Martha Carolina Valderrama Rios

Martha Carolina Valderrama Rios is a physician from Universidad Militar Nueva Granada currently pursuing her Master's in Clinical Epidemiology at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her expertise centers on antimicrobial stewardship programs (PROA), having coordinated these initiatives across various national institutions. Currently, she leads research on antimicrobial administration programs in Latin America at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her research portfolio encompasses infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance epidemiology, and healthcare-associated infection control. She has contributed significantly to developing clinical practice guidelines for infectious diseases, particularly in community-acquired pneumonia and antimicrobial surgical prophylaxis.