Prof. Girish Patel, MB BS, MD, FRCP(UK), is Consultant Dermatologist at the Welsh Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. He trained in dermatology at the St. Johns Institute of Dermatology (London), Welsh Institute of Dermatology (Cardiff) and National Cancer Institute (NIH, USA). He is recipient of a number of awards, including the Geoffrey Dowling Fellowship (2004), the most prestigious fellowship awarded by the British Association of Dermatologists; Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellows Research Fellowship (2004), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; NIH Merit Award (2006), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; NISCHR Clinical Research Fellowship (2012). He was Dermatology Clinical Lead and Skin Cancer Lead in Hywel Dda University Health Board. In 2016, he returned to the Welsh Institute of Dermatology as a substantive Consultant Dermatologist.
He is a specialist in general dermatology, with both clinical and scientific interest in skin cancer. He has extensive knowledge in the management of skin lesions, including those that are cancers. Each year he sees over 1,000 new patients with skin problems, and regularly deal with things that are a tad bothersome as well as those that are life-threatening
As well as being a consultant dermatologist, he is an Honorary Senior Lecturer and head of the skin cancer research programme in Cardiff University.