Access to treatments for people with cancer 2023

Dr Gonzalez Cao is a Medical Oncologist working at Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona). She graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra (Spain) (1994) where she concluded her specialist training in 2000.

Dr Gonzalez Cao obtained her PhD degree from the University of Navarra in 2006, and a masters in pathogenesis and treatment of HIV infection by the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2016.

Dr. González Cao has been working at Dr Rosell Oncology Institute conducting cancer & HIV-related immunotherapy clinical trials and translational research projects. She has worked extensively in melanoma, and also in other solid tumors, including lung and breast cancer.

She has collaborated in multiple research projects presented at international congresses and scientific articles in recognized national and international medical journals. She is currently the scientific secretary of the Spanish Multidisciplinary Group of Melanoma (GEM), coordinating the translational studies of the GEM group.

Patient advocate of the Melanoma Association of Spain and the European oncology association ESMO.
Expert in melanoma, he is a member of the Innovation Commission of the Vall de Hebron Hospital and of the Advisory Board of Hospital Medication of the Catalan Health Service.
D. in telecommunications engineering, he has been a manager in several multinational companies and professor of innovation management in engineering and business schools in Spain and Latin America.
He is the author of the book "Innovation: 100 tips to inspire and manage it", 10th edition.
An expert in statistics, he received the European Best Manager Award from the statistics association ENBIS in 2011.
The Association of Telecommunication Engineers of Catalonia awarded him the Honorary Award for his professional career in 2021.