Dermatology
Our award-winning dermatology department is known as St John's Institute of Dermatology. It opened in 1863, and is now one of the world's leading centres for patients with skin disease. We are the largest clinical dermatology department in the UK.
We treat a range of skin diseases, including rare and very severe conditions that require treatments not available elsewhere in the UK. We are also an internationally recognised centre of research.
Specialities
- Adult epidermolysis bullosa (EB)
- Children's dermatology
- Dermatology surgery and laser unit
- Extracorporeal photopheresis
- General dermatology
- Hair and nails
- Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Immunobullous
- Oral dermatology
- Photodermatology
- Severe eczema and allied allergic disease
- Severe psoriasis
- Skin allergies (cutaneous allergy)
- Urticaria
- Vascular anomalies
- Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)
Dermatology Day Care
The Dermatology Day Care (DDC) is a unit within the Bermondsey Centre. It provides facilities for a range of treatments or investigations for people who do not need a full hospital admission, but need more care than what is routinely given during an outpatient clinic appointment.
It has 2 topical day treatment areas for general skin treatments.
Occasionally people are admitted to the daycare unit for a series of investigations to help diagnose a skin problem and/or get additional specialist opinions in a timely manner.
It is open:
- Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm
- Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 4pm
Team
Our dermatology consultants are:
- Wedad Abdelrahman
- Adesoji Abiona
- Allan Ah-Weng
- Faisal Ali
- Rakesh Anand
- Natalie Attard
- Piu Banerjee
- Jonathan Barker
- Susannah Baron
- Richard Barlow
- Emma Benton
- Catina Bernardis
- Kapil Bhargava
- Barbara Carey
- Emma Craythorne
- Nemesha Desai
- Hiva Fassihi
- David Fenton
- Felicity Ferguson
- Carsten Flohr
- Isabel Garrood
- Paola Giunti
- Clive Grattan
- Danielle Greenblatt
- Richard Groves
- Emma Howard
- Clare Kiely
- Ruth Lamb
- Sinead Langan
- Frances Lawlor
- Alan Lehmann
- Fiona Lewis
- Magnus Lynch
- Satveer Mahill
- Helena Malhomme
- Raj Mallipeddi
- Jack Mann
- Andrew Markey
- John McFadden
- John McGrath
- Jemima Mellerio
- Shehla Mohammed
- Susie Morley
- Rachael Morris-Jones
- Rakesh Patalay
- Andrew Pink
- Ellie Rashid
- Robert Sarkany
- Kristina Semkova
- Jane Setterfield
- Nisith Sheth
- Catherine Smith
- Christos Tziotzios
- Annette Wagner
- Ian White
- Richard Woolf
Research and clinical trials
Research is vital to improving the care that you receive when you're unwell. You can help improve healthcare by taking part in research studies at our Trust. During your appointment, ask your healthcare professional about research. They'll be happy to tell you about research studies you could be eligible to join.
You can email [email protected] for more information.
Last updated: August 2022
