Maritza Vidal, MD, is a rheumatologist and clinical osteologist based in Lima, Peru, with expertise in osteoporosis, metabolic bone diseases, mineral metabolism, and rare bone disorders. She holds a Master’s degree in Osteology and Mineral Metabolism from Universidad del Salvador, Argentina, a Diplomate in Clinical Immunology from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, and completed her specialization in Rheumatology in Peru. She has undertaken clinical training in rheumatology and metabolic bone diseases, including a fellowship at Hospital Cosme Argerich in Buenos Aires, Argentina; clinical training at University Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in affiliation with LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans; and specialised training in rare metabolic bone diseases at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London, United Kingdom. Dr Vidal is a consultant rheumatologist and clinical osteologist at the Centro de Diagnóstico de Osteoporosis y Enfermedades Reumáticas (CEDOR) in Lima. She is a member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Osteoimmunology Working Group and the Peruvian Society of Rheumatology, and an associate member of the Argentine Association of Osteology and Mineral Metabolism, the European Calcified Tissue Society, and the Peruvian Society of Climacteric. She has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including the Latin American guidelines on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and presented her research at interna