Pharmacology Advisor
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Mariano Madurga Sanz
Pharmacist (1973), Diploma in Health (National School of Health ENS-Spain) and Diploma in Pharmacoepidemiology (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona). He was the Director of the “Mundo Farmacéutico” a pharmacotherapeutic journal (1976-78) and founded the Center for Pharmaceutical Information (Centro de Información de Medicamentos or CIM) at the Pharmaceutical Association of Madrid (Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Madrid) in 1980.
Since 1986, Mr. Madurga Sanz has been employed by the Ministry of Health, and is currently the Director of the Coordination of the Spanish Pharm
acovigilance System, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance at the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS). He teaches courses in drug regulation, pharmacotherapy, and pharmacovigilance.
Since 2000, he has taken part in several programs of the Spanish Government Agency for International Cooperation (AECI – Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional), and of its three Latin American Training Centers. Mr. Madurga Sanz has represented Spain at the World Health Organization International Program for Pharmacovigilance, at the European Medicines AgencyEudraVigilance Telematics Implementation Group, and in meetings of the Drug Utilization Research Group – Latin America since 2000. He has published many original and review articles in pharmacovigilance, pharmacotherapy, medication utilization, and pharmacoepidemiology in national and international journals, as well as book chapters on drug regulation and pharmacovigilance.
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Pharmacy Advisor
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| Susy Y. Olave Quispe
A graduate in Pharmacy from the National University San Antonio Abad, Cusco, Peru, with a Master’s Degree in Pharmacoepidemiology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Doctorate from the Pharmacy School in Sevilla (Spain). She fulfilled her year of social service in the Peruvian Ministry of Health SERUMS program for vulnerable rural and urban populations at the Social Security System of Peru (EsSalud) Quillabamba Hospital (Cusco) as Chief of Pharmacy.
Dr. Olave Quispe served for three years as part of the Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology team of the Directorate General of Drug Supplies and Drugs of the Ministry of Health of Peru (MINSA). Other major activities are: The implementation and evaluation of intensive pharmacovigilance of antiretroviral drugs at MINSA; participation in activities to strengthen the Peruvian System of Pharmacovigilance; evaluation of product safety profiles in clinical research, and the development of recommendations for the implementation of post-marketing pharmacovigilance of new vaccines. She also served with the technical team that developed the Clinical Trials Regulation of Peru (Approved by DS. No. 017-2006). Currently she works for the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health products AGEMED in Madrid as the coordinator for Latin America. |
Ethics Advisor
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Claudio Lorenzo
Claudio Lorenzo, MD, holds a M.Sc. in Medicine and Health with a concentration in Bioethics from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. He also received a PhD in Applied Ethics in Clinical Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lorenzo is Professor in the Department of Public Health and in the post-graduate program of Bioethics, UNESCO Center for Bioethics, University of Brasilia. He is a past member of the National Commission for Research Ethics in Brazil (CONEP), and is currently the President of the Brazilian Society for Bioethics (Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética). (See http://www.sbbioetica.org.br/)
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Industry, Publicity and Promotion Advisor
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Marvin Gómez
A graduate and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Costa Rica, and a Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (PhD. Neuropharmacology) from the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Neurosciences, Medical School, University of Okayama, Japan. Dr. Gómez also has an MBA in International Business from the National University, San Diego, California, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the Universidad Latina, Costa Rica. In 2001, he completed post-doctoral research in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School, Wayne State University, Michigan.
Dr. Gómez has practiced pharmacology in both hospital and community settings. The greater part of his career has been training health professionals in the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology, Medical School, University of Costa Rica; the Medical Sciences University (UCIMED) and in the Universidad Latina, both of them also in Costa Rica. In addition to his research and teaching experience, for six years he was involved with Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance, as the Director of Clinical Operations for a Site Management Organization (SMO – Latin American Clinical Research Sites) and as Chief of Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance for Roche Pharmaceuticals in Central America and the Caribbean.
Returning to academia in 2010, Dr. Gómez is currently Coordinator of International Education Programs and Professor in the School of Pharmacy, UCIMED, where he teaches courses in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Ethics; he is also Professor in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, at the Universidad Latina, Costa Rica, teaching courses in Pharmacology, Physiology, Pharmaceutical Ethics, and Elements of Psychology and Social Pharmacy. |
Regulatory and Policy Issues Advisor
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Ricardo Martínez
 Ricardo Martínez
Dr. Martínez graduated in 1973 from the School of Medicine, National University of La Plata, Argentina, specialist in Cardiology and Health Care Administration. Dr. Martinez has been Chief of Cardiology at the Hospital San Martin, La Plata, and Director of the same hospital in 1987/1992 and 1994/1996. He was Deputy Secretary for Health Planning for the Province of Buenos Aires, General Coordinator for the hospitals of the Province, and Deputy Secretary of Health for the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. He has had executive positions in the Social Security Administration, and has been the Director (Interventor) of the National Administration of Medications, Food, and Medical Technology (ANMAT), Argentina. He is a Member of Editorial Board of the Journal Public Health; Founder of the Civil Association for Public Health; former Professor of Healthcare Organizations, National University of Lanus, Argentina, and a member of community-based organizations dedicated to promoting public of public health policies.
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Prescription and Utilization Advisor
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Juan Gérvas

Juan Gérvas received his MD from the University of Valladolid (Spain). For forty years, he combined clinical work as a general practice in the Spanish National Health System in Madrid, then in a rural site (Sierra Norte de Madrid) with research and teaching. He has carried out these activities with CESCA (Center for Scientific and Academic Services of Catalonia) a non-profit organization and several universities and centers.
Dr. Gérvas has been an invited professor at the Universities of Valladolid, Automous University in Madrid, Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), and the National University for Distance Learning in Spain, the National School of Health (Madrid), the Gaspar Casal Foundation, and Johns Hopkins University. In 2010, he retired from clinical work to focus on teaching and research in his fields of special interest (health care organization, knowledge dissemination, the medicalization of society and information systems). Since 1984 he has been a member of the International Classification Committee the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians, (WONCAhttp://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/ ). He is a member of the Editorial Committee and reviewer for several Spanish and international journals. He has published more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a founding member of No Free Lunch in Spain (NoGracias), and an active participant with medical students in the Farmacriticxs movement. He was the Deputy Chair (2010-2011) of Healthy Skepticism (http://www.healthyskepticism.org/global/ ).
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Translator
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A graduate of the University of Malaga (Spain) in both translation and interpretation and nursing, he currently is employed as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, the Regional University Hospital Carlos de Haya, Malaga, and is a translator for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Mr. Muñoz translates pharmacological studies.
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| The Boletín Fármacos also has 19 Associate Editors, representing 13 countries.Updated January 2012 |