Presidente del Comité de Ética del Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Daniel Alcides Carrión” U.N.M.S.M.

Seto, Wing Hong. -HONG KONG-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Presidente Fundador de la Sociedad de control de infecciones del Asia-Pacífico (Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control) y Presidente de la Sociedad de Calidad de la Asistencia Médica del Asia-Pacífico (Asia Pacific Society of Quality Healthcare). Presidente del Comité Científico de Control de Infecciones del Centro para la Protección de la Salud (Centre for Health Protection) en Hong Kong. Profesor Honorario de la Universidad de Hong Kong y de la Universidad Politécnica de Hong Kong, y profesor visitante de la Universidad de Nueva Gales del Sur (University of New South Wales). Jefe del Servicio de Microbiología y ejecutivo de Control de Infeciones, Queen Mary Hospital y Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority. Asesor regular de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para varios proyectos en Control de Infecciones, Resistencia de antibióticos. Miembro esencial para realización de las guías de higiene de las manos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Fue galardonado con los premios “Bronze Bauhinia Star” por parte del gobierno de Hong Kong por su desempeño en el campo del Control de Infecciones en Hong Kong. Hong Kong. Asia.

Sergio Cimerman- BRAZIL-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Presidente De La Sociedad Brasileña De Infectologia. Medico De Instituto De Infectologia Emilio Ribas. Ex Presidente De La Asociación Panamericana De Infectologia. Profesor De Infectologia De La Universidad De Mogi Das Cruzes

Professor Sheila Myatra - INDIA-, Secretario de Pais

Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, INDIA. Professor Sheila Myatra works in Asia’s largest cancer hospital since 19 years. She is consultant critical care specialist attending to a 23- bed mixed medical - surgical ICU. She is a teacher for Medical Council of India’s recognized Critical Care super specialization programme of the Homi Bhabha National University, Mumbai. She is currently Secretary for accreditation of the Indian College of Critical Care Medicine of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and has been actively involved with the society as past national treasurer, executive committee member and chairman of the Mumbai branch of ISCCM. She is also the President and founder member of the national airway society "All India Difficult Airway Association" (AIDAA).She has been actively involved with the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) since 2007, She is the lead author of the first published ICU airway guideline - “Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in the ICU” by AIDAA. She conducted the first national sedation survey and is the lead author of the end of life care guidelines for India. Her research interests include prevention of nosocomial infections, functional hemodynamic monitoring, difficult airway management, sedation and end of life care. She has recently developed a new test in hemodynamic monitoring called the “tidal volume challenge” published in Critical Care Medicine in March 2017. She was awarded the FICCM (Fellowship of Indian college of Critical Care Medicine) by Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) in 2013 and Fellowship of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) by the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) in 2015. Three-time recipient of the President Citation by the President of the ISCCM 2012,2013 & 2015) for contribution to the society and the field of Critical Care in the country. Also awarded, the “Hargobind National Medical Scholarship” in 2001 to train in Critical Care at MSKCC (New York), USA. List of publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Myatra+S

Graves, Nicholas. -AUSTRALIA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Profesor universitario “Senior” en Economía de la Salud, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Profesor de Investigaciones “Senior” en Economía de la Salud, Institute for Health & Biomedical Innovation, QUT, Brisbane, Australia. Revisor Científico de las siguientes revistas científicas: BMJ, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), Epidemiology & Infection, AIDS, Journal of Internal Medicine, European Journal of Public Health, y otros. Recaudación de fondos para la investigación: Becas de proyecto en Australia de NH&MRC, Mejora de la calidad de NHS, Evaluación de la tecnología de la salud, Escocia; Consejo de Investigación de la Salud, Investigación sobre los servicios de salud, Irlanda. Brisbane, Australia. Oceanía.

Mitsuda,Toshihiro. -JAPON-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Miembro del Directorio de la Sociedad Japonesa de Infecciones Ambientales (Japanese Society of Environmental Infections). Miembro del Directorio de la Sociedad Japonesa de Microbiología Clínica (Japanese Society of Clinical Microbiology). Profesor Adjunto en el Hospital Universitario, Ciudad de Yokohama. Jefe de la división de Medicina de Laboratorio Clínico, Ciudad de Yokohama. Hospital Universitario. Yokohama, Japón. Asia.

