Dr. Aparicio is Medical Doctor and Master in Public Health with expertise in local and international public health. Extensive experience in a variety of fields such as infectious disease, maternal & child health, and behavioral health. Dr. Aparicio have presented papers on the history of medicine and the response to ethical dilemmas by the different religious communities through human history. He created a successful Real-Time antibiotic control program that ensures hospitalized patient received optimal antibiotic therapy and prevented antibiotic resistance. The program has been adopted by Patient Safety – New York State Department of Public Health for replication at other hospitals in New York State. He currently manages performance improvement and patient safety programs at Ambulatory Behavioral Health, Lutheran Family Health Centers in New York City. Chair of the UN NGO Health Committee. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Wise Use of Antibiotics Committee New York State Department of Public Health and of the APHA Latino Caucus (American Public Health Association).