Cryosurgery

Paola Pasquali is an internationally recognized expert and lecturer in cryosurgery. Dr. Pasquali was awarded a BA (cum laude) and MA in Biology from Boston University, Mass., and subsequently gained her MD and residency in dermatology and venereology from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.She worked as Professor of Cryosurgery at the Luis Razetti Oncologic Hospital in Venezuela and since 2008 she was appointed as coordinator of the Dermatology Department at the Pius Hospital de Valls, Tarragona, Spain, where she teaches cryosurgery to residents in family medicine and dermatologists. She is coordinator of a regional successful teledermatology project and elected Secretary of the International Society of Teledermatology in 2012. In addition, she has been member of the Board of Directors of the Ibero-Latin American College of Cryosurgery and of the International Society of Cryosurgery.Dr. Pasquali has published articles as well as numerous chapters on cryosurgery in prestigious textbooks as well as translated English and Italian dermatology texts to Spanish.  She is editor of Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach edited by Springer.

• History.- Basic Principles. Cryobiology.- Immunocryosurgery.- Techniques.- Basic Equipments.- Cryobiopsy.- Common Benign Lesions.- Vascular Lesions.- Pre Malignant Management. Combination Treatments.- Malignant Lesions.- Bcc and Ultrasound.- Special Areas: Eyelids, Earlobe, Nose.- Cryosurgery and other Imaging Techniques.- Palliative  Treatment.- Postoperative Care.- Complications.- Future considerations.