John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Hard work and perseverance have paid off for the Sister Renal Center (SRC) pair of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University and the Guatemala Social Security Institute (IGSS) Renal Division. The two nephrology centers were upgraded to an A-level status in the SRC program on January 1, 2019. The SRC is a program of […]
A contingency of Washington University nephrologists led by Professor of Medicine Marcos Rothstein, MD, recently returned from the 2nd Annual Update in Nephrology Conference held in Guatemala City November 15-17, 2018. The conference is an academic program that spotlights the battle against chronic kidney disease in Guatemala, in particular MesoAmerican Nephropathy (MeN), an unexplained epidemic […]
“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, […]
The relationship between the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine and the Guatemala Social Security Institute (IGSS) Renal Division has been officially upgraded. The two centers of nephrology, a Sister Renal Center Pair, are now at a B-level status, up from the introductory C-level. For the past several years, a group […]
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. […]