- Acute Medicine
- Anaesthetics
- Audiology
- Behçet’s Syndrome National Centre of Excellence
- Bereavement Services
- Best Start Programme
- Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre
- Blood tests
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Breast Screening
- Breast Unit
- Cancer Services
- Cancer Support Services
- Cardiology
- Care management
- Children’s Community Nursing
- Children’s Community Therapies
- Clinical Toxicology
- Colposcopy
- Community rehabilitation
- Community Respiratory
- Community Wards
- Connected Palliative Care
- Continence
- Critical Care
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- District nursing
- Ear, nose and throat
- Elderly Care
- Emergency Department
- Female Genital Mutilation Service
- FINCH Service
- Foot Health
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Gynaecological cancer
- Gynaecological Cancer – Genetic Testing
- Gynaecology
- Health Visiting
- Heart failure
- Homeless Team
- Imaging
- Immunology and allergy
- Infant Feeding Team
- Infection Control
- Integrated Care Services (iCares)
- Lung Health Checks
- Maternity
- Neonatal Unit
- Neurology
- Neurophysiology
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Occupational Health and Wellbeing
- Orthotics
- Paediatric Allergy Service
- Paediatrics
- Pain Management
- Parkinson’s Disease Service
- Pathology
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy (Community Musculoskeletal) Service
- Plastic Surgery
- Poisons
- Post-Menopausal Bleeding Clinic
- Rehab Wards
- Research & Development (R&D)
- Respiratory
- Respiratory Physiology
- Rheumatology
- Sandwell Sexual Health Services
- School Nursing
- Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Stroke Care
- Tissue Viability
- Transition and Young People
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Urogynaecology
- Urology
- Vascular Day Surgery
- Volunteer Service
- Wheelchair services
- Young Parents Maternity Service
- Acute Medicine
- Anaesthetics
- Audiology
- Behçet’s Syndrome National Centre of Excellence
- Bereavement Services
- Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre
- Blood tests
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Breast Screening
- Breast Unit
- Cancer Services
- Cancer Support Services
- Cardiology
- Children’s Community Nursing
- Clinical Toxicology
- Colposcopy
- Community Wards
- Connected Palliative Care
- Critical Care
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Ear, nose and throat
- Elderly Care
- Emergency Department
- Female Genital Mutilation Service
- FINCH Service
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Gynaecological cancer
- Gynaecological Cancer – Genetic Testing
- Gynaecology
- Health Visiting
- Homeless Team
- Imaging
- Immunology and allergy
- Infection Control
- Integrated Care Services (iCares)
- Lung Health Checks
- Maternity
- Neonatal Unit
- Neurology
- Neurophysiology
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Occupational Health and Wellbeing
- Orthotics
- Paediatric Allergy Service
- Paediatrics
- Pain Management
- Parkinson’s Disease Service
- Pathology
- Pharmacy
- Plastic Surgery
- Poisons
- Post-Menopausal Bleeding Clinic
- Rehab Wards
- Research & Development (R&D)
- Respiratory
- Respiratory Physiology
- Rheumatology
- Sandwell Sexual Health Services
- Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Stroke Care
- Transition and Young People
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Urogynaecology
- Urology
- Vascular Day Surgery
- Volunteer Service
Dermatology
The Dermatology department deals with treatment of the skin and its diseases, including skin cancer. We provide a wide range of specialist services, and are one of only few centres across the country to have a skin laser centre as well as a phototherapy unit, which uses light to treat some skin conditions.
We are based in the Birmingham Skin Centre situated on the 3rd floor of the Sheldon Block at City Hospital. It’s facilities include clinic rooms, theatre and minor procedures area for day case surgery, treatment and diagnostic facilities.
For more information about disabled access for this service, please click here.
Team
Specialty Lead for Dermatology
- Dr Donna Thompson – General Dermatology/ Skin cancer/Paediatric Dermatology Lead / Cutaneous Allergy Lead
Consultants dermatologists and their specialist areas
- Dr Sue Ann Chan – General Dermatology/ Paediatric Dermatology/ Skin cancer
- Dr Moumita Chattopadhyay – General Dermatology/ Skin cancer / Vulval Dermatology/ Audit Lead
- Dr Nadine Marrouche- General Dermatology/ Paediatric Dermatology/ Skin cancer
- Dr Amirtha Rajasekaran – General Dermatology/Skin cancer/ Vulval dermatology/ Photobiology and Phototherapy lead, Training lead
- Dr Michelle Thomson – General Dermatology/ Lasers/ Skin Cancer/Skin Cancer MDT Lead/ Research lead
Associate Specialists and their specialist areas
- Mr Junaid Salahuddin – Plastic surgery with special interest in skin cancer
Specialist Nurses
- Karen Jones – Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Anne Rutland – Skin Cancer Specialist Nurse
- Rebecca Bayley – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Laser
- Amrita Nar – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Laser
- Jenna Pardy – Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Alison Rowe – Dermatology Specialist Nurse, chronic disease management
Senior Nurses
- Marisa Thomas – Nurse manager
- Kimberley Kitching – Associate Specialist Nurse, Laser
- Chris Baker – Sister, Phototherapy
- Judith Morgan – Sister, Outpatient Department
Secretaries
- Darcy May
- Julie Gray
- James Gillen
- Victoria Murphy
- Toni Wheatley
- Alison Lees
Department is supported by junior doctors (Internal medical trainees (IMTs), Specialist Trainees (STs), Junior Speciaty Doctors (JSDs), GPs with extended roles in Dermatology (GPwER)), Nursing staff, Secretarial and Administrative staff, Clinic coordinators, Pharmacists/ pharmacy technicians, Theatre booking clerks, a medical records team and support staff, Managerial staff.
