Onofre Sanmartin

Qualifications

Onofre Sanmartin MD PhD

Head of Section of Non Melanoma Skin Cancer and Mohs Surgery. Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia. Valencia (Spain)

Associated Professor. Universitat de Valencia. Valencia (Spain)

Specialities

Mohs surgery. Slow Mohs. Dermatopathology. Dermatosurgery

Biography

Onofre Sanmartin is dermatologist at the “Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia”, where is responsible of the Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Unit. He has worked there as a dermato-oncologist, dermatologic surgeon and dermatopathologist since 1994. The main areas of interest in medical research are cutaneous side effects of chemotherapy, non-melanoma skin cancer and dermatopathology in which he has been the principal investigator of several competitive translational studies. He has more than 190 published articles in journals of dermatology, pathology and oncology. Dr Onofre Sanmartin has practiced Mohs surgery for more than 25 years and has large experience in teaching this technique to dermatologic residents from Spain, Europe and America.

Education
1982-1988. Medical Degree. School of Medicine. Universitat de Valencia. Spain

1988-1992. Dermatology Specialty. Hospital General Universitario de València, Spain

1993. Mohs Surgery Fellowship. University of Miami School of Medicine. USA

2002. Board Certification in Dermatopathology. UEMS.

Positions

1988-1992. Resident of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario de València, Spain.

1993: GEST Fellowship of Dermatology and Mohs Surgery. University of Miami School of Medicine.

1994-2002: Medical staff, Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Unit, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain.

2002-present: Section Chief, Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Unit, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain.

2014- present: Associate Professor. Dermatology. Universitat de Valencia

Honors

2018-present: Coordinator of the Spanish Group of Dermatopathology ( Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)

2018-present: Secretary of the Spanish Group of Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology  (Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)