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Department History

Cardiff Dermatology in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Departmental Timeline

1906-1989 - 1990-1999 - 2000-2004 - 2005-2009 - 2010 - 2012

2012

  • DCD Course celebrates 30 years.

2010

  • 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.