He received his M.D. from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Centro Universitario de Occidente, Quetzaltenango) and his Ph.D. from Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain. Currently, Dr. Romero-Sandovol is studying the molecular mechanisms of spinal phosphatases in the generation and maintenance of chronic pain, and in the transition from acute to chronic pain. AGATA SMOGORZEWSKA