Surgeon graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, specialized in Ophthalmology and subspecialized in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Higher School of Ophthalmology of the Barraquer Institute of America and Medical Education at the University of La Sabana.
Dedicated to professional practice in clinical and surgical ophthalmology since 1993. Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de la Sabana from 1999 to 2007 and Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de Antioquia from 2008 to date where he held the position of Head of Ophthalmology until July 2012 and Head of the Department of Medical Education until January 2014.
He has carried out programs related to the prevention of blindness for various communities, nationally and internationally, at the service of the Pan American Health Organization.
In the teaching field, he has developed the programs of General Surgery and Specialties; the Internship Program of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de la Sabana; the Chair of Ophthalmology and History of Medicine; and the Specialization Program in Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of La Sabana. In the same way, he participated in the development of the curricular reform of the said university. Reformulated the Ophthalmology Program of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antioquia for the renewal of qualified registration in 2012.
He has presented several papers in the field of blindness prevention, ophthalmology, and Medical Education and has several publications related to the same fields. He has been a peer evaluator of masters and specialization programs for the Ministry of Education.
As a full member of the Colombian Society of Ophthalmology, he was executive secretary of the board of directors for the period 2004-2006. He is a founding member of the Colombian Association for the Prevention of Blindness. He is a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Medicine for which he was a delegate before the Ministry of Social Protection in the national committee for the prevention of blindness until 2011.