Biography
1982-1986 Consultant Dermatologist, Glasgow
1987-1999 Senior Lecturer, University of Wales College of Medicine, and Consultant Dermatologist, Cardiff
1999-2009 Professor of Dermatology, University of Wales College of Medicine and Cardiff University. Honorary Consultant Dermatologist, Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust
President, British Association of Dermatologists, 2000-2001
Chairman, Specialty Advisory Committee in Dermatology, 1997-2000
UK Representative on Union European Medical Specialties in Dermatology Committee, 1998-2002
Chairman, Royal College of Physicians Dermatology Committee, 2001-2003
Honorary Membership of Norwegian Dermatological Society, Finnish Dermatological Society, Primary Care Dermatology Society and British Association of Dermatologists.
Non-Executive Director, Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust, 2003-2006
Dermatology Team of the Year Award 1994
Herman Mussaph Medal 2007 for services to psycho-dermatology in Europe
Current External Responsibilities
2007-2009 Moderator European Taskforce on Quality of Life (European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)
2005-2009 Treasurer, British Skin Foundation
2008 – Committee member, European Society of Dermatology and Psychiatry
Current Administration
2006-2009 Clinical Director, Dermatology Directorate, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust.
2005-2009 Director, Taught Post Graduate Courses, Cardiff University School of Medicine.
Peer Esteem
President of British Association of Dermatologists, 2000-2001
Honorary member, British Association of Dermatologists, 2001
Joint Committee on Dermatology, Royal College of Physicians, London, Chair 2001-2003
Specialist Advisory Committee Dermatology, Royal College of Physicians, Member 1995-2003. Chair 1997-2000
Action on Dermatology Steering Group, Department of Health, London. Member of Steering Group 2000-2003
Psoriasis Association, Medical Advisory Committee, 1998-2005
National Eczema Society, Medical Advisory Committee, 2000-2005
Journal of Dermatological Treatment, Editor 1990-1997, Member Editorial Board 1997-present
Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust, Non-executive Board Member, 2003-2006: Chair Charitable Funds Committee 2005-2006
All-party Parliamentary Group on Skin, Invited Member Steering Group and Joint author. Report of the inquiry into the impact of skin diseases on peoples’ lives, London 2003
Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, Wales Representative and Executive Committee 2006-2009
British Skin Foundation, Treasurer 2006-2009
UK Clinical Trials Network. Member Steering Group 2004-present
Editorial Advisory Board, MIMS Dermatology 2006
United Kingdom Representative for Dermatology, 1998-2003, Union of European Medical Specialities, Dermatology Committee
European Dermatology Forum, Invited member, 2000-present
European Dermatology Forum Audit committee, Invited member, 2002-2003
Mikologica Lekarska (Medical Mycology), Member Editorial Board 1994-present (Polish journal)
Invited lecturer: Edinburgh University, 2001
Invited lecturer: Manchester University, 2002
Invited lecturer: RSM meeting, Birmingham, 2002
Invited lecturer: Joint BAD/BDNG meeting, BAD meeting, Brighton, 2003
Invited lecturer: RCP Symposium, London, 2005
Co-Chair, lecturer, Satellite Symposium BAD, Glasgow, 2005
Invited lecturer: British Dermatology Nurses Group, Annual Conference, Glasgow, 2005
Invited lecturer: Thesis Meeting, London, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Invited lecturer: Primary Care Dermatology Society Meeting, Manchester
Invited lecturer: Pharmacology Dermatotherapy meeting, Rome, 2001
Chair and organiser workshop, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Barcelona, 2003
Hebra Medal and Lecture, Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology, Graz, 2003
Invited lecturer: Symposium, Athens, 2002
Invited lecturer: National Conference Indian Association Dermatologists, Venereologists & Leprologists, Mumbia, India, 2004
Invited lecturer: 1st Symposium on Quality of Life in Health, Izmir, Turkey, 2004
Invited lecturer: EADV, Symposium Budapest, Hungary, 2004
Invited lecturer: Dermatology Update Meeting, Vancouver, 2004
Invited lecturer: European Congress on Psoriasis, Paris, 2004
Co-Chair Workshop, EADV, Florence, Italy, 2004
Invited lecturer: Psoriasis Symposium, Zurich, 2005
Invited lecturer: Copenhagen Quarterly meeting, Denmark, 2005
Chair, Organiser, Workshop EADV, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2005
Invited lecturer: IVth World Congress International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology, Paris, 2005
Chair, Organiser, Workshop EADV, London, 2005
Invited lecturer: Psoriasis Symposium, Toronto, 2005
Invited lecturer: Cyclosporin Symposium, Budapest, 2005
Invited lecturer: International Psoriasis Council Meeting, New York, 2006
Invited lecturer: Forum, American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco, 2006
Invited lecturer: Japanese Psoriasis Research Society, Kochi, Japan, 2006
Invited member, International Psoriasis Council and Councillor (New York), 2006
EADV Invited Leader of European Taskforce on the Burden of Skin Disease, 2006
Chair, Organiser; Workshop EADV, Rhodes, 2006
Invited lecturer: Albert Neisser Lecture, European Society for Dermatology & Psychiatry, Wroclaw, Poland, 2007
Invited lecturer: International Congress on Psoriasis, Paris, 2007
Chair, Organiser; Workshop World Congress of Dermatology, Buenos Aires, 2007