Hernán Diosnel Rodríguez Enciso- PARAGUAY, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Former President of Infectious Diseases Society of Paraguay. President of the 11th Congress of Infectious Diseases of Paraguay. Former Chair of Pharmacology at University of Integración de las Américas. Former Deputy Head of Instituto de Medicina Tropical. Specialist in Internal Medicine. Specialist in Infectious Diseases. Author of INICC Bundles to prevent BSI

Apisarnthanarak, Anucha. -TAILANDIA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Presidente del Comité Científico del Consejo Nacional Tailandés de Control de Infecciones Nosocomiales. Jefe del Departamento de Infectología, Hospital Universitario Thammasat. Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Infectología, Hospital Universitario Thammasat y Profesor Adjunto de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Washington. Miembro de diversas sociedades científicas de Tailandia, tales como NARST (Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de Resistencia Antimicrobiana de Tailandia. Miembro del Consejo Editorial de "Clinical Infectious Diseases" y de "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology". Miembro del Comité de Asuntos Externos y del Comité de Organización del Congreso Anual de SHEA (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America). Bangkok, Tailandia. Asia.

Nguyen Viet Hung- VIETNAM, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Vice President and General Secretary of the Hanoi Society of Infection Control, HANSIC. Steering Member of Infection Control Committee of Ministry of Health. Assistant professor of Hanoi Medical University. Head of infection control department of Bach Mai hospital. Dr. Nguyen Viet Hung is one of the first ranking experts in hospital epidemiology in Vietnam. He has been working in the field of infection control and prevention for 20 years. He has published about 100 scientific papers.

Lynch, Patricia. -USA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Ex Presidente de la Federación Internacional de Control de Infecciones (IFIC), y miembro del directorio de IFIC desde 1999. Ex Presidente de APIC (asociación para los profesionales en Control de Infecciones y Epidemiología), del Consejo de Certificación de Control de Infecciones, y de la Fundación de Investigación para la Prevención de las Complicaciones Asociadas al Cuidado de la Salud. Redmond, Washington, EE.UU.

Olmsted, Russell N. -USA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Epidemiologist, Infection Control Services; Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. 2006 President & Member, Michigan Society for Infection Control (MSIC). Member, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Associate Editor, American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC); and Member - Editorial Board, Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI). Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Sattar, Syed, A. -CANADA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Profesor Emérito de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Otawa, Canadá. Director Fundador, Centro para la Investigación de Microbiología Ambiental (CREM), Universidad de Ottawa. Miembro Editor de varias revistas científicas, tales como American Journal of Infection Control, International Journal of Infection Control, Medicine & Hygiene. Asesor gubernamental de Canadá y los EE.UU. en varios aspectos dentro del campo del control de infecciones. Miembro de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), redactor de las directrices sobre la higiene de las manos. Ottawa. Canadá.

Rutala, William A. -USA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Director de Epidemiología Hospitalaria, Programa de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte (UNC). Director y Cofundador del Programa Estatal para el Control de Infecciones y Epidemiología de la Facultad de Medicina, UNC. Profesor del Departamento de Infectología, Facultad de Medicina, UNC. Asesor de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, EE.UU., la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos (FDA), de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA), y de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC). Miembro del Consejo Editorial de Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE). Miembro de varias sociedades profesionales, tales como American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) y Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Chapel Hill, Carolina del Norte, EE.UU.

Alvarado, Carla J. -USA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Presidente de HFES (sociedad de recursos humanos y Ergonomía), Healthcare Technical Group. Ex Miembro del Directorio de APIC (asociación para los profesionales en Control de Infecciones y Epidemiología); Ex miembro del consejo de administración de la fundación para las investigaciones de APIC. Investigadora Científica de Emerita. Centro para la mejora de la calidad y productividad (Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement). Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison, y Científica Investigadora y Directora del curso de Iniciativa de Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Seguridad del Paciente (SEIPS), Curso corto de Ingeniería de Factores Humanos y Seguridad del Paciente. Afiliada al “MP 471 Patient Safety”: Evaluación y manejo del riesgo y programas de cursos de CQPI (centro para la mejora de la calidad y la producción), Escuela de Ingeniería y Facultad de Medicina y Salud Pública, Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison. Fue galardonada con el premio “Carol DeMille Lifetime Achievement in Infection Control 2003” (Logros en control de infecciones en la vida de Carol DeMille Lifetime) otorgado por APIC (asociación de profesionales en control de infecciones y epidemiología). Madison, Wisconsin, EE.UU.

