Scientific Committee
SPIN is steered by a Scientific
Committee that supervises the activities of the network and ensure its good development.
Members
Our Scientific Committee comprises a trio of presidents and more than 50 members, all medical experts in the field of chronic inflammatory skin diseases.
Since October 2023, SPIN presidents are supported by 4 scientific committee members for the executive steering of SPIN. These 7 members belong to what we call "SPIN Steering Committee".
Learn more about all of these members by looking at the list below!

Boehncke Wolf-Henning
Chairman of the Dermatology Unit at Geneva University, Switzerland

Torres Tiago
Professor of Dermatology at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal

Spuls Phyllis
MD, Phd, Consultant Dermatologist at The Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Garg Amit
Professor and Founding Chairman for the Department of Dermatology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell in New York City, USA

King Brett
Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Department of Dermatology of Yale School of Medicine, USA

Kolios Antonios
Associate Professor in the Group Leader University of Zurich, Department of Dermatology, Switzerland

Prinz Jörg Christoph
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Univ. Jörg Christoph PRINZ, Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Balak Deepak M.W.
MD PhD MSc, Department of Dermatology of the LangeLand Ziekenhuis in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

Carrascosa José Manuel
Associate Professor Department of Dermatology, Universitary Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Ceovic Romana
MD, PhD, University Department of Dermatovenerology, Zagreb Clinical Hospital and School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Chovatiya Raj
MD, PhD, MSCI is Clinical Associate Professor at Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School and Founder and Director of the Center for Medical Dermatology + Immunology Research in Chicago, Illinois

De Jong Elke
Dermatologist at University Medical Center Nijmegen St Radboud, The Netherlands

Dhar Sandipan
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Doss Nejib
Head of the department of Dermatology – Military Hospital of Tunis, Professor Faculty of Medicine Tunis, Tunisia

Elgamal Emad
Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, New Damietta, Egypt

Flohr Carsten
Chair in dermatology and population science, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s college London, UK

Franco Manuel Dario
MD, IFAAD
VP of Colombian Group of Psoriasis and immune-mediated diseases (COLPSOR), Colombia

Frez Maria Lorna
MD, Professor in Dermatology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine – Philippine General Hospital, Philippines

Gerbens Louise
MD PhD, Department of Dermatology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gonzalez César
Coordinator Grupo Colombiano de Psoriasis y Artritis Psoriasica (CoLPsor), Colombia

Gottlieb Alice
MD, PhD, Chair of Dermatology, Tufts Medical Centre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gupta Monisha
MD, FACD
Head of the department of Dermatology, LIverpool Hospital
Head of Phototherapy at The Skin Hospital in Westmead and Darlinghurst, Australia

Gutermuth Jan
Professor Jan Gutermuth studied medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz/ Germany and trained in dermatology and allergology at the Humboldt University Berlin (Charité) and Technische University Munich (TUM)

Gyulai Rolland
MD, PhD, Director and chair of the Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Dermatooncology, University of Pécs, Hungary

Hijnen Dirk Jan
MD, PhD. Erasmus MC in Rotterdam as a dermatologist, instructor and researcher, The Netherlands


Kabashima Kenji
Chairman and Head, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Kemeny Lajos
Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Hungary

Kumar Alur S.
Professor and Head of Department, Owaisi Hospital Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Lambert Jo
Chair Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Langley Richard
MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine (Dermatology) and Director of Research, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Canada

Lebwohl Mark
MD, Sol and Clara Kest Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA


Ly Fatimata
Head of the Dermatology Department at the Institute of Social Hygiene in Dakar, Professor of Dermatology at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal

Mahil Satveer
Consultant Dermatologist at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Adjunct Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, UK

Martorell Antonio
MD PhD, Dermatology department of Hospital de Manises, Valencia, Spain
Assistant Professor of Dermatology in the Catholic University of Medicine, Valencia, Spain

Maul Julia-Tatjana
Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Zürich (USZ), Switzerland

Morales-Sánchez Martha Alejandra
MD, Centro Dermatológico Dr. Ladislao de la Pascua, Public Health Services of Mexico city, Mexico

Mrowietz Ulrich
MD, Head of Psoriasis-Center, Dept. of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany

Naldi Luigi
Director of Centro Studi GISED, Fondazione per la Ricerca Ospedale Maggiore, Bergamo, Italy

Nast Alexander
Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Parsad Davinder
Professor at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Department of Dermatology, Nehru Hospital, Chandigarh, India

Paul Carle
Chair of Department of Dermatology, Paul Sabatier University, CHU Larrey, Toulouse, France

Puig Luis
MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Professor of Dermatology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Seneschal Julien
Professor of Dermatology at the Department of Dermatology, National Reference Center for Rare Skin Diseases, University of Bordeaux

Skov Lone
Professor, Consultant, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Thaçi Diamant
Professor and Head Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University Luebeck, Germany

Thomas Jayakar
Emeritus Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India

Tiplica George-Sorin
Professor, Head of Dermatology 2, Colentina Hospital at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Valiukeviciene Skaidra
Professor and Head of the Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Van Geel Nanja
MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Van Straalen Kelsey
Dermatology resident and Assistant Professor at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where she heads the Laboratory for Experimental Immunodermatology.

Vestergaard Christian
Clinical professor and chair in dermato-venerology at the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University and the Department of Dermatology at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Warren Richard
NIHR Clinical Senior Lecturer in Dermatology, Dermatology Centre, University of Manchester, Honorary Consultant Dermatologist Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

Zheng Min
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China