Dr Victoria Akhras

Dr Victoria Akhras is a UK-trained consultant dermatologist who works in St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, a busy teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre for skin cancer. As well as having expertise in general dermatology, she was the clinical lead for dermatology at St George’s for 9 years, and a co-lead for the South West London Dermatology network for 2 years. Dr Akhras has published in and peer-reviewed for a number of dermatological journals. She is a faculty member of the British College of Dermatology and has designed courses for healthcare professionals on skin cancer in that capacity. She is the president of the St John’s Society for Dermatology 2023/2024. She has produced a series of podcasts (The New Dermatologist) on dermatology alongside colleagues.

Dr Akhras studied Medicine at Imperial College London and graduated in 2000 with honours. She has trained in a number of teaching hospitals in London including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Barts and The London NHS Trust, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Awarded a travelling fellowship, Dr Akhras has spent time at the Sydney Melanoma Unit in Australia. In 2010, she completed a research project looking at lymphatic function and its role in the spread of melanoma, for which she was awarded an MD.

Dr Akhras consults on all general dermatology in both adults and children over the age of 12 years, and will treat conditions such as acne, eczema, allergy and psoriasis. In addition, she runs a specialised diphencyprone clinic for the treatment of viral warts. She has extensive expertise in skin cancer, dermoscopy and connective tissue disease and is the dermatology lead for melanoma at St George’s Hospital.