Dr Patricia Burgos

• Hair disorders: clinical diagnosis, trichoscopic assessment and treatment of the different types of alopecia.
• Specialist in the management of alopecia areata and cicatricial alopecias.

Professional Career

• Consultant Dermatologist at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
• Consultant Dermatologist at Grupo Pedro Jaén Dermatology Clinic.
• Peer reviewer of scientific articles related to hair disorders in international dermatology journals.
• Teaching collaborator in dermatology workshops at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Alcalá.

Academic Training

• PhD in Medicine, Universidad de Alcalá (2021–2023), awarded Sobresaliente Cum Laude. Doctoral thesis: Cardiovascular risk in patients with alopecia areata: imaging-based characterisation of subclinical atherosclerosis and identification of molecular biomarkers.
• International Master’s Degree in Hair Disorders and Hair Transplantation, Universidad de Alcalá (2023).
• International fellowship in hair disorders at Hospital Policlínico S. Orsola-Malpighi and Università di Bologna, Italy (2022).
• Advanced University Expert Programme in Medical Hair Disorders, Universidad de Alcalá (2022).
• Specialist training via the MIR system in Medical and Surgical Dermatology and Venereology at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (2019–2023), ranked 33rd nationwide.
• Master’s Degree in Clinical Reasoning and Practice, Universidad de Alcalá (2018–2019).
• Clinical and surgical training placements at Concord Repatriation General Hospital (Sydney, Australia) and Second XiangYa Hospital (Changsha, China) (2015–2017).
• Degree in Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012–2018), awarded with Honours (Matrícula de Honor).

Affiliations

• Member of the Hair Disorders Research Group (#tricoHRC) at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal.
• Research member of IRYCIS (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria).
• Member of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS).
• Member of the International Trichoscopy Society (ITS).
• Member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV).
• Member of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV).
• Member of the Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Madrid (ICOMEM).

Awards and Distinctions

• End-of-Residency Award for Best MIR Physician in the Surgical Area, awarded by the Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Madrid (2023).
• End-of-Residency Award for Best MIR Physician at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (2023).
• “Top 10 in Dermatology” Award for the best Dermatology MIR trainees in Europe (2022).
• Award for Best Research Project in Hair Disorders at the National Dermatology Congress (2021, 2022 and 2023).
• Award for Best Research Project in Hair Disorders at the Spanish Hair Disorders Group (Honourable Mention, 2022).
• Award for Best Biomedical Research Project, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (2021).
• Author, co-author and speaker in more than 50 communications at national and international dermatology congresses, mainly focused on hair disorders.
• Author and co-author of more than 30 scientific publications in indexed national and international journals.
• Author of several book chapters on hair disorders.
• Additional awards and fellowships include EHRS Fellowships (2022, 2023), Euroderm Excellence Fellowship (2022), Olavide Award (2019), and Academic Excellence Scholarship awarded by the Community of Madrid during undergraduate studies (2012–2018).