Carlos Arturo Alvarez-Moreno is a Specialist in Infectious Diseases at the National University and a Specialist in Tropical and Travel Medicine at the University of Alabama-Cayetano Heredia. He has a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, a Master’s degree in HIV/AIDS from the Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain, and a doctorate in Biological Sciences from the University of Nantes, France. He is currently a full professor in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University and Vice President of Health at Clínica Colsanitas. He belongs to several scientific societies and has received international recognition, such as being considered an honorary member of the American Society of Infectious Diseases (FIDSA), and Ambassador for Latin America of the American Society of Hospital Epidemiology (SHEA). Since 2011, he has been a member of the National Academy of Medicine of Colombia. He is involved in research projects related to the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance, control of infections associated with health care, HIV/AIDS infection, and clinical trials related to antimicrobials. He is the co-author of more than 20 technical reports, 100 publications in indexed journals (H factor: 26 in SCOPUS), as well as more than 50 book chapters.