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J. Carlos Romero
September 15, 1937 - December 30, 2008
Carlos Romero, 71, renowned physician and scientist of the Mayo Clinic, died
Tuesday, December 30, 2008, in Jackson, Mississippi, surrounded by his
loving family and friends.
Dr. Romero was born September 15, 1937, in Mendoza,
Argentina, son of Juan Romero Beltran and Graciela Romero Vizcaya. He came
to the United States in 1967, where he lived the rest of his life.
Dr. Romero was a nephrologist and hypertension
specialist who made significant research contributions on kidney function
and imaging that advanced the diagnosis of hypertension. He received
numerous awards for his work including the Novartis Award of the Council for
High Blood Pressure Research (American Heart Association), Honorable
Distinction given by the Argentinean Government for Scientific Achievement,
The Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Professorship Award from the University
of Mississippi Medical Center, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Inter-American Society of Hypertension. He trained more that 250 physicians
and scientists from all over the world in his laboratory, for which he
received the Juan Negrin Award on Excellence in Medical Physiology from the
Spanish Society of Physiology.
Dr. Romero is survived by his wife Jane Reckelhoff; Dr.
Sylvia Divinetz-Romero; children Patricia Graciela Romero (Guillermo
Gonzalez Alcazar), Gabriela Alejandra Romero, Eric (Lisa) Leibering, Jason
Leibering; grandchildren Carlos Gabriel and Elijah Sebastian Gonzalez
Romero, Wilson and Annabelle Leibering. He is warmly remembered by his
cousins Marta and Omar Cucchiarelli, Valeria Cucchiarelli; Nadya and Olga
Divinetz; Miguel, Susana, Andres, Carlos, and Celia de la Vega; Sergio,
Daniel, and Antonio Passardi.
Visitation is Wednesday, December 31, 2008, from 5-7 pm
at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home at 350 High Street, Jackson, MS. Funeral
Services are Thursday, January 1, 2009, at 5 pm at St. Paul Catholic Church
at 5971, Highway 25, Jackson, MS (601-992-3874). Wright and Ferguson Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements (601-352-3632). Memorials can be sent to
the American Physiological Society (www.the-aps.org).
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