Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Alfonso Eirin

Alfonso Eirin
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, USA

Biography

Dr. Alfonso Eirin has received his MD in 2004 from the University of the Republic in Montevideo Uruguay. Currently, he is working as a senior research fellow in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Eirin’s research is focused on understanding the pathogenesis of renal and cardiac injury due to atherosclerotic renovascular disease (ARVD) and the developing of treatment strategies to improve blood pressure and renal outcomes after revascularization in these patients.

Research Interest

Cardiovascular / renal physiology; Stem cell and progenitor cell therapy; Inflammation, apoptosis, microcirculatory function; Renal involvement in cardiovascular disease