Dr Catherine (or Cathy) Dierckxsens obtained her medical degree at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), where she graduated Magna cum laude. She completed her dermatology residency at the University Hospital UZ Brussels, and obtained an additional degree in aesthetic dermatology at the University of Versailles, France.

Between 2000 and 2018, Dr Cathy Dierckxsens worked as a consultant dermatologist at the University Hospital UZ Brussels, focusing on aesthetic and laser dermatology. In 2003, she started the DermatoCentre Brussels, her private dermatology practice in the Schuman area. In 2021 she moved her practice to a bigger location on square Marie-Louise in the heart of the European quarter of Brussels, and changed the name to Amelio Clinic where she now works full time as laser and cosmetic dermatologist .

She is a member of the Belgian Professional Association of Dermatology, the European Society for Laser Dermatology and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.
She is a Key Opinion Leader in laser dermatology and a regular speaker at national and international conferences (IMCAS Paris and AMWC Monaco), on her fields of expertise that are aesthetic and laser dermatology.

She speaks fluently Dutch, French, English and Italian.