Maki, Dennis G. -USA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Ex Presidente de “The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)”, de “Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association”, y consejero de la sociedad de infectología de EE.UU. (Infectious Diseases Society of America). Ex Editor de “Primum Non Nocere, Center for Disease Control”, y Ex Miembro del Consejo Editorial de las siguientes revistas científicas: “Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE)”, “Critical Care Medicine”, “Critical Care Monitor”, “Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Investigation”, “Journal of Critical Care” y “Journal of Infectious Diseases”, entre otras. Profesor de Medicina y Presidente de Ovid O. Meyer, Sección de Infectología, Departmento de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Wisconsin. Miembro del Consejo de Editores del informe semanal sobre morbilidad y mortalidad (MMWR) de los centros para el control y la prevención de enfermedades (CDC). Ex Consultor para el Comité Asesor de Práctivas para el Control de Infecciones Hospitalarias (HICPAC) de los centros para el control y prevención de enfermedades (CDC) y para la Respuesta Nacional al Bioterrorismo de los CDC. Epidemiólogo y Director de la Clínica de Infectología (Infectious Disease Clinic), hospital y clínicas de la Universidad de Wisconsin. Médico concurrente del hospital “Center for Trauma and Life Support”. Madison, Wisconsin, EE.UU.

Jarvis, William Robert. -USA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Ex Presidente y vice-presidente de The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Ex Presidente de la sociedad americana de microbiología (ASM). Ex Presidente y vice-presidente de la fundación para la investigación de la prevención de las complicaciones asociadas al cuidado de la salud (Research Foundation for Prevention of Complications Associated with Health Care) de APIC (asociación para los profesionales en control de infecciones y epidemiología) Inc. Editor de la revista científica Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE). Ex Editor “Senior” de IcanPrevent, Ican, Inc. Profesor Adjunto de Medicina, División de Enfermedades Infecciosas Pediátricas, Inmunología y Epidemiología, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Emory, Atlanta, Georgia. Profesor adjunto de Rollins School of Public Health, Universidad de Emory. Ex profesor adjunto de la División de Infectología e Inmunología Pediátrica, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Emory. Ex Funcionario del cuerpo de comisionados del Servicio de Salud Pública de EE.UU., Centros para el control y la prevención de enfermedades (CDC). Ex Jefe del Centro Nacional de Infectología (NCID), del CDC. Ex Director de HIP, NCID, CDC. Ex Director Asociado del Desarrollo de Programas, División de la Promoción de Calidad del Cuidado de la Salud (Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion), NCID, CDC. Atlanta, Georgia, EE.UU.

Pittet, Didier. -SUIZA-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Ex Líder de la Alianza Mundial para la Seguridad del Paciente (World Alliance for Patient Safety), Primer Reto Global en pro de la Seguridad del Paciente, Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Ginebra. Director del Programa de Control de Infecciones, Hospitales de la Universidad de Ginebra. Profesor de Medicina, Universidad de Ginebra, Facultad de Medicina. Ginebra, Suiza. Europa.

Murphy, Catherine. -Australia-, Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Presidente del año 2006 y miembro de la sociedad para el control de infecciones de Michigan (MSIC). Epidemiólogo, Servicios de Control de Infecciones; Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. Editor Adjunto de la revista científica “American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC)”; y Miembro del Consejo Editorial de la revista científica - Editorial “Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI)”. Miembro del Comité Asesor de Práctivas para el Control de Infecciones Hospitalarias (HICPAC) de los centros para el control y prevención de enfermedades (CDC) Ann Arbor, Michigan, EE.UU.

Ahmed, Altaf. -PAKISTAN-, Ex Director de Pais

Presidente de la sociedad de infectología de Pakistán (IDSP). Consultor Médico Microbiólogo y Director de Servicios de Laboratorio, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistán. Coordinador de APUA (alianza para el uso prudente de antibióticos), División Pakistán. Jefe de Control de Infecciones – Patel Hospital, Bismillah Taqee Institute of Blood Diseases, Karachi, Pakistán. Miembro fundador de PARN (Red pakistaní sobre la resistencia antimicrobiana).

Cuéllar, Luis E. - PERU -, Ex Director de Pais

Ex Presidente de la Sociedad Peruana de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales (SPEIT). Profesor de Infectología en la Universidad Nacional. Jefe de Control de Infecciones e Infectología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN

Leblebicioglu, Hakan -TURQUIA-, Ex Director de Pais

Presidente de “Black Sea Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (BSCMID)” (sociedad de microbiología clínica y de enfermedades infecciosas del Mar Negro) Miembro fundador de “Turkish Society of Hospital Infection Prevention” (sociedad turca de prevención de infecciones hospitalarias). Coordinador web y de Comunicaciones de “Turkish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialty (EKMUD)” (sociedad de infectología y de microbiología clínica de Turquía). Editor de la revista científica “Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (ACMA)”. Profesor de cursos de Infectología y Microbiología Clínica dictados en Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School. Jefe del Departamento de Infectología y Microbiología Clínica en Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School. Samsun, Turquía. Europa.

