We take care of your skin
so that you enjoy it
We often need to remember that our life also goes through our skin.
It is direct contact with the environment
It is the image of us that others see
It is the reflection of how we feel inside…
Your skin speaks about you, your emotions and your health.
Feeling good and healthy and experiencing it in every pore of your skin. That is what you deserve, and for that we work every day at Gala clinic.
Each patient who comes to the clinic has their own situation, problem and wish for a solution.
In our dermatology clinic, we listen to know how you feel and what worries you about the state of your skin.
From there, we look for the treatment that suits you the best.
“Health and harmony are the key to joy and happiness in life”
Dra. Prof. Silvia Pérez Gala
The first step, meet us.
Dra. Prof. Silvia Pérez Gala
Graduate in dermatology. Nº Col. 28/1407557
I founded Gala clinic with the purpose of doing skin medicine focusing on inner well-being.
In my 20 years of experience as a dermatologist, I have seen my patients regain quality of life and fullness through the health of their skin.
That is our reason to exist at the clinic. We like our team, and we work to offer you a space where you feel good.
Now, in addition to being director of Gala clinic, I am the head of the Dermatology Department at La Luz Hospital.
I am also an advocate for a real connection with people (patients, team, providers, etc.). I believe in active listening and empathy as ways to understand each other.
I like each patient to feel cared for and well-attended. That is why we emphasize the information and explanations we provide.
If you want to know about my whole career, studies, research and publications, you can find it here.
Some extra details in case you want to know me a little more…
- Cordoban by birth, Madrilenian by choice.
- I love to surround myself with joy. I like dancing, and I consider laughter to be a great health tool.
- I come from a father who is a journalist and a mother who is an art teacher. My studies were heading for Telecommunication Engineering until I listened to my inner voice and discovered my vocation in the study of skin. Today, I am still grateful for that decision that allows me to enjoy my work every day.
Here you can see my experience, publications, research, and everything related to my journey as a professional dermatologist
Member of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV)-number 1723).
Head of service at La Luz Hospital – 2016 to present
Dermatologist at Quirón University Hospital (Pozuelo de Alarcón-Madrid) from June 2012 to March 2016.
Specialist Physician in the Area of Dermatology at Ramón y Cajal University Hospital (Madrid) from 02-01-12 to 12-31-2015 (position awarded by competitive examination). Coordinator of the Cutaneous Lymphoma Unit and member of the Psoriasis and Oncological Surgery Units. Currently, on leave of absence from this post.
Specialist Physician in the Area of Dermatology at La Princesa University Hospital (Madrid) from 07-08-07 to 01-31-12. During this period, coordinator of the Research Unit, as well as the Cutaneous Lymphoma Unit since 05-25-09. Mentor of residents from 2009 to 2012.
Dermatologist at Ruber Clinic (Madrid) from 2006 to 2010.
Specialist Physician in the Area of Dermatology at Complejo Hospitalario La Mancha Centro. Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real) in the period 07-01-06 to 07-08-07.
Mentor of residents at Ramón y Cajal U.H. (2014-2015).
Mentor of residents at La Princesa U.H. (2009-2012).
Clinical Teaching Assistant (medical students and rotating Family medicine and Dermatology residents).
Expert Certificate in Photodermatology: Diagnosis and Treatment (15 ECTS credits). Alcalá University (07/27/2017).
Level I of Sonography in Dermatology and Cosmetic Medicine, issued by the Spanish Society of Ultrasound (SEEC) on 06/13/2015.
European Board Examination in Dermatology and Venereology (Frankfurt, 21th-22th August 2015).
2014 – PhD in Medicine, Madrid Autonomous University
Unanimous Outstanding Cum Laude with the work entitled: “Investigación traslacional en Inmunodermatología: de las moléculas inmunorreguladoras moduladas por radiación ultravioleta al papel de las galectinas en pacientes con psoriasis” [Translational research on Immunodermatology: from immunoregulatory molecules modulated by ultraviolet radiation to the role of galectins in patients with psoriasis].
Thesis selected for the Extraordinary PhD Award of the UAM Medical School (2013-14 academic year).
2002-2006 – Specialization in Medical-Surgical Dermatology and Venereology. La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid.
Third National Award for Excellence in Academic Performance, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.
June 2001. Graduate in Medicine and Surgery, University of Córdoba.
1998-1999. ERASMUS exchange program at the University of Toulouse.
