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(Hypertension. 2009;54:1.)
© 2009 American Heart Association, Inc.

In Memoriam

Juan Carlos Romero, MD

1937–2008

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Henry Ford Hospital Hypertension and Vascular Research Division Detroit, Mich
New York Medical College New York, NY

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Juan Carlos Romero, or Carlitos, as his friends call him, was born in Mendoza, Argentina, on September 15, 1937, and passed away surrounded by family and friends in Jackson, Miss, on December 30, 2008. He studied medicine at the School of Medicine of the National University of Cuyo in Mendoza, from which he graduated in 1964. Carlos was a brilliant medical student, distinguished by a consuming thirst for knowledge and by a powerful and inquisitive mind.

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In 1962, while still a student, Carlos initiated his research career under the direction of Prof Juan Carlos Fasciolo, head of the Department of Physiopathology and one of the pioneers of research on the renin-angiotensin system and its relation to arterial hypertension. In 1964, Carlos published his first scientific article, "The Renin Content of the Blood of Human and Dogs Under Several Conditions."¹ In 1968, he published a seminal article demonstrating that low sodium intake increases plasma renin and aldosterone secretion in humans.² In 1967, Carlos came to the United States to further his research training under the direction of Prof Sydney W. Hoobler, director of the Hypertension Division at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he continued investigating the contribution of the renin-angiotensin system to the pathogenesis of hypertension.

In 1974, Carlos joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic, Division of Nephrology, in Rochester, Minn, where he rose to the rank of professor of physiology and medicine, and his research career flourished uninterruptedly until the time of his death. At the Mayo . . . [Full Text of this Article]