Dr. Christina Wlodek

Consultant Dermatologist with international experience across the UK, Malta and New Zealand. Her expertise includes skin cancer, dermoscopy, general dermatology and dermatological surgery.

• Professional Diploma of Dermoscopy (2018) — accredited by the International Dermoscopy Society
• Certificate of Completion of Training in Dermatology, United Kingdom (2017)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, Pass with Distinction — University of Bristol, UK (2016)
• MRCP (Derm) (2014)
• MRCP (UK) (2011)
• MBBS (Hons) with double distinction — King's College London School of Medicine, University of London (2008)
• BSc (Hons) Pharmacology — King's College London, University of London (2003)

Consultant Dermatologist at Saint James Hospital, Malta (since October 2019), covering general and inpatient dermatology, skin cancer, paediatric dermatology and surgery. Also Consultant Dermatologist with MoleMap New Zealand Ltd, providing dermoscopic diagnosis of skin lesions.

• General and inpatient dermatology
• Skin cancer and dermoscopic diagnosis of skin lesions
• Paediatric dermatology
• Dermatological surgery
• Contact dermatitis and patch testing
• Nail disease and trichoscopy
• Medical education and peer-reviewed clinical research

More than a decade of consultant and specialist dermatology practice across three countries. Previous appointments include Consultant Dermatologist at Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand (2018–2019), Locum Consultant Dermatologist at Croydon University Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London (2019) and at Bristol Royal Infirmary (2017–2018), Specialist Registrar in Dermatology in the Severn Deanery (2013–2017) across Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Royal United Hospital Bath, and Dermatology Clinical Fellow at St John's Institute of Dermatology, London (2012–2013). She has taught dermatology trainees, medical students and general practice trainees at the University of Auckland and the University of Bristol.

Member of the ScanSkinAI clinical review network. Provides dermatologist review of user-submitted skin cases and supports medical review of ScanSkinAI content. ScanSkinAI AI results are screening and decision support, not a diagnosis.

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• Author of more than 30 peer-reviewed dermatology publications in journals including the British Journal of Dermatology, Clinical and Experimental Dermatology and the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.
• Member of the Behçet's Living Guideline Development Group — British Association of Dermatologists & British Society for Rheumatology (2019–present).
• Collaborator in the Delphi study 'The European List of Essential Medicines for Medical Education' — European Association for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2021–present).
• Lead investigator: recommendation to test limonene hydroperoxides 0.3% and linalool hydroperoxides 1.0% in the British Baseline patch test series (Br J Dermatol, 2017).
• Lead investigator: trends in laboratory-diagnosed onychomycosis in the South West of England, 2006–2014.
• Co-lead of an international collaborative project on processing nail histology specimens (J Cutan Pathol, 2017).
• Co-investigator on clinical trials in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, including AbbVie Measure Up 1 and AD Up, and the ALPHA hand eczema trial.
• Peer reviewer for dermatology journals since 2018.

• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)
• British Association of Dermatologists
• British Society for Medical Dermatology
• American Academy of Dermatology Association
• International Dermoscopy Society
• International Trichoscopy Society
• Health Education Academy (Fellow)

• Publons / peer review record