Study on skin cancer incidence in Spain. Project designed by Advanced Techniques on Health Services Research (TAISS) and sponsored by Isdín and 3M. Research Collaborator
Wyeth CLEAREST clinical trial. Research Collaborator.
Serono-MDS protocol. Subcutaneous efalizumab in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Research Collaborator.
HEISS study. 3M Laboratories. Research Collaborator.
Abbott Protocol M10-060. Principal Investigator.
Merck Serono 2005 Research Grant in the Area of Psoriasis: Immunology and Clinical Practice as second author of the project entitled “Estudio del Perfil de Expresión Génica como Marcador de Respuesta Terapéutica a Diferentes Fármacos Biológicos en el Tratamiento Sistémico de la Psoriasis” [Study on Gene Expression Profile as an Indicator of Therapeutic Response to Different Biologic Drugs in the Systemic Treatment of Psoriasis]. February 27, 2006, Madrid. Salud 2000 Foundation.
Merck Serono 2009 Research Grant in the Area of Psoriasis Clinical Research as principal investigator of the project entitled “Psoriasis y moléculas inmunorreguladoras (GADD-45, ICOSL, trombospondina-1 y galectinas). Sus implicaciones terapéuticas” [Psoriasis and immunoregulatory molecules (GADD-45, ICOSL, thrombospondin-1 and galectins): Its therapeutic implications]. May 27, 2009, Madrid. Salud 2000 Foundation.
PI080946: “Psoriasis y moléculas inmunorreguladoras (GADD-45, ICOSL, TROMBOSPONDINA-1 Y GALECTINAS). Sus implicaciones terapéuticas” [Psoriasis and immunoregulatory molecules (GADD-45, ICOSL, thrombospondin-1 and galectins): Its therapeutic implications]. La Princesa U.H. (IP: Amaro García Diez). 2008-2011.
PI042330: “Mecanismos de interacción intercelular entre células de Langerhans, melanocitos y células de melanoma. Papel de las tetraspaninas” [Mechanisms of cell-cell interaction in Langerhans cells, melanocytes and melanoma cells: The role of Tetraspanins]. La Princesa U.H. (IP: Amaro García Diez). Joined in December 2007. Completion on September 30, 2008.
Miguel Armijo Prize for the best paper published by Spanish dermatologists in 2012, awarded by the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venerology, for the paper Psoriasis in humans is associated with down-regulation of galectins in dendritic cells (Journal of Pathology, FI 7.585).
SAHARA epidemiological study (Janssen). Research Collaborator.
Clinical trial CNTO1959PSO3002 (Guselkumab-VOYAGE 2-Janssen). Principal Investigator.
Clinical trial CAIN457a3302 (Secukinumab-Optimise-Novartis). Principal Investigator.
Maroñas-Jiménez L., Estrach T., Gallardo F., Pérez A., Andrés Borja H., Servitje O., Pérez Gala S., Linares Barrio M., Jiménez Gallo D., Sanz-Bueno J., Lora D., Monsálvez V., Ortiz-Romero P. L. Aprepitant improves refractory pruritus in primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas: experience of the Spanish Working Group on Cutaneous Lymphomas. Br J Dermatol. 2018; 178:e273-e274. DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16128.
Fernández-de-Misa R., Hernández-Machín B., Servitje O., Valentí-Medina F., Maroñas-Jiménez L., Ortiz-Romero P. L., Sánchez Schmidt J., Pujol R. M., Gallardo F., Pau-Charles I., García Muret M.P., Pérez Gala S., Román C., Cañueto J., Blanch Rius L., Izu R., Ortiz-Brugués A., Martí R.M., Blanes M., Morillo M., Sánchez P., Peñate Y., Bastida J., Pérez Gil A., Lopez-Lerma I., Muniesa C., Estrach T. First-line treatment in lymphomatoid papulosis: a retrospective multicentre study. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2018; 43:137-143. DOI: 10.1111/ced.13256.
Chicharro P., García-Río I., Rodríguez-Jiménez P., Pérez-Plaza A., Pérez-Gala S., Marron C., Daudén E. Prevalence of amyloid deposits determined by fine-needle aspiration of abdominal fat in patients with psoriasis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017; 31:e280-e281. DOI:10.1111/jvd.14038.
Turrión Merino L., Pérez-Gala S., Hermosa Zarza E., Urech García de la Vega M., Carrillo Guijón R., Jaén Olasolo P.. Primary cutaneous CD30+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma treated with radiotherapy and methotrexate with development of xanthomas at the sites of prior disease. J Cutan Pathol 2016; 43: 400-5.
