Department of Dermatologist at University of Barcelona
Biography
Susana Puig is the director of the research program "Melanoma: Imaging, genetics and immunology" at the Biomedical Research Institute August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS). She serves as consultant dermatologist at the Melanoma Unit, in the Dermatology Department of the Hospital Clinic and as professor at the University of Barcelona. Special research areas are melanoma and skin cancer focusing in different areas and their clinical applications including imaging techniques for the in vivo non-invasive diagnosis, skin cancer susceptibility, carcinogenesis, genetics of melanoma, melanoma immunology and therapy.
She is devoted to teach all over the world to translate to patientââ¬â¢s care innovation performed in melanoma and skin cancer research. She has published more than 220 indexed papers, editor of several books and contributed with more than 30 book chapters. She is active member of international consortiums as GenoMel, BioGenomel, M-skip and MelaNostrum dealing with melanomas genetics and Board member of the International Dermoscopy Society and the Confocal Working Group dedicated to imaging innovation.
