Dr. Mendrika Fifaliana Rakotoarisaona

Biographie

Mendrika Fifaliana Rakotoarisaona graduated from the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 2022. She is a mentee in the GLODERM Mentorship Programme 2023-2024. Mendrika gained practical experience through internships at the Department of Dermatology University Hospital Joseph Raseta Befalatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar, and the Department of Dermatology Nord FrancheComté Hospital, Trevenans, France. She actively participates in organisations like SOMADER, SPIM, ADF, ISAD, SFMTSI, Africaderm, ISD, and leads data collection in PASSION Dermatology. She is an author of 20 articles, sharing her expertise with the dermatological community. Her research’s interests are skin NTDs (especially leprosy, deep mycosis, scabies), teledermatology.