Miguel-Gómez L., Pérez-Gala S., Jaén-Olasolo P. Tuberous Lesion of the Penis. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2015; 106: 680-681.
S. Pérez-Gala, Vañó, P. Jaén. Monographs of Dermatology in Primary Care: Dermatological Emergencies.
Concha-Garzón M. J., Pérez-Gala S., Solano-López G., Fraga J., Ishii N., Hashimoto T., Daudén E. Ketoprofen-induced lamina lucida-type linear IgA bullous dermatosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2014 Oct 7. DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12760.
Llamas-Velasco M., Fraga J., Pérez-Gala S., Cannata J., Kempf W., Adrados M., García-Diez A. Specific Skin Infiltration as First Sign of Localized Stage Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Involving an Epitrochlear Node. Am J Dermatopathol. 2015; 37: 499-502. DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000000127.
Vañó-Galván S., Molina-Ruiz A. M., Serrano-Falcón C., Arias-Santiago S., Rodrígues Barata A. R., Garnacho-Saucedo G., Martorell-Calatayud A., Fernández-Crehuet P., Grimalt R., Aranegui B., Grillo E., Diaz -Law B., Salido R., Pérez-Gala S., Serrano S., Moreno J. C., Jaén P., Camacho F. M. Frontal fibrosing alopecia: a multicenter review of 355 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014; 70: 670-8.
Grillo E., Pérez-Gala S., Vano-Galván S., Jaén-Olasolo P. Multiple sebaceous hyperplasia secondary to cyclosporin in a heart transplant patient. Med Clin (Barc). 2013 (21); 141: e3.
Gallo E, Pérez-Gala S., Navarro R., Fraga J., Adrados M., Arranz R., García-Diez A., Aragüés M. Coexistence of marginal zone cutaneous B-cell lymphoma and classic Hodgkin disease: does a biological relationship exist? Clin Exp Dermatol 2013; 38: 383-5. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2012.04478.x.
Grillo E., Pérez-Gala S., Vano-Galván S., Jaén-Olasolo P. Multiple sebaceous hyperplasia secondary to cyclosporin in a heart transplant patient. MedClin 2013; 7. DOI:pii: S0025-7753(13)00208-X. 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.02.023.
* De la Fuente H., Pérez-Gala S., Bonay P., Cruz-Adalia A., Cibrian D., Sanchez-Cuellar S., Dauden E., Fresno M., García-Diez A., Sanchez-Madrid F. Psoriasis in humans is associated with down-regulation of galectins in dendritic cells. J Pathol. 2012; 228:193-203.
S. Pérez Gala and M.J. Shell Garzon. Dermatosis neutrofílicas [Neutrophilic dermatoses]. In R. Suárez-Fernández. Dermatología en Urgencias. Guía práctica. [Dermatology in Emergency Room. A Practical Guide]. Editorial Médica Panamericana 2012; 259-268.
Eguren C., Santiago D. I., Pérez-Gala S.. Nódulos eritematosos agrupados en el tronco- [Cluster of Erythematous Nodules on the Trunk]. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2010: 101: 87-8.
Mr. Santiago Sánchez-Mateos, S. Pérez-Gala, C. Eguren Michelena and Mr. De Argila Fernández-Durán. Mujer de 85 años con lesiones ampollosas cutáneas tensas [85-year-old Woman with tense blistering skin lesions]. Medicine 2010; 10:3249c1-c2.
Mr. Santiago Sánchez-Mateos, S. Pérez-Gala, C. Eguren Michelena and R. Navarro. Enfermedades ampollosas autoinmunes [Autoimmune blistering diseases]. Medicine 2010; 10: 3204-12.
Daudén E., Pedraz J., Pérez-Gala S., Muñoz C., Vitón M., Onate M. J., García-Diez A. Effect of mycophenolate mofetil therapy on the phenotypic profile of peripheral blood leukocyte populations in psoriatic patients. Eur J Dermatol 2010; 20: 233-4.
Llamas-Velasco M., Domínguez I., Ovejero E., Pérez-Gala S., García-Diez A. Empyema necessitatis revisited. Eur J Dermatol 2010; 20: 115-9.
De la Fuente H., Lamana A., Mittelbrunn M., Pérez-Gala S., González S., García-Diez A., Vega M., Sánchez-Madrid F. Identification of genes responsive to solar simulated UV radiation in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells. PLoS One. 2009; 4(8): e6735.
