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Susana Ortiz Urda, MD, PhD
DermatologyCo-director, Melanoma Center- Telehealth Visits
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Susana Ortiz Urda, MD, PhD
DermatologyCo-director, Melanoma Center- Telehealth Visits
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About me
Dr. Susana Ortiz-Urda is a dermatologist and melanoma specialist who serves as co-director of the UCSF Melanoma Center. She cares for patients with early and advanced melanoma.
Ortiz-Urda’s lab works with human models of epithelial neoplasia and melanoma. She studies cancer signaling at a genetic sequencing level to identify novel transcripts, their functions and the factors that promote resistance to drugs or cancer progression. She hopes her findings may point to key biomarkers or new targets for treating melanoma.
Ortiz-Urda earned her medical degree and doctorate at the University of Vienna. She completed a residency in dermatology and a postdoctoral fellowship in epithelial biology at Stanford University, followed by a cutaneous oncology fellowship at UCSF. She earned her master of business administration degree at New York University.
Ortiz-Urda is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology, and Dermatology Foundation. She has received several honors, including the Kardinal-Innitzer Award for Outstanding Science in Dermatology and the Unilever Award from the Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology.
Learn more about Ortiz-Urda's research: http://cancer.ucsf.edu/research/ortiz-lab.
Education & training
Board certification
- Dermatology, American Board of Dermatology
Residency
- Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center-GME
Internship
- Internal Medicine, Brooklyn Hospital Center
Degree
- MD, University of Vienna
Academic title
- Professor-in-Residence
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- May 23, 20265 out of 5 Stars
Dr Ortiz is world class excellent at what she does. Never had a bad appointment with her. She is terrific
- May 17, 20265 out of 5 Stars
I see Dr. Ortiz as followup care for having had melanoma, and I come for regular full-body skin check-ups with her at UCSF. She is a wonderful doctor! She is conscientious and is very skilled in her profession. . Not only does "she know her stuff", but she is a kind and caring person with a great personality and sense of humor. I consider myself lucky to have her as my regular skin doctor, and USCF is extremely lucky to have her on their staff. I believe that Dr. Ortiz greatly enhances the reputation of UCSF. During this most recent visit, that belief was reinforced through a brief conversation that I had with another patient while we were both waiting for our appointments. That patient "waxed effervescent" about Dr. Ortiz as well.
- May 15, 20265 out of 5 Stars
Dr Ortiz takes extremely great care of me
- May 5, 20265 out of 5 Stars
I appreciate the expertise and care I receive from Dr. Ortiz . It is a privilege to be her patient.
- May 5, 20265 out of 5 Stars
Dr. Ortiz is the best!!
- April 16, 20265 out of 5 Stars
Exceptional care.
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