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

Dr Daron Seukeran (MBChB(Glasgow), DCH, DRCOG. MRCGP. FRCP (Lon)) is a Consultant Dermatologist at the James Cook University Hospital, Teesside. He is Group Medical Director of the SK:N Laser Clinics and Chairman of the Medical Standards Committee. He undertakes general dermatology but his main interest is laser surgery.

Dr Seukeran has a wide range of expertise in laser surgery but particularly in the treatment of vascular lesions, laser resurfacing for acne scarring as well as other forms of laser ablation.

He is one of the authors of the Cochrane Review for acne scarring, publishes and lectures regularly on laser surgery and other areas of dermatology. He has been involved in research in the area of laser treatment of inflammatory acne and most recently been involved in the development of BAD guidelines for photodynamic therapy and rosacea.

Mr Declan Collins is a Consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with specialist interests in burns, laser and scar management. He undertook his plastic surgery training in London prior to his appointment as a consultant in the NHS at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. In addition to his plastic surgery training, he has undertaken fellowships in burns care and aesthetic surgery.

His interest in burns care led him to complete a PhD looking at predictors of sepsis in burns, and antimicrobial peptides in wound healing. He has continued his academic interest and is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College as well as Clinical Lead for Research in the burn unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. This allows him to keep abreast of the new and emerging technologies in wound and scar management, both surgical and non-surgical. He started the Laser Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for scar management as well as the laser hair removal service for the Gender Dysphoria Service.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and the British Burn Association (BBA). As well as working at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital he works at The London Scar Clinic.

Dr Bav Shergill is the Past President of the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group and Honorary Senior Lecturer for the MSc in Rejuvenation and Ageing at the University of Manchester. He has been using lasers to treat patients for over 15 years.