Author: Ximena Wortsman

Ximena Wortsman, MDAdjunct Associate ProfessorIDIEP—Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft TissuesDepartment of DermatologyUniversity of ChileDepartment of Dermatology Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Santiago, ChileDr. Ximena Wortsman is a radiologist, subspecialized in dermatologic ultrasound. Due to her work in this field, she has been awarded the category of fellow member of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), the American Society of Ultrasound, which is a way to recognize individuals who have substantially contributed in a most distinguished fashion to the field of ultrasound. During the last 17 years, she has been fully dedicated to the development of applications and research in dermatologic ultrasound. She has more than 135 publications, including the textbook “Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations”. She is the founder and current Chair of the dermatologic community at AIUM and is the medical technical director of the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues in Santiago, Chile. Dr. Wortsman is an adjunct associate professor at the Department of Dermatology at the University of Chile and adjunct assistant professor at the Department of Dermatology at the Pontifical Catholic University in Santiago de Chile. Her daily work and lines of research comprise a wide range of applications of ultrasound in dermatology that include skin, nail and hair pathologies. She has actively participated in the early detection and characterization of multiple dermatologic pathologies as well as in the creation of guidelines, protocols and sonographic scorings in this field that are currently used in multiple countries around the world.