Tag: Ever Cipriano Maldonado

Guatemala Welcomes WU Nephrologists with Traditional Latin American Hospitality

“The Division of Nephrology physicians are continuing to make an impact improving healthcare in Guatemala,” says Dr. Marcos Rothstein, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology. Rothstein and a delegation of Washington University nephrologists recently attended the scientific symposium First Annual Update in Nephrology: Leading the Battle against Chronic Kidney Disease, October 12-13, 2017, […]

MesoAmerican Nephropathy Project: Partnership of WU and Guatemalan Nephrologists

A group from Washington University involved in a collaborative effort to combat an epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Latin America recently returned from scientific conferences in Guatemala City, Guatemala. MesoAmerican Nephropathy (MeN) is an unexplained epidemic of CKD prevalent on the Pacific coast of Latin American, particularly Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica.  […]