Goiriz R., Peñas P. F., Pérez-Gala S., Delgado-Jiménez Y., Aragüés M., García-Diez A., Fraga J., Figuera A., Fernández-Herrera J. Stage IV cutaneous acute graft-versus-host disease. Clinical and histological study of 15 cases. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2009; 23: 1398-404.
Pedraz J., Delgado-Jiménez Y., Pérez-Gala S., Nam-Cha S., Fernández-Herrera J., García-Diez A. Cutaneous expression of systemic candidiasis. Clin Exp Dermatol 2009; 34: 106-10.
Domínguez-Fernández I., Goíriz R., Pérez-Gala S., Fraga J., Fernández-Herrera J. Calcinosis cutis following extravasation of calcium salts. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2008; 22: 505-6.
Pedraz J., Dauden E., Pérez-Gala S., Goiriz-Valdes R., Fernandez-Penas P., Garcia-Diez A. Hidradenitis suppurativa. Response to treatment with infliximab. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2007 June; 98(5): 325-31.
Álvarez-Ruiz S. B., Pérez-Gala S., Aragues M., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A.
Unusual clinical presentation of amyloidosis: bilateral stenosis of the external auditory canal, hoarseness and a rapid course of cutaneous lesions. Int J Dermatol. 2007 May; 46(5): 503-4.
González de Arriba A., Pérez-Gala S., Goiriz-Valdes R., Rios-Buceta L., Garcia-Diez A. Kaposi’s sarcoma treated with topical alitretinoin. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2007 Jan-Feb; 98(1):50-3.
Delgado-Jimenez Y., Pérez-Gala S., Nam-Cha S., Jones-Caballero M,., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A., Fernandez-Herrera J. Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma nasal type mimicking pyoderma gangrenosum. Acta Derm Venereol. 2007; 87(2):176-7.
Pérez-Gala S., Delgado-Jimenez Y., Goiriz R., Fernandez-Herrera J., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A. Cutaneous sarcoidosis limited to scars following pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin therapy in a patient with chronic hepatitis C. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2007 Mar; 21(3):393-4.
Goiriz R., Daudén E., Pérez-Gala S., Guhl G., Garcia-Diez A. Flare and change of psoriasis morphology during the course of treatment with tumor necrosis factor blockers. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2007 Mar; 32(2):176-9.
S. Pérez Gala. ARTHROPOD INFESTATIONS. Clinic. Evidence.
Cliniguía 2010. Capítulo 122: Infestaciones por artrópodos. [Cliniguía 2010. Chapter 122: Arthropod infestations]. Silvia Pérez-Gala (pp. 645-648)
Cliniguía 2009. Capítulo 119: Infestaciones por artrópodos. [Cliniguía 2009. Chapter 119: Arthropod infestations]. Silvia Pérez-Gala (pages. 607-609)
Cliniguía 2008. Capítulo 117: Infestaciones por artrópodos. [Cliniguía 2008. Chapter 117: Arthropod infestations]. Silvia Pérez-Gala (pp. 597-600)
Cliniguía 2007. Capítulo 117: Infestaciones por artrópodos. [Cliniguía 2007. Chapter 117: Arthropod infestations]. Silvia Perez-Gala.
Cliniguía 2006. Capítulo 114: Infestaciones por artrópodos. [Cliniguía 2006. Chapter 114: Arthropod infestations]. Silvia Pérez-Gala (pages. 559-561)
Juárez A., Pérez-Gala S., Guhl G., Aragues M., Reina T., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A. Mondor’s disease. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2006 Nov; 97(9):614-5.
Pérez-Gala S., Torrelo A., Colmenero I., Contra T., Madero L., Zambrano A. Juvenile multiple xanthogranuloma in a patient with Langerhans cell Histiocytosis. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2006 Nov; 97(9):594-8.
Pérez-Gala S., Delgado-Jimenez Y., Goiriz R., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A., Fernandez-Herrera J. Cytokine-release syndrome related to rituximab limited to lesions and excision scars of lesions of primary cutaneous lymphoma. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Nov; 142(11):1516-7.
Delgado-Jimenez Y., Pérez-Gala S., Aragues M., Sanchez-Perez J., Garcia-Diez A. Late skin reaction to iodixanol (Visipaque): clinical manifestations, patch test study, and histopathological evaluation. Contact dermatitis. 2006 Dec; 55(6):348-53.
Sanchez-Perez J., Gala S. P., Jimenez Y. D., Fraga J., Diez A.G. Allergic contact dermatitis to prednicarbate presenting as lupus erythematosus. Contact dermatitis. 2006 Oct;55(4):247-9.