Servolo de Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino. -BRASIL- , Ex Director de Pais

Director de proyectos de investigación patrocinados por la FAPESP y por los centros para el control y la prevención (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), entre otros. Coordinador Científico de infecciones hospitalarias en la Sociedad Brasilera de Infectología. Investigador del CNPq (consejo nacional para el desarrollo científico), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Brasil. Coordinador del proyecto a de cursos de aprendizaje a distancia sobre Infecciones asociadas al cuidado de la salud, con el apoyo de la Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, y de Resistencia Bacteriana, con el apoyo de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Profesor, División de Infectología, Departamento de Medicina. Médico concurrente de la Clínica Greal Doenças Infecciosas, São Paulo, Brasil. Specialista en Infectología, graduado en la Facultad de Medicina de la Fundação do ABC. Capacitación en Residencia Médica. MSc y Doctorado en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias de la Universidad Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). São Paulo, Brasil. América Latina.

Alvarez Moreno, Carlos Arturo -COLOMBIA-, Ex Director de Pais

Presidente de la Asociación Colombiana de Infectología (ACIN). Presidente del Departamento de Infectología de la Organización Sanitas Internacional, Colombia. Profesor de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia y Profesor de la Facultad de Medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Jefe de la Unidad de Infectología, Hospital San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. América Latina.

Memish, Ziad Ahmed, Ex Director de Pais

Ex Assistant Deputy Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine in Saudi Arabia. He is a senior consultant in adult infectious diseases at King Fahad Medical City, a professor of medicine at the college of medicine at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, KSA, President of the Saudi Association of Public Health, an adjunct professor in the department of medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and an adjunct professor in the Hubert department of public health at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. He is the chairman of the national infectious diseases training programme and the infectious diseases exam committee at the Saudi Council for Health Specialities. In November 2007, he was awarded by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the King Abdulaziz Medal from the First Degree for achievements in the field of infectious diseases and infection control. Ex Deputy Minister of Public Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Infection Control Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Asia.

Hail M. Al Abdely. -KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA-, Ex Director de Pais

• Vice Presidente del Departamento de Medicina, y Consultor del Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Riad, Reino de Arabia Saudita; • Profesor y Profesor Asociado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Alfaisal, Riad, Reino de Arabia Saudita; • Miembro del Comité Examinador del proyecto “Hospital-Wide Voice Recognition Solution” y del Grupo de Revisión de Mejora de ICIS y PharmNet y del Grupo de Mejora de la Calidad en KFSH & RC, Riad, Reino de Arabia Saudita; • Ex Presidente del Comité de Control de Infecciones, y ex Director Médico de Control de Infecciones y Ambiental de la Salud y Subcomité de Vacunas; ex editor en jefe adjunto del Consejo Editorial de Annals of Saudi Medicine; ex miembro del Comité de Credenciales del Personal Médico y Privilegios Clínicos, del Grupo de Medicina Basada en la Evidencia, en KFSH&RC, Riad, Reino de Arabia Saudita; • Especialización en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Centro de Ciencia de la Salud de la Universidad de Texas, San Antonio, EE.UU., Certificación ECFMG del Consejo Árabe de Medicina Interna, CPRM (Reino Unido) y MB, BS, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Rey Saud, Riad, Reino de Arabia Arabia; • Recibió varios premios, becas y membresías, como el premio de Micología de la Infectious Diseases Society of America, (IDSA); Académico George Mc Craken de la Sociedad Americana de Microbiología (ICAAC) San Diego, California, EE.UU., Mención Especial en el Concurso de Académicos en la 35ª Reunión Anual de la IDSA, San Francisco, California, EE.UU.; • Es autor prolífico de artículos científicos publicados en revistas científicas revisadas por pares y de capítulos de libros; profesor y conferenciante invitado en diferentes congresos y simposios nacionales e internacionales; y Revisor en diferentes revistas científicas especializadas, como Annals of Saudi Medicine, Quality Improvement Group, Saudi Medical Journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases, y Annals of Thoracic Medicine. • Riad, Reino de Arabia Saudita.

Yassir Khidir Mohamed- KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA- , Ex Secretario de Pais

Infection control Consultant and the Infectious Diseases assistant consultant at general directorate of infection prevention and control ministry of health Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Graduated from faculty of medicine university of Khartoum -Sudan and then Membership royal colleges of physicians of Ireland, MRCPI . he has certification board of infection control and epidemiology “CBIC” , CIC certification working as leader of infection control surveillance program ,Reviews and RRT trainer in general directorate of infection prevention and control –MOH- Riyadh kingdom Saudi Arabia. He is Saudi central board for accreditation of healthcare institutions surveyor. He is Team leader of Makkah and Madinah region in evaluation and follow up department at general directorate of infection prevention and control – Ministry of health.

