Melbourne Skin Clinic

Medical Director of the Skin & Cancer Foundation, Carlton since 2013. Consultant dermatologist at St Vincent’s Hospital and patch test clinic, Skin & Cancer Foundation Fellow of Australasian College of Dermatologists in 1999. Medical degree from the University of Melbourne in 1989. Author of 20 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. Member of European Society of Contact Dermatitis and All About Acne Group. Interests: general dermatology in children and adults, acne, eczema, psoriasis, skin cancer management and skin allergic contact dermatitis.

Founded Melbourne Skin Clinic in 1972. Graduated with MBBS in Melbourne in 1963; fellow of the Australasian College of Dermatologists since 1971. Previous public appointments at Royal Children’s Hospital, Box Hill Hospital and Hitchcock Clinic, Dartmouth Medical School, N.H. USA. Involvement with Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Aboriginal Health Service Melbourne and Medical Panels Tribunal Victoria. Interests: prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases including cancer, medico legal questions, and promoting skin health to the general public. Retired from clinical practice in June 2016.

Public appointments at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, Skin & Cancer Foundation. Graduated from dermatology specialist training at Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Germany in 2012 with Fellowship of European Board of Dermatology and Venereology. Became Fellow of Australasian College of Dermatologists after relocating to Melbourne. Author of over 40 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and recipient of multiple research awards. Interests: general dermatology in children and adults, treatment of complex skin disease, and skin cancer detection, prevention and management, including dermatologic surgery.