Mini-symposium: Lasers, skin and beyond: Part one

Dr Lanigan has recently retired from private practice as a Consultant Dermatologist at Sk:n in Birmingham. He was Group Medical Director, Regional Medical Director and Co-Founder of the Medical Standards Committee of Sk:n which is the largest provider of aesthetic treatments throughout the UK.

He was President of the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group (BCDG) from 2015 to 2017

He was clinical lead at the Birmingham Regional Skin Laser Centre, City Hospital Birmingham from 2001-2009.

He has had Executive Committee Membership of both the British Medical Laser Association (BMLA) and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS)

He was Editor in Chief of Lasers in Medical Science for 8 years. 

He has over 160 scientific medical publications including 2 textbooks and 16 book chapters.

Dr Vishal Madan, MBBS (Hons), MD, FRCP is a Consultant Dermatologist, Laser and Dermatological surgeon at the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust since 2010. Originally from India, he trained in medicine and dermatology in Jabalpur, India. After completing the Addenbrooke's Cambridge medical rotation in 2004, he undertook his specialist training in Dermatology in Manchester.

He did two fellowships- one in Laser Dermatology at the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and another fellowship in Mohs micrographic (Skin cancer) and reconstructive skin surgery at the Welsh Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. Dr Madan has published 110 scientific articles, authored 10 book chapters and edited books on specialty examination in Dermatology, skin cancer and Laser Dermatology.