I am Director of the Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (HSCSP) and Professor of Dermatology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Medical School, Barcelona, Spain.
In the last 20 years my clinical research has focused on the treatment of psoriasis with biological agents, where I am considered a key opinion leader both nationally and internationally, having taught at numerous national and international conferences, workshops, and seminars. The results of my research have been published in numerous articles (h-index = 86; i10 index = 491) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1F145qcX7mdQs/bibliography/public/ and book chapters. I have participated, in most cases acting as principal investigator, in numerous clinical trials in psoriasis.
I am a member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, founding member of several of its working groups, and past coordinator of the Spanish Psoriasis Group. I am also an aggregate member of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology and its GEAPSO Group for Research in Psoriatic Arthritis, and of several international societies, including the EADV, AAD, CILAD, ESDR, ASDP, ISDP, and GRAPPA.
I am or have been Board Member of the EADV (2013-2019), Co-chair of the Psoriasis Task Force of the EADV (2018-), scientific advisor to the Psoriasis International Network, President of the Psoriasis International Network and the Fondation René Touraine Scientific Board Executive Committee (2016-2020), Vicepresident of the Administration Council of the Fondation René Touraine (2018-2020), Member of the European Dermatology Forum (2017-), Councilor of the International Psoriasis Council (2012-), Board Member of the International Psoriasis Council (2018-), Member of the Education and Steering Committees (2020-2023) of GRAPPA, and Board Member at Large (Derm), GRAPPA (2024-)