Catherine Smith
Contacts
Medical secretary (psoriasis) - Shanti Martin
Tel: 020 7188 6417
Patient pathway assistant (eczema) – Aisha Nakasi
Tel: 020 7188 0844
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Biography
Catherine Smith was appointed senior lecturer at St John’s Institute of Dermatology and consultant dermatologist at Lewisham Hospital in 1995.
She moved to St John’s Institute of Dermatology full-time in 2005. Catherine is a key clinician in the nationally recognised severe psoriasis and severe eczema services at St John's.
Alongside her clinical research, she has a major interest in guideline development and implementation, including most recently, as chair of NICE guidelines on psoriasis.
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Specialist interests
- Inflammatory skin disease – psoriasis, eczema (dermatitis)
- Therapeutics including biologic therapies
- Evidence-based medicine.
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Research interests
Principal research interests relate to therapeutics, particularly for inflammatory skin disease, and cover:
- identification of genetic and other biomarkers that predict treatment outcomes, including severe adverse drug reactions, working in close collaboration with other groups in the division of medicine and molecular genetics
- clinical trials (phase II-IV) to evaluate/optimise treatments for psoriasis and atopic dermatitis
- translation of clinical research into practice through the development of high quality guidelines.