Dr Carmen Orte Cano

• Clinical dermatology.
• Dermato-oncology.
• Skin cancer prevention, diagnosis and follow-up.
• Dermoscopy and non-invasive skin imaging.
• Confocal microscopy and LC-OCT.
• Immunodermatology and clinical immuno-allergology.
• Cutaneous toxicities associated with cancer treatments.
• Skin cancer in immunosuppressed patients.

• Graduated in Medicine from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where she studied from 2013 to 2019. Her final research project, focused on the antibody response to the S. typhi polysaccharide vaccine in the diagnosis of immunodeficiencies, was awarded Matrícula de Honor.
• Completed Erasmus+ training at Université Paris Descartes (2017–2018) and at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 2019.
• Clinical Research Assistant in the Department of Dermatology at Hôpital Erasme, Brussels (2019–2020).
• Clinical and specialist dermatology training at the Department of Dermatology of Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, from 2020.
• University Certificate in Clinical Immuno-allergology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (2019–2021).
• Since 2024, PhD student at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in the Laboratoire d’Histologie, under the supervision of Prof. Ievgeniia Pastushenko.
• Further training in dermoscopy, confocal microscopy and non-invasive skin imaging, as well as participation in Euroderm Excellence, organised by the European Dermatology Forum.

The consultation fee is €110, of which €25 is reimbursed by your Belgian health insurance fund, provided your coverage is up to date. The reimbursement may be higher if you also have supplementary health insurance.

• Her research activity focuses particularly on dermato-oncology, skin cancer, non-invasive skin imaging and the application of new technologies to dermatological diagnosis.
• Author and co-author of numerous scientific publications on actinic keratosis, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, LC-OCT, immunodermatology and other areas of dermatology.
• She has presented scientific work at meetings and congresses of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the Belgian Association of Dermato-Oncology (BADO), among others.
• Co-author of a book chapter on chemoprevention and photoprotection in non-melanoma skin cancer.
• She has participated in academic clinical studies and clinical trials in several dermatological conditions.
• Member of the Union Professionnelle Belge de Dermatologie et Vénérologie, the Société Royale Belge de Dermatologie et Vénérologie, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) and the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS).
• Recipient of research funding and fellowships from the F.N.R.S. and Fonds Erasme for Medical Research, among others.
• She sees patients in Spanish, French and English.
• Member of the medical team at Dermatology & Research Institute.