Dr. Ana Claudia Rivas

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery. Degree awarded by the National University of Asunción in 2012.

Approved as an official Spanish university degree that qualifies students to practice the medical profession in 2024.

Internal Medicine Specialist. 3 years of Medical Residency in the III Chair of Internal Medicine at the Hospital de Clínicas (March 2014 – February 2017). Degree awarded by the National University of Asunción.

Specialist in Dermatology. 3 years of Residency in the Department of Dermatology at the Hospital de Clínicas (March 2017 – February 2020). Degree awarded by the National University of Asunción.

Diploma in Clinical Dermatology from the Ibero-Latin American College of Dermatology, 2020.

Diploma in Trichology from the Ibero-Latin American College of Dermatology, 2021

Diploma “Exposome and skin: cosmetics, aesthetic trends and lifestyle”, International School of Derma and Universitat de Barcelona, year 2024.

Master in Advanced Cutaneous Pathology from the University of Barcelona. Melanoma Unit at Hospital Clínic, 2022.

• Instructor of Medical Pathology I and Medical Pathology II, Chair of Medical Semiology at the Hospital de Clínicas, years 2015 and 2016.
• Teaching assistant and head of residents at the Department of Dermatology at the Hospital de Clínicas (March 2020 – February 2021).
• Member of the medical staff at the Dermaláser Clinic, Asunción – Paraguay (February 2020 – December 2021).
• Dermatologist at Althea Clinic, Luque – Paraguay (February 2020 – December 2021).
• Research Fellow at the Melanoma Unit, Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, since October 2022
• (HCB external staff registry number 90019643) until June 2023.
• Medical researcher at IDIBAPS, Fundació Clínic, from July 2023 to the present.

Dr. Rivas is a specialist in dermatology and venereology at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona and also in the dermatology unit at the prestigious Diagnosis Dermatológica clinic.

• MEMBER OF THE HONOR ROLL of the Medicine and Surgery Degree of the 2012 Class at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción.
• FIRST PLACE IN RETROSPECTIVE RESEARCH, FIRST CYCLE OF MICROBIOLOGY COMPETITIONS 2009 . “TRENDS IN CASES OF SCABIES AND CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY”. Asuncion, 2009.
• HONORABLE MENTION – FREE TOPICS . “MENINGEAL AND OSTEOARTICULAR TUBERCULOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT YOUNG PATIENT”, presented at the 1st. National and International Congress of Internal Medicine Residents. Asuncion, 2015.
• HONORABLE MENTION FOR AUTHOR OF THE BEST ENDOCRINOLOGICAL CASE REPORT : “Giant goiter with severe mitral regurgitation,” presented at the XIII Paraguayan Congress of Internal Medicine. Asuncion, 2016.
• HONORABLE MENTION as author of the Case Report: “Sudden skin lesions in a patient undergoing bone marrow transplant,” presented at the XIV Paraguayan Congress of Internal Medicine. Asuncion, 2018.

• Active member of the Paraguayan Society of Dermatology.
• Active member of CILAD, Ibero-Latin American College of Dermatology.
• Active member of the EADV, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.
• Active member of EADO, European Association of Dermato-Oncology.