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Meet our Newest Councilors

We are thrilled to announce our newest IPC Councilors for 2023 and extend a warm welcome to José Manuel Carrascosa, Xiang Chen, Álvaro González-Cantero, Emmanuel Mahé, Yuling Shi, Liangdan Sun, Alex Tsoi, and Margarita Velásquez. The IPC Board of Directors confirmed these impressive individuals in March for their unwavering dedication to psoriasis and their unrelenting commitment to improving patient care for psoriasis patients across the globe.

As IPC Councilors, these experts will serve as trusted advisors, lending their invaluable global expertise on psoriasis research, treatment, and education to support all IPC programs, events, and initiatives.

We invite you to learn more about our newest Councilors and their extensive backgrounds by reading their biographies. We are confident that their contributions will help further our mission to advance psoriasis care globally.

José-Manuel Carrascosa Carrillo, MD, PhD

University Hospital Germans Trias í Pujol; Autonomous University of Barcelona

Badalona, Spain

IPC Councilor

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Xiang Chen, MD, PhD

Dept. Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South

Changsha, China

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Álvaro González-Cantero, MD, PhD

Hospital Ramón y Cajal University Hospital

Madrid, Spain

IPC Councilor

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Emmanuel Mahé , MD, PhD

Hôspital Victor Dupouy

Argenteuil, France

IPC Councilor

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Yuling Shi, MD, PhD

Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine

Shanghai, China

IPC Councilor

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Liangdan Sun, MD, PhD

Health Science Center of North China University of Science and Technology

Hebei Province, China

IPC Councilor

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Alex Tsoi, MS, PhD

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

IPC Councilor

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Margarita María Velásquez Lopera, MD, PhD

University of Antioquia

Medellín, Colombia

IPC Councilor

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World Psoriasis Day, observed each year on October 29, was launched by the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA) in 2004 to give a voice to the more than 125 million people worldwide living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. To mark this year’s observance, IPC joined the Latin American Society of Psoriasis and Dermoimmunology (SOLAPSO) and the Skin Inflammation and Psoriasis International Network (SPIN) to create a video series around the theme “Look Beyond My Skin,” featuring voices from all three organizations. Missed the videos on social media? Watch the full series on the IPC YouTube channel.

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