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Last updated: 8 Jun 2020
About me
Dr. Kara Heelan is a Consultant Dermatologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital London. She is a core member of the both the primary and advanced Skin MDT at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
She specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer as well as in complex medical dermatology. She subspecialises in drug reactions and autoimmune bullous dermatoses. She is experienced in treating patients with general dermatological conditions (eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea, benign skin lesions and inflammatory skin rashes).
Kara Heelan graduated from University College Dublin Medical School with Honours. She completed her dermatology training in Ireland, during which she won national and international prizes for her research. She received the inaugural Sean O’Loughlin memorial gold medal for first place in the national dermatology exam. She had additive international training at the University of Toronto and completed the highly competitive Advanced Medical Dermatology Fellowship with interests in drug reactions and autoimmune bullous disorders. She subsequently completed a Fellowship in Skin Cancer and Dermatological Surgery at University College London Hospital.
She undertook research in autoimmune bullous dermatoses at the University of Toronto and her MD was awarded from University College Cork. She has published her work in peer-reviewed journals and has frequently presented at national and international meetings.
Kara is active is teaching undergraduates, postgraduates and general practitioners.
She is a member of NCRI Skin Cancer clinical studies group and on the British Association of Dermatologists guideline group for bullous pemphigoid.
Areas of interest
General Dermatology (eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea, and inflammatory skin rashes). Skin lesions (benign and malignant). Melanoma; Non Melanoma Skin Cancer; Pigmented Lesions and moles; Drug reactions; Complex Medical Dermatology;
Medical secretaries
- Denise Stacey
- Team Lead and PA Royal Marsden Hospital Downs Road Sutton SM2 5PT
- 020 8661 3372
- denise.stacey@rmh.nhs.uk
- Sharifa Haibatan
- HCA Healthcare UK The Lister Hospital Chelsea Bridge Road London SW1W 8RH
- 020 3494 4024
- karaheelanpa@hcahealthcare.co.uk