September DPD MSc (Skin Cancer) is launched for DPD (Skin Cancer) graduates.
August Prof Vincent Piguet appointed head of the Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing.
March Short Course in Dermoscopy is launched.
2005-2009
2009
November - 5th Annual DCPDS Meeting in Cardiff.
October - Department shortlisted for Time Higher Award in ‘Outstanding ICT Initiative’ category.
September - DPD (Skin Cancer) is launched for Australasian students and DPD MSc course launches with 17 students.
July - Prof Andrew Y Finlay retires as Head of Department.
June - Department wins Time Higher Leadership & Management Awards in ‘Outstanding ICT Initiative’ category.
April - Diploma in Practical Dermatology celebrates 20 years of distance learning.
February - New departmental logo launched.
January - New design departmental website launched.
2008
November - Global University Project launched providing live surgery sessions for DCD students and DCPDS members.
October - First DPD international study meeting held at the United Christian Hospital in Hong Kong.
2007
Dr Maria Gonzalez, responsible for leading the postgraduate teaching programmes, is appointed Reader in Dermatology
Prof Finlay’s book ‘Specialist Training in Dermatology’ published.
June - First DPD examinations held in Hong Kong.
2006
November - Department shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award in ‘Most imaginative use of distance learning’ category.
September - DPD student intake increases to 400 per year on the course.
2005
Interactive modules launched using Camtasia software through the D2L portal.
2000-2004
2004
August - University of Wales College of Medicine merges with Cardiff University.
2003
Dr Maria Gonzalez wins the Welsh Woman of the Year award for ‘Woman as Educator’.
DPD Exam format changes to its current format of an online theory exam and an OSCE style clinical station exam.
SARS virus in China postpones DPD examinations.
2002
DPD course becomes fully e-learning through the website dermatology.org.uk and becomes a joint course for UK and overseas students with one intake per year.
2001
Helen Pugsley appointed as DPD course lecturer.
The Dermatology Department moves into superb facilities in Glamorgan House creating the Welsh Institute of Dermatology.
2000
Dr Maria Gonzalez becomes Courses Director and the first Department of Dermatology website is launched.
Contact dermatitis, a service run for many years by Dr Auriol Reynolds, is now under the direction of Dr Mabs Chowdhury, a leading expert on latex allergy and occupational dermatitis.
1990-1999
1999
Professor Andrew Finlay appointed head of the academic unit, following Professor Marks.
1995
January - First DPD study meeting in Hong Kong.
1994
January - First DPD study meeting overseas (in Kuala Lumpur).
1992
April - DLQI copyrighted by Dr Andrew Finlay and Dr G K Khan leading to the development of new dermatology quality of life measures that are now used worldwide.
1991
April – First overseas students enroll onto DPD.
1990
March – First Practical Dermatology Diplomas awarded.
1906-1989
1989
April - 40 students enrol onto the first DPD course - a paper based distance-learning course.
1988
May - DPD concept developed by Dr Andrew Finlay.
1987
The clinical service at Llandough University Hospital is established (now led by Dr Colin Long).
1982
DCD course launched.
1978
Consultant dermatologist Dr Peter Holt, lays the foundations of the renowned Dermatology Surgery Unit. The Unit is now run by Dr Richard Motley and Dr Andrew Morris and remains a leading influence in British Dermatology surgery with new technique development and superb training.
1975
Dr Arthur Knight, a superb dermatopathology teacher, becomes a consultant dermatologist at Cardiff.
1973
Professor Ronald Marks comes to Cardiff as the first Senior Lecturer in Dermatology and his creation of new postgraduate teaching courses and organisation of many international meetings puts Cardiff at the forefront of dermatology research and teaching.
1971
The Dermatology Department becomes the first clinical service to move into the new University Hospital of Wales, and the Queen visits the dermatology ward when opening the hospital.
1965
Dr Charles Long provides dermatology services both in Cardiff and in Mid Glamorgan.
1953
Dr Eric Waddington contributes to the differentiation of pemphigoid as a separate disease from pemphigus.
1952
Dr Geoffrey Hodgson helps organise the World Congress of Dermatology in London.
1950
Dr Arthur Rook becomes a consultant dermatologist in Cardiff. He later moved to Cambridge and wrote the first "Rook Book".
1946
Dr Geoffrey Hodgson becomes an Honorary Dermatologist.
1937
Dr Francis Bettley becomes an Honorary Dermatologist.
1923
Dr James Beatty becomes the first Honorary Dermatologist in Cardiff.
1906
Clinical dermatology service becomes available in Cardiff, when Dr Owen Rhys provides dermatology x-ray treatments at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary.
