The objective is to achieve advances for patients before national health organizations, with the approval of more and better medicines.
Dr. Samuel Sánchez, Incoming President of the Dermatological Society of Puerto Rico. Photo: Provided by Dr. Sánchez to the Journal of Medicine and Public Health.
In an exclusive interview with the Journal of Medicine and Public Healththe Dr. Samuel Sanchez, Incoming President of the Dermatological Society of Puerto Ricohighlighted the different challenges it faces at this time, and what its lines of action will be, to guarantee greater accessibility and information to professionals, specialists and patients.
During his presidency, he will give greater relevance to those professionals who currently within the Islaare developing clinical studies, for the benefit of society, but who live in the anonymity before the medical community and patients, “There are clinical studies with drugs that are already approved by the FDAwhich need approval for another indication, and patients they can benefit from it, free of cost, and with exaggerated care and monitored by their doctors,” he says.
Another of the great challenges that have been identified in Puerto Ricois the increased demand for dermatological care, compared to poor accessibility and care which is due to the migration of specialists and cosmetic approachesthe dr. Sánchez states that to counteract this situation, “we are going to try to reach dermatologists who are in the diaspora, those Puerto Rican dermatologists who have long that we don’t see, recent graduates, that can improve attendance, we’ll personally call them to come and participate, and try to be more accessible to the community.
One of the most important approaches postulated by the incoming presidentgoes to the information for patients and community in general, the active search for these professionals who are offering their work at dermatology doctor and to which patients can have an approach; through active networking and its official media guaranteeing coverage and attention to those who need it.
“We want to carry out an educational campaign, in the dermatological area it has become saturated, and other professionals who do not necessarily have the training that we have, are doing things that can harm the patientwe are not going to be against anyone individually, but to educate the patient who can choose the best alternatives”, says Dr. Sánchez.
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