Resumé
Name:
Carla M. Odio Pèrez
Training in Pediatrics, Universidad de Costa Rica and
Hospital Nacional de Niños
Jan 1978- Jan 1981
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
Health Sciences Center. Univ. of Texas, Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas.
Feb. 1981- Jan.1984
Current Positions:Attending Physician in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious
Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, Neonatology
Hemato-Oncology, Chest Surgery and Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit,
Hospital Nacional de Niños, “Dr. Carlos Sáenz
Herrera”, Health Science Center.
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica.
Board Member and Scientific Committee Member of the
World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Since 2004
until present.
Board Member of the National Academy of
Sciences of Costa Rica. Since 1992 until present.
President of the Costa Rican Chapter of the Alliance for
Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA).
Board Member and Scientific Committee Member of the
World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Since 2004
until present.
Member of the Council of the International Society of
Infectious Diseases. Since 1995 until 2007.
Member of the Executive Board of the International Society
of Infectious Diseases. Since 2004 until present.
General Coordinator of the Consensus for the
Development and Implementation of the Guidelines for the
Management of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the SLIPE
( Sociedad Latinoamericana de Infectología Pediátrica).
Since 2007 until present.
Fellow Member of the Infectious Diseases Society of
America. Since 1992 until present.
Founder Member and Council Member of the Sociedad
Iberoamericana de Infectología (SIAI). August 2006 until
present
Member of the Editorial Board of “Revista de
Enfermedades Infecciosas en Pediatría¨. The Official
Organ of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases( SLIPE)
Since 1987 until present.
Member of the Editorial Board of “Acta Pediátrica
Costarricense”. An official publication of the Costa Rican
Society of Pediatrics”. Since 1993 until present.
Member of the Editorial Board of ¨Boletín Médico del
Hospital Infantil de México.¨ Since 2006 until present.
Member of the Editorial Board of ¨Journal of Pediatric
Infectious Diseases. Since 2006 until present.
Member of the Editorial Board and Reviewer of the Revista
Panamericana de Infectología-. Official Organ of the
Asociación Panamericana de Infectología (API )- March of
2009 until present.
Past Activities and Positions
Founder Member of the Costa Rican Academy of Sciences
June of 1992.
Founder member of the Costa Rican Academy of Medicine.
1997.
Member of the Costa Rican Academy of Medicine. Since
1997 until 2003.
Member of the Editorial Board of the "Pediatric Infectious
Disease Journal" 1993-1996
President of the XII Congress on Pediatric Infectious Diseases
May of 2007.
President of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases (SLIPE). From May of 2007 until September of 2009.
Research interests:
Inflammation, Immunemodulation of Infectious Diseases,
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of antibiotics in children´s serum
and in CSF; Central Nervous System Infections, Neonatal Infections, Bone
and Joint Infections, Pathogenesis, clinical presentation and therapy of
Infantile Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Fungal Infections and Mechanisms of
action of new antifungals, among others.
Some important research results:
Beneffitial effects of adjunctive dexamethasona for treatment of bacterial
meningitis of infants and children- Leading article of the NEJM-May 30,
1991.
Benefitial effects of immunomodulation of septic arthritis in older infants
and children- PIDJ 1999
Transient immunodefficiency of infants with Disseminated
Histoplasmosis-PIDJ 1999
Serum pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antibiotics in
children and neonates with sepsis- AAC 1984
AAC 1985
Cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of
antibiotics in the animal model and in infants and children with bacterial
meningitis. AAC 1984
PIDJ 1986
Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of CSF-Shunt associated
infections in infants and children. PIDJ- 1986; 1994
Treatment of nosocomial disseminated fungal infections in the premature
neonate. ICAAC, 2002, 2004, 2006
Judicious and rational use of antibiotics in a neonatal intensive care unit
ICAAC , 2002 and IDSA Meeting, 2005
Gastrointestinal colonization of the neonate in the Intensive Care Unit
ICAAC, 2009
Honors and Distinctions:
Award as one of the four best residents in Pediatrics, Dec. 1980
University of Costa Rica and Hospital Nacional de Niños, Health Sciences
Center in San José, Costa Rica
Award for been the best graduated fellow in Pediatric Infectious
Diseases.
1984
Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Health Sciences
Center
Award given by the Generation of Graduates in Pediatrics at the Hospital
Nacional de Niños, for the contributions to Education and Bioethics
December of 1986, San José, Costa Rica
Award for the Best poster at the International Congress of
Chemotherapy( ICC)
Berlin, June 1991
Award for the best research study on immunemodulation of the
Inflammatory Cascade in infants and children with bacterial meningitis
Hospial Nacional de Niños, Health Sciences Center. San José, Costa Rica,
December 1991
ICAAC Meeting, Chicago, October of 1991
Award for the Contributions to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases by
vaccines. Awarded by the Mèrieux Foundation
Cartagena, May of 2008
Award given by the President of Costa Rica for been considered a
Outstanding Physician
President Junior Calderon Fournier
November of 1995, San José, Costa Rica
Award given by the College of Physicians of Costa Rica for been
considered an outstanding physician.
November of 1994, San José, Costa Rica
Among others.
Work in support of female students , postdocs., and Career
women in S& T:
-Menthor during part of the formation of Maria de los Angeles
Umana Sauma, M.D., general pediatrian. Hospital Nacional de
Ninos,
San Jose, Costa Rica, 1985-1989
Mentor of four clinical research projects that she carried out
Of Maria del Milagro Paris, M.D., Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Mentor of one clinical research project published in NEJM, June
1991. Mentor from 1989 through 1991.
Collaborated for her to attain a scholarship in Pediatric Infectious
Diseases in Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas at
Dallas, Health Science Center- 1991/1995
Of Carmen Zaglul, M.D., Neonatologist, San Jose, Costa Rica:
1989-1993
Mentor of 7 clinical research projects that she carried out
Mentor of Maria Luisa Avila A. , M.D. Pediatrician (current
Minister of Health of Costa Rica) from 1993 through 1996
Mentor of 6 of her published clinical research studies: From 1993
through 1998.
Trainer in her Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the
University of Costa Rica and Hospital Nacional de Ninos, San Jose,
Costa Rica- From 1996 through 1998.
Mentor of Laura Alvarez, M.D., Pediatritian ( currently a pediatric
Dermatologist) in 3 of her published clinical research studies. 1996-1999
Mentor of Isabel Hidalgo, M.D., Pediatritian in 4 of her published clinical
research studies- Hospital Nacional de Ninos, San Jose, Costa Rica
1999-2001.
Mentor of 3 Young Talented Women- Program Sponsored by the
International Society of Infectious Diseases ( ISID). From 2007 until 2010
Reviewer and Mentor for Small Grant Fellowships for Young Talented
Women of Developing Countries. Sponsored by the International Society of
Infectious Diseases with a Grant from the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation.
From 2006 until present.
Number of Publications in Major Medical Journals : 164 ( 53 sponsored by
Pharmaceutical Companies)
Number of Works Presented at Major Meetings: 324
Number of Lectures given at International Meetings : 673
Number of Science Index Citations: 1, 048
Updated until September 28, 2010