The Spanish Translation Team

Dermatology Online Journal is the result of the combined efforts of many people who have joined together in an effort to produce an on-line resource for physicians in dermatology. Here is a group assembled by Dr. Ignacio García Doval that recently joined us as the team responsible for English-Spanish translation of the Journal. They were asked (on short notice) to provide some biographical information, and perhaps a comment. If you view the spanish version of the current or immediately previous issue, you will also find their names on any of the articles they have translated.

Ignacio García Doval, MD, PhD

Dr. García Doval is the Managing Editor of the Spanish translation team. He graduated in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and took his dermatology residency in Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He did his doctoral thesis in the Dermatolgy Department, University of Santiago de Compostela. He is working in Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra, a reference hospital, being in charge of the in-patient section. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of Actas Dermosifiliográficas (Journal of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology) and has a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English. "A peer-reviewed, free, multilingual, and full of pictures journal, with all the revious issues at a click of the mouse. If we are able to get an interesting and high-quality journal it could become one of the most widely read".

Ennio Barrón Núñez, MD

He graduated in Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. He is nowadays a dermatology resident in Hospital Nacional Daniel A. Carrión, Callao, Perú. "A serious, easy to read, and original journal"

M J Cruces Prado, MD, PhD

He graduated in the Univeridad de Santiago de Compostela, where he did his doctoral thesis, and worked as a dermatology instructor for seven years. He also received formation in St Johns´Hospital, London. He is the Head of the Dermatology Department of the Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra, Spain.

Manuel Ginarte Val, MD

After his graduation in the University of Santiago de Compostela, he took his dermatology residency training in Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela. He is nowadays working in that hospital.

Javier Labandeira, MD, PhD

He graduated in the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he did his doctoral thesis, and his speciality training. He is working in the Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Santiago, Spain.

Antonio Losada Campa, MD, PhD

He graduated in the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he did his doctoral thesis, and his speciality training. He is a Honorary Dermatology Teacher of the University of Oviedo, Spain. Dr. Losada is working in the Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra, Spain. He has Hospital and private practice and is particularly interested in surgical dermatology.

Beatriz Pacheco

She has a degree in English by the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and a degree by the Guildhall University of London. She works as an English-Spanish translator, with special interest in medical translations. "The DOJ is a good way to eliminate linguistic barriers in the world dermatologic community".

Belén Rodriguez Ferreiro, MD

She graduated in the Facultad de Medicina de Oviedo, Spain. She got her four-year dermatology residency in the Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She is working as a consultor in the Hospital de Arriondas, Asturias, Spain.

Carlos de la Torre, MD

He got his degree in Medicine (1970-76) in Santiago de Compsotela, Spain. In 1977-1980 he did his residency in pathology, and later (1980-84)in Dermatology. He did a Fellowship in dermatopathology (UTMB Galveston). Dr. De la Torre is working in the Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra, Spain. He is a Member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology, Ibero Latin American College of Dermatology and American Academy of Dermatology. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of Actas Dermosifiliográficas (1994-97). "DOJ is an important step for globl dermatology".

Ander Zulaica Garate, MD

He got his degree in medicine in the Universidad de Navarra, Spain, in 1981, and his dermatology speciality in the Hospital Xeral de Galicia (1986). In 1995 he got his doctor degree in the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He works in a hospital (Hospital Xeral de Vigo) and has private practice (Policlínico Vigo, POVISA). "DOJ is an innovation in the field of dermatologic information that has started with a high scientific quality, and a brilliant future, considering its contents, versatility, and multilingual features. It will become an important source of information, and will probably be as prestigious as the best paper journals"