Dermatology consultants and Allergy Team

Dr Rashmi Jain

MD MRCP FRCPath Immunol

Consultant Immunologist

Dr Rashmi Jain is a Consultant Immunologist and Allergist providing expert care in the diagnosis and management of patients with allergy with special attention to food allergy, oral allergy syndrome, aeroallergen allergy leading to allergic rhino-conjunctivitis (grass or tree pollen - hay fever, house dust mite allergy, allergies to animal fur/dander), venom allergy (bee, wasp venom allergy), urticaria and angioedema (including chronic spontaneous urticaria and idiopathic angioedema), anaphylaxis and drug allergy.

Dr Jain undertakes skin prick testing with commercial solution and fresh food ingredients, and blood tests to aid in the appropriate diagnosis of an allergic condition. She provides expert advice on the management of allergy, training in the use of adrenaline auto-injector, and in selected cases can offer desensitisation to grass and tree pollen. In addition to looking after patients with allergy, Dr Jain looks after patients with hereditary and acquired angioedema, and patients with primary immune deficiencies.

Specialty

Clinical immunology and allergy

Specific services provided

Investigation, diagnosis and management of patients with allergy

Clinics

Tuesday afternoon 2.00pm - 4.00pm or by arrangement

Contact

Tel: 01865 228222

Email: dermatology.privatehealthcare@ouh.nhs.uk

Dr Tess McPherson

MA (Cambridge) MBBS MD FRCP

Consultant Dermatologist and Senior Clinical Lecturer (Oxford University Hospitals)

Dr McPherson trained at Cambridge University and London at the Imperial College School of Medicine where she graduated with honours and was awarded the medicine prize for undergraduates. She has lived and worked in Guyana, South America and the United States. In Guyana she worked for the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop improved skin care and treatment programmes for patients with elephantiasis and worked with patients with leprosy.

She subsequently continued her specialist dermatology training at the University of Oxford as an Academic Clinical Lecturer, where she combined clinical training with immunological research into Atopic Eczema at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM). She further specialised in paediatric dermatology with a fellowship at Birmingham's Children's Hospital.

Dr McPherson is a member of the Executive Committee of the British Society of Paediatric Dermatology (BSPD) and very active in national and international paediatric dermatology. The adolescent service she has developed in Oxford has been recognised nationally (shortlisted for BMJ team of the year and winner of BSPD national prize for patient-centered care).

Dr McPherson is actively involved in research on inflammatory dermatology (eczema and psoriasis), paediatric and young people's skin and patient involvement in dermatology. She has multiple publications in peer reviewed journals. She is the chair for national guidelines (British Association of Dermatology) on severe drug reactions in paediatrics and is the lead clinician on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) grant which has established a web resource for young adults with skin disease (healthtalk.org).

Dr McPherson has a strong interest in medical education and is the clinical tutor for undergraduate medicine at the University of Oxford. She is an invited lecturer for multiple national and international courses and conferences on paediatric and adolescent dermatology.

Main clinical and research interests

• Paediatric dermatology
• Adolescent dermatology
• General dermatology
• Atopic eczema
• Psoriasis
• Acne
• Psycho-dermatology
• Medical student education

Clinics

Monday morning

Contact

Tel: 01865 228222

Email: dermatology.privatehealthcare@ouh.nhs.uk

Dr John Reed

PhD FRCP

Clinical Lead and Consultant Dermatologist

Dr Reed qualified in 1991 from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London. He trained in dermatology in London and Oxford. During his training he successfully completed a PhD in Immunology at University College London resulting in several publications in leading scientific journals. Following on from his research, he has developed an interest in urticaria / angioedema and allergy in adults and children. He is a member of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

He was lead for the Oxford Skin Cancer Mulitdisciplinary Team between 2009 and 2012, which won the Thames Valley Cancer Network award for clinical quality in 2011. He is a member of the British Society of Dermatological Surgery. He has been the Clinical Lead for Dermatology since 2012.

Main clinical and research interests

• Urticaria, angioedema and anaphylaxis
• Allergy - food, animals, pollens and dusts
• Allergy testing - skin prick and specific IgE testing
• Desensitisation
• Skin cancer screening, dermoscopy and skin cancer surgery
• General dermatology including eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea

Clinics

Friday afternoon or by arrangement

Contact

Tel: 01865 228222

Email: dermatology.privatehealthcare@ouh.nhs.uk

Dr Richard Turner

MB BCh FRCP

Consultant Dermatologist

Dr Richard Turner is a Consultant Dermatologist and dermatological surgeon based in Oxford since 1999. He has particular skill in the diagnosis and management of skin cancer, particularly complex skin surgery and Mohs surgery and also mole/melanoma assessment and treatment.

His routine practice is at the Churchill and Horton General hospitals. He has around 9000 patients per year under his care and operates on about 1000 of them (100 of which are Mohs cases). The majority of his work is cancer-related with frequent collaborations with plastic surgery and oncology.

He is the Chairman of the Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Team and Chairman of the Thames Valley Skin Cancer Network. Dr Turner also supports the general dermatology service with a particular interest in male genital disease. He has been a BUPA partner since 2000 and is recognised by all insurance companies.

Dr Turner is Clinical Director of Ambulatory Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

He is also:

• Directorate Chair for Specialist Medicine
• Member of the British Society for Dermatological Surgery
• Member of the Melanoma Study Group
• Council Member of the Royal Society of Medicine

Specialty

Skin cancer

Specific services provided

• Dermatological, laser and Mohs micrographic surgery
• Skin lymphoma
• Psoriasis
• General dermatology

Clinics

Wednesday afternoon or by arrangement

Contact

Tel: 01865 228222

Email: dermatology.privatehealthcare@ouh.nhs.uk