Collaborators: Peru

  • Pedro Garcia, MD, MPH

Dr. Garcia is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru. Dr. Garcia received his MD and MS in epidemiology from the Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima Peru. He also received a MPH from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Dr. Garcia’s research interests include obstetrics and gynecology, specifically preterm delivery and low birth weight.

  • Gloria Larrabure, MD

Dr. Larrabure Torrealva is an Endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at the San Marcos National University and Instituto Materno Perinatal in Peru. Dr. Larrabure received her MD, MS, and PhD from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. Her research interests include endocrinology and gestational diabetes.

  • Percy Pacora, MDpercy pacora

Dr. Pacora is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine “San Fernando” at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru. Dr. Pacora is also the Chief of the Obstetrics Unit in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine “San Fernando” at San Marcos University. He is a Principal Investigator in the Pathology Institute, and Assistant Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Peru. Dr. Pacora received his MD in 1986 from the Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos. His research interests include obstetrics and gynecology, preeclampsia, and placental abruption.

  • Luis Revilla, MD

Dr. Revilla is the Director of Surveillance in Public Health at the Peruvian Ministry of Health. Dr. Revilla received his MD from the Rostov State Medical University in Russia and MS degrees in epidemiology from both the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru. His research interests include surveillance and prevention of  non-communicable diseases.

Dr. Rondon is a psychiatrist and assistant professor at Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (Department of Medicine, Unit of Psychiatry and Mental Health). Dr. Rondon is President of the International Association for Women’s Mental Health and member of the task force on Violence of the World Psychiatric Association. She is also a visiting professor at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Universidad Federico Villareal and attending psychiatrist at Instituto Peruano de Paternidad Responsible (a branch of IPPF), where she is also an advisor in the AMA (Atención a la Mujer Ahora) project, which endeavors to protect the rights and improve services for women experiencing unwanted pregnancy. This work comprises training and empowering providers in the recognition and early management of common psychiatric symptoms in women of reproductive age.  (read more…)

  • Julio Perez, MD

Dr. Perez is currently the chief neurologist at the Dos de Mayo Hospital in Lima Peru and a professor in the Department of Medicine at San Fernando’s Medicine Faculty in Peru. He received his MD in 1983 from the Nacional University of Trujillo, Peru and his MS degree in 1996 from the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia. His research interests include studies related to neurological disorders, migraine, and strokes.

  • Sixto Sanchez, MD, MPHPeru-Sixto Sanchez

Dr. Sanchez is an experienced epidemiologist and the head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Dos de Mayo Hospital in Lima, Peru. He received his MD in 1982 from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, and he received his MPH in Epidemiology in 1996 from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. His research interests include reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, intimate partner violence, placental abruption, and infectious disease epidemiology.

 

Some members of the PrOMIS study team. Dr. Sixto Sanchez (front row, center) is one of the PrOMIS co-investigators.
Some members of the PrOMIS study team. Dr. Sixto Sanchez (front row, center) is one of the PrOMIS co-investigators.