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- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
About me
Dr Michael Farrugia is a consultant dermatologist at Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital and at Spire Edinburgh Hospitals. He also works full time for the NHS at the Lauriston Building in central Edinburgh.
He graduated from the University of Malta in 2012 and moved to the UK to do foundation training in Oxford. He then moved to Edinburgh and underwent specialty training in Dermatology between 2016 and 2020.
Dr Farrugia's NHS and private practice both cover all major areas of the specialty: adults with severe complex eczema and psoriasis who require immunosuppressive treatments and biologics, patients with skin cancer requiring surgical treatment, adolescents and young adults with acne, patients with autoimmune skin rashes such as lupus or urticaria, and children with a variety of rashes and skin growths.
In the private sector he also treats non-cancerous skin lesions such as seborrhoeic keratoses, sebaceous cysts, skin tags, benign moles etc. He performs full body mole assessments using dermatoscopy.
Dr Farrugia has a postgraduate degree in clinical education and teaches medical students. He supervises and supports registrars throughout their training, as well as prescribing pharmacists and advanced nurse practitioners in their roles in the multidisciplinary team.
He is an executive member of the Scottish Dermatological Society representing Edinburgh and the Lothians. He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and a member of the British Association of Dermatologists and numerous special interest groups. He has presented at a number of national and international conferences and published original research and book chapters.
Areas of interest
General adult dermatology (including acne, eczema, psoriasis, urticaria); Skin cancer screening; Skin surgery; Paediatric and adolescent dermatology
Medical secretaries
- Ms Hana Lagha
- The Edinburgh Clinic 40 Colinton Road Edinburgh EH10 5BT
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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S0602
Primary excision of malignant lesion - Head & Neck - (5-50)
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S0603
Primary excision of malignant lesion - Trunk & Limbs - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital (5-50) Spire Shawfair Park Hospital (1-5)
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S0651
Removal of benign lesion on trunk or limbs less than 10 cm in diameter or on scalp less than 5cm in diameter (excluding lipoma) - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital (5-50) Spire Shawfair Park Hospital (1-5)
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S1500
Biopsy of skin or subcutaneous tissue - (5-50)
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S1110
Curettage/cryotherapy of lesion of skin (including cauterisation) - up to three - (5-50)
Spire Shawfair Park Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital (1-5)
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