Dr Mark Griffiths

Dr Griffiths graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2002. He went on to complete general medical training and acquired membership to the Royal College of Physicians in 2005. Following completion of specialist training in dermatology he was appointed as a Consultant Dermatologist in 2012.

Dr Griffiths works at Royal Free Hospital where he is Clinical Service Lead and Lead for undergraduate teaching in Dermatology. He is actively involved in the teaching and training of doctors and nurses in dermatology.

He has a broad range of interests including rashes and acne, moles and skin lesions, skin cancer, skin surgery, psoriasis, pigmentation disorders and hair loss. In his role at the Royal Free Hospital he undertakes weekly general dermatology clinics, a psoriasis clinic, a skin lesion/mole clinic and a surgical list. In addition to his clinical duties he is lead of undergraduate teaching and actively participates in the education of doctors’ training in dermatology. He is clinical lead of the Phototherapy Unit and has an active role in clinical governance and audit.

He has written the dermatology chapter of an undergraduate medical student textbook, published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals and has written educational articles for Dermatology in Practice, a journal circulated to GPs and practice nurses throughout the UK. He has also worked as a reviewer for articles submitted to the British Journal of Dermatology and Clinical and Experimental Dermatology.