Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
Lima, Peru
SBU Advisor: Luis A Marcos, MD
International Site Coordinator: Andres (Willy) Lescano, PhD
The Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia is the most notable site in Peru for training in medicine, tropical medicine and public health. in 2016, Stony Brook signed an MOU with UPCH, which was facilitated by Dr. Luis A Marcos from the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases at the Renaissance School of Medicine, where he carries out a variety of studies in tropical and other communicable diseases. There are opportunities for both clinical and research electives under the direction of Dr. Marcos.
