Barker Jonathan - Rooks Textbook of dermatology

The Editors From left to right: Robert Chalmers, Jonathan Barker, Christopher Griffiths, Tanya Bleiker, Daniel Creamer

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Christopher E. M. Griffiths MD, FRCP, FMedSci

Professor of Dermatology
The Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
The University of Manchester
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Manchester, UK

Jonathan Barker MD, FRCP, FRCPath

Professor of Medical Dermatology
St John's Institute of Dermatology
Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine
King's College London
London, UK

Tanya Bleiker FRCP

Consultant Dermatologist
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Derby, UK

Robert Chalmers FRCP

Honorary Consultant Dermatologist
The Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester, UK

Daniel Creamer MD, FRCP

Consultant Dermatologist
King's College Hospital
London, UK

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Anthony Bewley

BA(Hons), MB ChB, FRCP
Consultant Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London; and Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary College of Medicine, University of London, London, UK

Eduardo Calonje

MD, DipRCPath
Consultant Dermatopathologist, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Tamara Griffiths

MD, FRCP, FAAD
Consultant Dermatologist, The Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, UK

Gregor B. E. Jemec

MD, DMSc
Professor and Clinical Lead, Department of Dermatology, Roskilde Hospital; Health Sciences Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nick J. Levell

MD, FRCP, MB ChB, MBA
Clinical Director of Dermatology, Norwich Medical School, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich; National Specialty Lead Dermatology, National Institute for Health Research, London; Clinical Vice-President, British Association of Dermatologists, London, UK

John A. McGrath

MD, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor of Molecular Dermatology, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK

Graham Ogg

DPhil, BM BCh, FRCP
Professor of Dermatology, MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford; and Consultant Dermatologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

Nick J. Reynolds

BSc, MB BS, MD, FRCP
Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Robert P. E. Sarkany

FRCP, MD
Consultant Dermatologist and Head of Photodermatology, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Eli Sprecher

MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; and Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Jane C. Sterling

MB BChir, MA, FRCP, PhD
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK