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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Awaiting verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General
- Skin cancer
Offers
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr. Sonal Shankar is a UK qualified Consultant Dermatologist, having gained her medical degree in 1995 from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospitals. She has been an NHS consultant since 2005, undertaking her dermatology training at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She was appointed as a Consultant Dermatologist at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in 2006 and held an Honorary Dermatology Consultant post at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. Since 2019, she has worked as a Dermatology Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (West Middlesex University Hospital).
She has published papers in peer reviewed journals, engaged in research projects and has been a reviewer for scientific journals. She has won a British Society for Dermatological Surgery award and has also presented at national and international conferences.
She accepts referrals from adults and children, consulting on a wide variety of dermatological conditions such as moles, skin cancers, skin surgery to remove benign and cancerous lesions, cryotherapy for warts and pre-cancerous skin lesions, hair and scalp disorders and inflammatory conditions including eczema, psoriasis, acne and rosacea.
She is a member of the British Association of Dermatologists, British Society of Paediatric Dermatology and is a Collegiate Member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Areas of interest
General dermatology; Paediatric dermatology;
Moles; Skin cancers; Skin surgery to remove benign and cancerous lesions; Cryotherapy for warts and pre-cancerous skin lesions; Hair and scalp disorders; Inflammatory conditions including eczema, psoriasis, acne and rosacea.
Medical secretaries
- Jackie Edwards
- 41 Meadow Close Chatham Kent ME5 0UA
- 07827 595559
- 07827 595559
- 01634 560090
- info@dermatology-doctor.co.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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S1110
Curettage/cryotherapy of lesion of skin (including cauterisation) - up to three - (5-50)
Spire Alexandra Hospital (5-50) KIMS Hospital Limited (5-50) Skin55 Ltd (1-5)
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S1500
Biopsy of skin or subcutaneous tissue - (5-50)
KIMS Hospital Limited (5-50) Spire Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
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S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - (5-50)
Spire Alexandra Hospital (5-50) KIMS Hospital Limited (5-50) Skin55 Ltd (1-5)
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S0632
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Head & Neck (excluding lipoma) - (5-50)
KIMS Hospital Limited (5-50) Spire Alexandra Hospital (1-5) Skin55 Ltd (1-5)
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S1420
Shave biopsy of lesion of skin - (5-50)
Spire Alexandra Hospital (5-50) Skin55 Ltd (1-5)
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