Dermatology · Caracas, Venezuela
Dr. Jaime
Piquero-Martín
Dermatologist with more than five decades devoted to clinical practice, teaching and preserving the history of Venezuelan dermatology.
Dermatologist with more than five decades devoted to clinical practice, teaching and preserving the history of Venezuelan dermatology.
Dermatology as a science, as a clinical art, and as the shared memory of those who built it.
Dr. Jaime Piquero-Martín earned his medical degree from the University of Carabobo in the early 1970s and built his career as a dermatologist in Caracas, where he has practiced in the Department of Dermatology at Clínica Sanatrix.
His work combines clinical practice with extensive academic activity: author of a book on rosacea, invited speaker at international dermatology congresses, and author of numerous papers in national and international journals.
In recent years he has devoted himself to documenting the history of dermatology in Venezuela, paying tribute to the masters who shaped the specialty, among them Dr. Jacinto Convit and Prof. Francisco Kerdel-Vegas.
Diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases, with particular interest in rosacea and the management of postherpetic neuralgia.
Research on non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections linked to cosmetic procedures, in collaboration with the CDC and the Instituto de Biomedicina.
Lead author of the collective work Historia de la Dermatología en Venezuela (History of Dermatology in Venezuela) and of profiles of leading figures in the specialty.
Earns his medical degree from the University of Carabobo, Venezuela.
Together with the CDC in Atlanta and the Instituto de Biomedicina in Caracas, describes a Mycobacterium simiae skin infection following mesotherapy, warning of the risks of unregulated cosmetic procedures.
Lectures on the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia in Cartagena de Indias, where his book on rosacea is also highlighted. The same year he celebrates 40 years since graduation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Venezuelan Society of Dermatology.
The Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology names him an Honorary Member at its General Assembly.
Co-author, with Prof. Francisco Kerdel-Vegas, of the In Memoriam dedicated to Dr. Jacinto Convit.
Publishes the editorial “La Dermatología en Venezuela: pasado, presente y futuro” (Dermatology in Venezuela: past, present and future) and leads the collective work Historia de la Dermatología en Venezuela, with more than fifty co-authors.
In June 2013, the General Assembly of the AEDV granted him this distinction, reserved for those who have made significant contributions to science and, in particular, to medical-surgical dermatology and venereology.
A selection of works available online.
Dr. Piquero-Martín’s vocation lives on in the next generation: his children and son-in-law also practice dermatology, in Venezuela and Spain, and have collaborated with him on research and publications.
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