Haifaa Al-Mousa- KUWAIT-, Ex Director de Pais

Directorate of Infection Control, Ministry of Health, Kuwait. Director of Anti-Infection and Disinfection Department at the Ministry of Health, Kuwait

AlShehri, Areej. -KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA-, Ex Secretario de Pais

Assistant General Director, General Directorate of Infection Prevention & Control at Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Deputy Commander at Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since April 2015; Rapid Response Teams Program Commander at Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since October 2014; Command IPC Rapid Response Teams around the Kingdom, since May 2014; Infection Preventionist at Ministry of health Saudi Arabia, since April 2012. She obtained a Joint Commission Resources Diploma in Infection Prevention & Control, 2012 – 2013, and a Certification, Diabetes Mellitus Educator, 2009 – 2010, at Dammam University. She has been an APIC member for the Saudi Arabia Chapter since April 2013; Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Jaggi, Namita. -INDIA NORTH- , Ex Secretario de Pais

Directora. Labs & Infection Control en Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon, India. Presidenta. Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee en Artemis Health Institute, Nueva Delhi, India. Miembro de la Sociedad de Infecciones Nosocomiales (HIS) de la India y colaboradora con expertos nacionales e internacionales en el campo del Control de Infecciones para el Desarrollo Global. Ha recibio premios y distinciones, incluído el "Asia Pacific Hand Hygiene Excellence Award 2010". Nueva Delhi, India. Asia.

Mc Donnell, Gerald. -UK-, Ex Miembro de Consejo Asesor

B.Sc. (Hons.) en Ciencias de Laboratorio Clínico de la Universidad de Ulster, Irlanda del Norte. Ph.D. en Genética Microbiana del Trinity College, Dublin, Irlanda. Conferencista a nivel internacional. Ha publicado más de 130 patentes y trabajos de investigación, incluído el libro sobre Antisepsia, desinfección y esterilización: "Antisepsis, Disinfection and Sterilization: Types, Action and Resistance" Miembro de organizaciones nacionales e internacionales para el desarrollo de directrices. Basingstoke, Inglaterra. Reino Unido. Europa.

Larson, Elaine. -USA-, Ex Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Elaine Larson is Associate Dean for Research and the Anna C. Maxwell Professor of Nursing Research, Columbia University School of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She is a former Dean, Georgetown University School of Nursing. Dr. Larson has been a member of the Board of Directors, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the Report Review Committee, National Academy of Sciences. She received the first Pathfinder Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research in 2003 and an International Nurse Researcher Award from Sigma Theta Tau in 2011. In 2013, Dr. Larson became the first recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology for her contributions to hand-washing and other epidemiologic research. She is a fellow in the Institute of Medicine, Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Prevent Infections at Columbia University and an interdisciplinary T32 pre- and post-doctoral training grant, “Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Infections.” She has been Editor of the American Journal of Infection Control since 1995 and has published more than 250 journal articles, four books and a number of book chapters in the areas of infection prevention, epidemiology, and clinical research.

French, Gary. -UK-, Ex Miembro de Consejo Asesor

Professor French was a lecturer in Microbiology at London and then the University of the West Indies (1977 – 79). In 1980, he became a Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant in Microbiology at St Thomas’. He was appointed the Foundation Chair of Microbiology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Head of the Department of Clinical Microbiology at the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1982. Professor French returned to UK in 1990 and was appointed Professor of Medical Microbiology at King’s College London (KCL). Until his retirement in November 2011, Professor French was Consultant in Microbiology and Head of Infection Control at the Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital NHS Trust (GSTT). He was also advisor in Infection Control to the Moorefield’s Eye Hospital and the Lambeth & Southwark Primary Care Trust, and Civil Consultant in Microbiology of the Royal Air Force from 2001-2009. Professor Gary French As an Honorary Professor at KCL and Honorary Consultant at GSTT, Professor French continued to supervise MD research degrees at KCL and a large Department of Health funded research project on rapid MRSA diagnosis at GSTT and King’s College Hospital, London. Professor French is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, a member of the Hospital Infection Society, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, the Association of Medical Microbiologists, the Pathology Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. He was Chairman of the Hospital Infection Society from 1999 -2001 and Editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection from 1995-1999. He was also a Board Member of the International Federation of Infection Control from 2000-2006. Professor French has the Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (DipHIC), which is the highest UK postgraduate specialist qualification in hospital infection awarded by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His areas of specialist interest are clinical microbiology, hospital and healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic therapy and antimicrobial resistance.