Fernando C. Fervenza, MD. D.Phil (Oxon – Jesus College)
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA)
Biography
Fernando C. Fervenza is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA. He graduated in Medicine at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. He underwent his clinical nephrology training at the Oxford Renal Unit from 1985 to 1991. Subsequent training included Post-doctoral Fellowship at Stanford University, USA (1993-1997). He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, past Member of the American Board
of Internal Medicine, Nephrology section and Associate Editor of Up-To-Date Section Editor for Glomerular Disease. His area of interest is in pursuing patient-oriented research projects aiming to bring new bench research discoveries to the bedside treatment of patient with glomerular diseases.