Our professionals
Dr. Rafael Salido
Specialist in Dermatology.
Primary focus on skin cancer, dermatologic surgery, Mohs surgery, pigmented lesions, dermoscopy, photodynamic therapy.
Professional career
MD degree from the University of Granada (2006).
MIR residency training in Medical and Surgical Dermatology and Venereology at Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba (2007-2011).
Two-month fellowship in the Pediatric Dermatology Unit and digital dermoscopic follow-up at Hospital Universitario La Paz.
Two-month fellowship in the Mohs Surgery Unit at the Instituto Valenciano de Oncología.
Official Master’s degree in Research Methodology in Health Sciences from the University of Córdoba (2008-2009).
Consultant Dermatologist in Medical and Surgical Dermatology and Venereology and Head of the Cutaneous Oncology and Dermatologic Surgery Unit at Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba (2011-2019).
PhD in Medicine from the University of Córdoba (2016).
Three-month fellowship (2023) in the Cutaneous Oncology Department, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA).
Specialist in Medical and Surgical Dermatology and Venereology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra (2019-present).
RESEARCH AREAS
- Doctoral thesis: “Topical sirolimus for the treatment of facial angiofibromas associated with tuberous sclerosis”.
- He has participated in 5 clinical trials as principal investigator in areas related to cutaneous oncology.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Skin cancer.
- Mohs surgery.
- Dermatologic surgery.
- Pigmented lesions.
- Dermoscopy.
- Photodynamic therapy.
Activity
In teaching
- He worked as a clinical tutor and honorary collaborator in the Department of Medicine (Dermatology area) at the University of Córdoba (2008-2019).
- Dermatology residency tutor at Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba (2013-2019).
- Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Navarra (2020-present).
In research
- Reviewer for various scientific journals such as “Dermatology”, “International Journal of Dermatology”, “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology”, “New England Journal of Medicine”, “Pediatric Dermatology”, and “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas”.
- He has published more than 60 articles in high-impact national and international journals.
- He has presented more than 150 oral communications/posters at national and international conferences.
- Invited speaker at 37 national and international meetings/conferences.
- He has published 13 book chapters.