Dr Anne Farrell

Dr Anne Farrell graduated from Oxford University Medical School. She gained extensive experience in both adult general internal medicine and paediatrics at the Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital of Nottingham, where she obtained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians for adults and the Diploma in Child Health. Following that she completed full time Specialist Training in dermatology as a Dermatology Registrar at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, and Dermatology Senior Registrar in Oxford. She also undertook a graduate fellowship in lasers and cosmetic dermatology at the University of Miami as well as attachments with leading cosmetic/laser dermatologists in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Utah, California and Atlanta. She was appointed as Consultant Dermatologist in 1999, initially in Tunbridge Wells, and then as Consultant Dermatologist at the University of Wales, Cardiff and St George’s Hospital Medical School.   For more than 30 years in full time dermatology she has been active in teaching dermatology and research, both nationally and internationally, and has published more than 80 scientific articles, abstracts and book chapters on a variety of dermatology subjects. She regularly participates in the most influential internationally meetings to insure she offers the most advanced treatments. She was awarded a higher Doctor of Medicine Degree (DM) from the University of Oxford for her published research thesis and work.  She has been in full-time private practice since 2005 and in 2006 she opened her own clinic Dermatology Consulting in Tunbridge Wells providing general dermatology services for both adults and children as well as lasers and cosmetic procedures.  The clinic is recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and JCCP (Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners) formerly called Treatments You Can Trust. She is a member of the following organisations: Royal College of Physicians, British Association of Dermatologists, Royal Society of Medicine, American Academy of Dermatology, British Society for Dermatological Surgery, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, British Cosmetic Dermatology Group, European Society for Laser Dermatology, British Society for Medical Dermatology, British Society for Study of Vulval Diseases, International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disorders, American Society for Dermatological Surgery, British Medical Laser Association.

Dr Farrell is trained in all aspects of dermatology including diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer and rashes in adults and children.  She has a specialist clinical interest in vulval dermatoses, having done a DM research degree for published research through the University of Oxford on lichen sclerosus. She has an interest in paediatric dermatology having done paediatrics and the Diploma in Child Health prior to specialising in dermatology. She also has a specialist interest in cosmetic dermatology and lasers having done a Graduate Fellowship in Cosmetic Dermatology and Lasers at the University of Miami.