Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 2437-2438
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Obituary
Fernando Valderrábano: In Memoriam
Laudatio
Fernando Valderrábano, a leading figure in Spanish nephrology, passed away on 6 September 2001. At the time of his death, at the age of just 59, he was director of the nephrology service he had founded at the Hospital Gregorio Marañon in Madrid and full professor of medicine/nephrology at the University Complutense of Madrid.
Fernando Valderrábano graduated in medicine from the University Complutense of Madrid in 1965. He trained in nephrology at Madrid's Hospital Puerta de Hierro under