Dr. Cristina Carrera Alvarez

Associate professor of the Department of Medicine of the University of Barcelona since 2014.

Coordinator of the International Research Fellows and Visitors at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona since 2010.

Collaborating professor in the degree of Medicine, in the Department of Dermatology of the University of Barcelona (2004 – 2013).

Medical Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine of the University of Barcelona (2014 – present).

Collaborating professor in the Master of Autoimmune Diseases, together with Professor R. Cervera, at the University of Barcelona since 2009.

Teacher in Official Masters.

Collaborating professor in the Master of Dermato-Oncology, Advanced Dermatology, together with Professor MT Estrach, at the University of Barcelona since 2012.

Collaborating professor in the Master of Biomedicine, Translational Research and therapeutics in cancer, together with the Dr. Susana Puig, at the University of Barcelona since 2013.

Direction of Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis projects at the University of Barcelona.

Member of the Final Degree Thesis, Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Theses Tribunal of the University of Barcelona.

Graduate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1993 – 1999).

Doctorate in Health Sciences. Biopathology in Medicine.

Dermatology Residency at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona (2000 – 2004).

Fellowship in Dermatology at IDIBAPS, in Barcelona (2004 – 2006).

Cum Laude Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (2013).

Researcher at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), at the University of Barcelona since 2015.

Research visitor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Melanoma and Dermatology (2015).

Participation in more than 13 clinical studies and research projects.

More than 15 years of experience.

Teacher in official masters, courses and workshops.

Research projects.

Dermatologist at the Dermatological Diagnosis Center since 2004.

First EUROMELANOMA prize awarded by the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.

Skin cancer

Melanoma, Carcinoma and pigmentary lesions

Epiluminescence microscopy

InVivo Confocal Microscopy

Vectra360 3D photodynamic images

Original articles, clinical notes and scientific letters.

Participation as a speaker in numerous national and international conferences.

– Stay at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA (Dermatology and Medical Oncology Departments, 2015).
– Award to carry out a research permit (100% working day for research activity): PERIS 2018-2020, Department of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya.
– Member of the Executive Board of the International Society of Dermatoscopy and the International Confocal Working Group.
– Founding member of the Dermatology Task Force for Cancer Patients, both of the European Academy of Dermatology.
– Member of the board of directors of the PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROGRAM of the HOSPITAL CLÍNIC of Barcelona.
– European certification as an expert in Medical Therapies in Dermato-Oncology, endorsed by the UEMS and the European Association of Dermato-Oncology, Berlin, January 2018.
– Researcher at the Network Biomedical Research Center (CIBER) for Rare Diseases (group U-726), developmental and pediatric diseases.
– R3A researcher recognized in IDIBAPS: “Melanoma: imaging, immunology and genetics” group, continuous collaborator since 2003 in 17 official projects with competitive funding: FIS-ISCIII, EORTC, AECC, TV3 Marathon, European Commission.

– Associate/Full Professor of the Department of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.
– Direction of 4 Final Projects for the Degree in Medicine at the University of Barcelona, ​​and 9 Final Projects for the Master’s Degree in Advanced Cutaneous Pathology, Medicine, at the University of Barcelona.
– Participation as a guest speaker in more than 80 courses, symposia, official meetings, national and international conferences.
– Member and current President of the National Commission of Medical-Surgical and Venereological Dermatology, Ministry of Health (since October 2018).
– Member of the Continuing Medical Training Evaluation Commission of the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona since April 2017.

Member of the European Academy of Dermatology since September 2016.

Member of the European Academy of Dermato-Oncology since June 2013.

Member of the Spanish Multidisciplinary Melanoma Group, since its foundation, 2009.

Member of the working group of the International Workshop on Confocal Microscopy since 2007.

Member of the International Dermoscopy Society since May 2006.

Member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology since June 2004.

Member of CIBER – Rare diseases (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, ​​Instituto Carlos III Madrid.

IDIBAPS researcher, area 5 Hemato-Oncology: Melanoma Group.

Member of the Xarxa of Melanoma Centers of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.

ORCID Member Rare Diseases, CSUR Xeroderma Pigmentosum.