Patricia Centron Vinales MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is the director of the Nephrology Group Medicine practice.
Dr. Centron received her medical degree from the Technologic University of Santiago. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at New York Downtown Hospital. She worked as an academic hospitalist at the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College and went on to complete a Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She received additional training in Ultrasonography of the kidney at Emory University School of Medicine. She is certified in plant-based nutrition.
She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology, Renal Physicians Association and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Her research interests include the effects of diet in progression of chronic kidney disease, morbidity and mortality, kidney stone prevention, gut microbiome and uremic toxins, and factors associated with GFR loss in peritoneal dialysis.
Dr. Centron founded the GW Renal Wellness Program in 2018 to assist CKD patients in slowing the progression of disease by transitioning and staying in a whole-foods plant-based diet.
Training
- Internal Medicine Residency, New York Downtown Hospital 2009-2012
- Nephrology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh 2015-2017
Board Certification
- Internal Medicine
Clinical Expertise
- Hypertension
- Electrolyte disorders
- Nutrition in kidney disease
- General Nephrology
- Renal Replacement therapies
- Lia P. Suazo Hernandez , MD, Ravindra Rajmane , MD, Patricia Centron , MD, Pierre D. Kory , MD. Subset Analysis of Mixed Lung Aeration Pattern Described as X Lines in a Study of Training and Reproducibility of Lung Ultrasonography by Medical Residents in Critically Ill Patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 187;2013: A1538
- Patricia Centron, MD; Marcos Hernandez, MD; Ravindra Rajmane, MD impact of lung ultrasonography performed by internal medicine house staff with a hand carried ultrasound device. Chest. 2012;142(4_MeetingAbstracts):552A. doi:10.1378/chest.1390793.Top Five Poster Award Semifinalist at the American College of CHEST Physicians Annual Meeting,oct 20-25, 2012, Atlanta, GA.