Klaus Romero, MS MD
Klaus Romero earned an MD from the Javeriana University, and an MS in Pharmacology from the Colombian National University, both in Bogotá. Dr. Romero specialized in medical epidemiology at the El Bosque University, where he was part of the faculty as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and as an Instructor for the American Heart Association's BLS, ACLS and ACLS-EP courses. He was also a clinical research consultant for Astra-Zeneca Colombia, and worked as a clinical pharmacologist for the CIEO Foundation, a non profit organization, focused on drug safety research and pharmacovigilance in Colombia. In 2003 he planned, organized and implemented the Colombian National Police Health Services' Pharmacovigilance system, still operating today. He is a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He has conducted research on endemic channels for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related gastropathy, antibiotic-related dysglycemia, pharmacoepidemiology and patient education. He is fluid in English, Spanish, German and Portuguese, and is the author of two books on drug toxicology used in several schools of medicine in Colombia. Since January 2008, Dr Romero has been working as a clinical pharmacologist for the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) in Tucson, AZ.
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