Dr Salvador González

• Reflectance confocal microscopy.
• Photodermatology and photoprotection.
• Cutaneous oncology.

Professional Career

• Member of the medical team at Grupo Pedro Jaén.
• Accredited Full Professor and Associate Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid).
• Advisor to the Department of Dermatology at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
• Attending Dermatologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
• Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Academic Training

• Postdoctoral training in Basic and Clinical Photobiology, Department of Dermatology, Harvard University, Boston, USA.
• PhD in Medicine and Surgery, Universidad de Málaga.
• MD in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Málaga.

Affiliations

• President of the International Society of Confocal Microscopy and of the Spanish Group of Confocal Microscopy.
• Honorary Member of the American Dermatological Association, in recognition of his professional career in the United States.
• Recognised by Who’s Who in the USA as a world expert in Biotechnology and Healthcare.
• Member of leading international clinical and research dermatology academies.

Awards and Distinctions

• Bronze Medal “Alexander A. Fisher”, awarded by the American Contact Dermatitis Society (1999) for his work on non-invasive diagnosis of contact dermatitis.
• Research Award granted by The Skin Cancer Foundation for two consecutive years (2000 and 2001).
• Named “Hijo Predilecto de Melilla” (Favourite Son of Melilla) in 2005.
• Award from the Department of Dermatology of the University of Modena, in recognition of his contributions to the field of reflectance confocal microscopy (2011).
• Gold Medal “Forum Europe” for contributions to medicine (2015).
• Presidential Citation Award from the American Academy of Dermatology (2017), in recognition of his long-standing service and contributions to the advancement of reflectance confocal microscopy in the United States.
• Award granted by the International League of Dermatological Societies (2018).
• Gold Medal of the Autonomous City of Melilla (2018).

Research, innovation and patents

• Author of more than 260 scientific publications, with a Hirsch index (h-index) of 48, the highest in dermatology at national level and among the top 50 internationally.
• Editor of four books, including an atlas on skin cancer diagnosis using confocal microscopy and epiluminescence, which was unique in the specialty at the time of publication.
• His research activity has led to the development of eight patents of interest to pharmaceutical and technology companies.