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Dr. Carmen D'Amelio

Specialist in Allergology.
Primary focus on the study and treatment of atopic dermatitis and contact dermatitis.

Works at: Navarre headquarters
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Professional career

Graduate in Medicine from the Central University of Venezuela (Caracas), 2008.

Specialist in Allergology and Clinical Immunology (Clínica Universidad de Navarra) and PhD in Medicine, Cum Laude distinction, from the University of Navarra (2015).

She completed training stays in the Pediatrics Unit at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) and in the Allergology Department of Complesso Integrato Columbus (Rome, Italy). In 2017, she completed a postdoctoral training stay in the Cutaneous Immunoallergy Unit at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Spain).

Expert Certificate in Medical Ethics from the Foundation for the Spanish Medical Association, 2018.

She devotes most of her clinical work to the diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis and contact dermatitis, as an attending physician in the Department of Allergology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Recognized with one six-year research period by ANECA.
  • She has conducted research studies on food allergy, atopic dermatitis, and contact dermatitis.

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Contact dermatitis
  • Food allergy
  • General allergology

Activity

In teaching

  • Full University Professor, accredited by ANECA (2025).
  • Professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra, teaching Allergology and Medical Ethics.
  • Coordinator of the subject Medical-Surgical Pathology VII at the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra.
  • Resident tutor in the Department of Allergology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra, 2019-2025.

In research

  • Author of 18 scientific publications in indexed journals in the specialty.
  • Co-author of the book "Today We Eat Eggs. A Guide to Surviving Frequent Consumption of Cooked Egg in Patients with Egg Allergy", as well as more than 10 chapters in other books.
  • Editor and co-author of the book "Topics in Clinical Ethics for Medical Students". Digital Reasons Publishing.
  • Co-director of two doctoral theses: "Diagnostic Methods in Kiwi Allergy" and “Use of the Nexkin DSPT® device for the reading, measurement, and digitization of intradermal tests for the study of immediate hypersensitivity reactions”, within the Biomedical Research and Applied Medicine program of the University of Navarra.
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Scientific organizations

  • President of the Cutaneous Allergy Committee of the Spanish Society of Allergology (SEAIC) since 2022.
  • Full member of the Spanish Society of Allergology.
  • Member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
  • Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).
  • Member of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD).
  • Member of the Northern Allergologists Society (Alergonorte).