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DonateHospital General San Juan de Dios
Hospital General San Juan de Dios, is is one of the two major hospitals in the Guatemalan public health system and the only one that provides free gynecological cancer care to the population. It has a total capacity of 940 beds and is considered a center for referral across the country.
Local Supervisor
Dr. Juilio Lau de la Vega
Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Dr. Lau is a gynecologic oncologist in Guatemala. He attended Francisco Marroquin University for medical school and trained in obstetrics and gynecology at the Hospital General San Juan de Dios in Guatemala. Dr. Lau completed his gynecologic oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute of Mexico in 2012. In 2013, he founded the gynecologic oncology clinic at the Hospital General San Juan de Dios in Guatemala. He has been the local supervisor for the IGCS global curriculum since 2018.
International Mentor
Dr. Rene Pareja
Nacional De Cancerología (Bogotá), Clínica De Oncología Astorga (Medellín) Colombia
Dr. Pareja is a gynecologic oncologist in Colombia. Dr. Pareja was a receipient of the 2008 IGCS Travelling Scholarship and completed a clinical observership at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology and serves on the Senior Editorial Board of the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. Dr. Pareja is also a member of the IGCS Council as the Central, South and North America representative.
Graduates from Guatemala
Dr. Erick Estrada
Location: Guatemala
Year: 2021
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