Our professionals
Dr. Agustín España
Director of the Department of Dermatology
Specialist in Medical-Surgical and Venereological Dermatology
Primary dedication to the study of autoimmune blistering diseases.
Professional career
Medical degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1984. Specialist in Dermatology at Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid (1986-1989). PhD in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1990).
Clinical Research Fellow in Immunodermatology in the Department of Dermatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, USA, 1994-1995
RESEARCH AREAS
Member of the Editorial Committee (Advisory Board) of the journal PIEL and of the Editorial Board of the journal Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas.
He has carried out 6 research projects as Principal Investigator, 2 research projects as a collaborator, and 6 research protocols.
AREAS OF INTEREST
His main areas of interest are focused on the study, diagnosis, and interdisciplinary treatment of:
- Autoimmune blistering diseases (pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, bullous pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis)
- Atopic dermatitis
- Connective tissue diseases (lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, scleroderma)
- Hyperhidrosis
- Inflammatory skin diseases of immunologic origin
Activity
In teaching
Full Professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra since September 1, 2014.
Accredited as a Full Professor by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport on July 18, 2013.
Vice Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra in 2003.
He has supervised 6 doctoral dissertations.
In research
He has delivered more than 250 lectures and conference presentations at national congresses and more than 50 at international congresses.
He is editor of 5 books and author of 33 book chapters.
He has published 80 articles in international journals and more than 75 in national journals.

Scientific organizations
- Member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology since 1998
- Member of the American Academy of Dermatology since 2002
- Member of the Joint Commission of Navarre / Faculty of Medicine
- President of the Basque-Navarre-Aragon-Rioja Section of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (2003 - 2007)