Services
Cutaneous Allergy Service
We provide a tertiary referral regional service for adult and paediatric patients with contact and occupational dermatitis. Clinics run weekly and are attended regularly by other consultant dermatologists, pharmacists, occupational health doctors and nurses and industry specialists. We regularly contribute to research in this subspecialty area, including collaborative work at a national level with the British Society for Cutaneous Allergy (BSCA).
Dermatological Surgery
The Birmingham Skin Centre performs procedures in two dedicated operating facilities, and additionally in other surgical facilities across the Trust including access to the main theatre for patients requiring a general anaesthetic. Most procedures are performed under local anaesthetic. These include simple procedures like biopsies (testing a tiny sample of skin for cancer) to major skin grafts carried out by dermatologists and plastic surgeons. Currently our complex skin cases are managed by our in-house plastic surgery colleague attached to our dermatology unit.
Day Treatment Unit
There is a dedicated day treatment unit (DTU) for education and treatment of patients with topical treatments including ‘specials’ such as coal tar and dithranol.
Laser Unit
The Birmingham Regional Skin Laser Centre, is also based at the Birmingham Skin Centre, and has one of the widest selections of skin laser equipment. We treat all skin disorders where laser therapy is appropriate both privately and to NHS funded patients. Procedures include: hair removal, tattoo removal, vascular lesions (such as port-wine stains, facial thread veins and redness), pigmented marks and lesions, scar treatment, laser resurfacing for various indications. You will be treated by a dermatology consultant or a team of specialist NHS nurses. We regularly contribute to scientific meetings with an active research interest in this field.
Medical Infusions Suite, Birmingham Treatment Centre
Patients undergoing Biologics intravenously (through the vein) would receive their treatment at the Medical Infusion Suite, currently located in the ground floor of the Birmingham Treatment Centre, City Hospital.
Nurse-led Services
There are several nurse-led clinics within the department. We have 6 clinical nurse specialists and they assist in the delivery of biologics and other systemics drug monitoring, Paediatric dermatology, Laser services, and in skin cancer support.
Paediatric Dermatology
Clinics for children with skin disorders are held at the Birmingham Skin Centre and Sandwell Hospital. We work closely with the paediatric unit at Sandwell Hospital, where children are under the joint care of a dermatologist and a paediatrician.
Phototherapy Service
The Phototherapy Suite treats a number of different skin conditions using light as well as conventional therapies. Treatments are carried out by highly trained and experienced nurses. The Suite has both UVA and UVB machines and a hand and foot unit. We also have the facilities to offer bath PUVA. Patients are reviewed by medical staff throughout the treatment course.
Skin Cancer Service
Most types of skin cancer can be treated if detected early enough. Our department operates a weekly skin cancer screening clinic with just a two-week wait. Patients can also be referred to consultant radiotherapists (specialists in radiation treatment) or oncologists (specialist cancer doctors). We can also refer to plastic surgeons if necessary. Patients are supported by a specialist skin cancer nurse from the Macmillan Trust, who provides a focal point for patients, their relatives and carers. She ensures that patient support is available from the very first consultation onwards.
Vulval Skin Clinic
We offer subspecialist expertise in vulval (the outer skin of the vagina) disorders. Clinics are held weekly and once per month as a parallel clinic and MDT with the Gynae-Oncologists.
Patient Stories
Please feel free to share your experiences of this service. Please e-mail your views to swbh.comms@nhs.net
Patient Information
Patient information leaflets
Laser hair removal
Laser tattoo removal
Skin Laser Centre – Pilonidal Sinus Disease (PSD) (ML6470)
Medical Photography in Dermatology ML6744
Contacts
Nurses helpline 0121 507 5702
Appointments helpline 0121 507 4151
For further information regarding laser treatment please contact Ann Weaver (laser secretary) on 0121 507 6639 between 8am and 3.30pm or email: swbh.dermlaser@nhs.net
If you require more specific information on other dermatology services, please contact the relevant consultant via their secretary on 0121 553 1831.
Secretaries and the consultants/specialist nurses they work for:
- Darcy May (Dr Chattopadhyay and Dr Varma)
- Julie Gray (Dr Donna Thompson and Dr Qeyum)
- James Gillen (Dr Rajasekaran and Anne Rutland)
- Victoria Murphy (Dr Salahuddinand Dr Michelle Thomson)
- Alison Lees (Dr Marrouche and Alison Rowe)
- Toni Wheatley (Dr Chan and Jenna Pardy)