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Consultant Profile

Dr Bernadette De Silva

Name:
Dr Bernadette De Silva MBBS FRCP
Practising at:
Spire Harpenden Hospital
Specialties:
  • Dermatology
    • Skin cancer
    • Paediatric dermatology
    • Inflammatory skin disease
    • Dermatological surgery
Special clinical interests:

Paediatric dermatology, eczema and other inflammatory skin diseases, allergy (skin prick testing,patch testing), skin cancer, dermatological surgery

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant Dermatologist, Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust

Year of first medical qualification:
1991
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Member of the British Association of Dermatologists
Member of the British Society for Paediatric Dermatology
Member of the British Medical Association

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
0800 585 112
Private secretary:
Jacky Flores
Private secretary telephone number:
07827 298087
Private secretary fax:
020 8953 3863
Private secretary email address:
Availability:
Monday mornings
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Dr De Silva has been a Consultant Dermatologist at the Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust since 2001 and is the Lead Clinician and Skin Cancer Lead at the Trust. The unit is  busy and challenging and has enabled Dr De Silva to build up considerable experience in all areas of dermatology.

She qualified from the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1991 and completed her dermatology training at the Professorial Unit of Dermatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Dr De Silva has a particular interest in the skin conditions of children and  had an Honorary Consultant position at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, with whom she has had close links for 9 years. 

She recognises the considerable impact that skin disease has on patients and hopes to bring compassion and empathy to their care.

 

Personal profile:

In her spare time she enjoys travelling, walking, cycling and entertaining with her husband and two young boys.

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