Pérez-Gala S., Delgado-Jimenez Y., Aragues M., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A. Single blister in pretibial region. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2006 June; 97(5): 354-6.
Vélez D., Reina Duran T., Pérez-Gala S., Fernandez J. F. Rosetoid schwannoma (neuroblastoma-like) in association with an anetoderma. J Cutan Pathol. 2006 Aug; 33(8):573-6.
Dominguez-Fernandez I., Pérez-Gala S., Goiriz R., Sanchez-Perez J., Fernandez-Herrera J. Pemphigus vulgaris treated with rituximab. Actas Dermo-sifiliográficas 2006 Apr; 97(3): 221-2.
Garcia-Rio I., Pérez-Gala S., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A., Fernandez-Herrera J. Eccrine squamous syringometaplasia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2006 May; 20(5): 608-10.
Garcia-Rio I., Pérez-Gala S., Aragues M., Fernandez-Herrera J., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A. Sweet’s syndrome on the area of postmastectomy lymphoedema. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2006 Apr; 20(4): 401-5.
Delgado-Jimenez Y., Pérez-Gala S., Penas P. F., Fraga J., Garcia-Diez A., Fernandez-Herrera J. O’Brien actinic granuloma presenting as alopecia. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2006 Feb; 20(2): 226-7.
Pérez Gala S., Alonso Pérez A., Rios Buceta L., Aragues Montanes M., Garcia Diez A. Molluscum contagiosum on a multicolored tattoo. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2006 Feb; 20(2): 221-2.
S. Pérez-Gala. LINFOMA CUTÁNEO DE CÉLULAS T RESISTENTE A TRATAMIENTO: RESPUESTA A COMBINACIÓN DE BEXAROTENO, INTERFERÓN Y PUVA. Casos Clínicos en linfomas cutáneos [TREATMENT RESISTANT CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA: RESPONSE TO COMBINATION OF BEXAROTENE, INTERFERON AND PUVA: Clinical studies on cutaneous lymphoma]. November 2005; 4: 1-4.
Antonio Torrelo, Silvia Pérez-Gala. USO DE CORTICOIDES ORALES EN DERMATOLOGÍA PEDIÁTRICA [USE OF ORAL CORTICOSTEROIDS IN PAEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY]. Dermatol Pediatr Lat 2005; 3: 71-82.
Sara Álvarez-Ruiz, Alejandro Alonso, Silvia Pérez-Gala, Esteban Daudén, Javier Fraga, Amaro García-Díez. Reacciones granulomatosas secundarias a herpes zóster [Granulomatous side effects of herpes zoster]. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2004; 95(10): 626-630.
Y. Delgado-Jiménez, S. Pérez-Gala, J. Sánchez-Pérez. Placas eritematoescamosas en la semimucosa labial en una mujer de 46 años. Casos clínicos de Residentes en Dermatología [Erythemato-squamous plaques in the labial semi mucosa of a 46-year-old woman. Case reports from Dermatology Residents].
S. Pérez-Gala, Y. Delgado-Jiménez, M. Aragüés Montañés. Lesión tumoral ulcerada en la pierna de rápida evolución. Casos clínicos de Residentes en Dermatología [Rapid evolution ulcerated tumor-related lesion in the leg. Case reports from Dermatology Residents].
The team that accompanies me…
Dra. Josefina Sanz Navarro
Graduate in dermatology. Nº Col. 28/2857051
With a medical vocation since she was a child, she studied medicine at Complutense University of Madrid
She specialized in Microbiology and Parasitology, and later on in Dermatology, where she discovered her true passion.
"During all these years, my goal has always been to bring out the best in me. And that is exactly what I want now for my patients: to enhance the best of them and maintain it over time in a natural way, knowing that ageing is a privilege. Taking care of yourself means loving yourself, and we enjoy taking care of you".
At Gala clinic you will find attention, listening, information, respect and commitment to health.
What will you NOT find in our dermatology clinic in Madrid?
- Attention in a hurry, without explanations and without being clear about what your problem is and how we can help you. We care about you and, therefore, we want you to understand your situation and feel at ease in our work.
- You will not find unnecessary treatments or low-quality products because, above all, we do medicine and the most important thing is your health. If it is not healthy for you, we will tell you with honesty and sincere information.
We like to attend you and take care of you and your skin
Find the treatment you need and let’s start improving your health and beauty