Medical Director and Adjunct Professor
Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues, Departments of Dermatology, Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Dr. Ximena Wortsman is a radiologist subspecialized in dermatologic ultrasound and a fellow member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). During the last 21 years, she has been fully dedicated to developing applications and research in dermatologic ultrasound. She has more than 200 publications, including three books edited by Springer, which are “Textbook of Dermatologic Ultrasound,” “Atlas of Dermatologic Ultrasound” and “Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations,” and multiple book chapters and papers in indexed peer-reviewed journals. Her current h-indexes are 40 in Google Scholar and 29 in Web of Science. She founded the dermatologic community at AIUM and is the medical director of the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues in Santiago, Chile. Dr. Wortsman is an adjunct professor at the Department of Dermatology of Universidad de Chile and the Department of Dermatology of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago de Chile. Her daily work and lines of research comprise a wide range of ultrasound applications in dermatology, including skin, nail, and hair pathologies. She has actively participated in the early detection and characterization of multiple dermatologic pathologies and in creating guidelines, protocols, and sonographic scorings in this field, currently used in multiple countries worldwide.
Monday, March 27, 2023
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Monday, March 27, 2023
1:30 PM – 3:40 PM