Antoni Bennássar

Qualifications

MD, PhD,  Assoc. Prof., Dermatology, Dermatosurgery, Dermato-oncology

Specialties

Mohs surgery, Melanoma surgery, Sentinel lymph node biopsy,  Lymph node dissection

Biography

Education:

• MD degree at the University of Barcelona Medical School, 1999-2005.
• Resident in « Clinical and surgical dermatology and venereology » program. Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, 2006-2010.
• PhD degree at the University of Barcelona, 2014.  Title: Confocal Microscopy applied to Mohs surgery. Qualification: Cum laude
• Observership in Mohs surgery at the Royal Infirmary Hospital. Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK (2009) and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, NYC, US (2010)
• Fellowship in Mohs Surgery. Tel-Hashomer Hospital. Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dr Zilinsky (2010)

Research-Publication-Academic:

• Attendance to > 50 national and international scientific meetings
• Author or co-author of > 50 scientific publications, most of them in the skin cancer field. Special mention to the research done with ex vivo confocal microscopy applied to Mohs surgery.
• >30 presentations as guest speaker in national and international courses and congresses
• Associate Professor at the Universitat de Barcelona (2013-2017): pregraduate courses and Master degree in “Advanced Dermatology”
• Associate Professor at the Universitat de le Illes Balears (since 2019): pregraduate courses

Professional experience:

Since 2010, Dr Bennàssar has been working as skin surgeon with extensive experience and  dedication to Mohs surgery in high-risk carcinomas as well as surgery of advanced melanoma including selective biopsy of the sentinel lymph node, electrochemotherapy and complete lymph node dissection.

Languages:

Spanish, English, Catalan, Portuguese