Dr Christina Leitner, Consultant Dermatologist
Dr Christina Leitner
Consultant Dermatologist
Dr Christina Leitner MD MRCP SCEderm MSc PGCert
Consultant Dermatologist
Dr Christina Leitner
Consultant Dermatologist MD MRCP SCEderm MSc PGCert
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The Harborne Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK
Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2FQ
About Dr Christina Leitner
GMC number: 6127633
Year qualified: 2005
Place of primary qualification: Universitat Innsbruck
Dr?Christina?Leitner is a UK trained consultant dermatologist based at The Harborne Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK in Edgbaston, Birmingham, who sees adult patients aged 18 and above.
She specialises in general dermatology and skin cancer care, with extensive expertise in eczema, psoriasis, acne, inflammatory skin conditions, pruritus, hair loss, pigmentation disorders, moles, lumps and bumps, and chronic sun damage management
Dr?Leitner completed her consultant dermatology fellowship in Mohs micrographic surgery and skin cancer management, and has served as the skin cancer multidisciplinary team lead at Worcestershire NHS Hospitals Trust.
She enjoys performing complex skin surgeries, repairs and excisions, finding surgical outcomes particularly rewarding.
Dr?Leitner earned an MSc in Skin Ageing and Aesthetic Medicine at the University of Manchester, and contributes to training junior health professionals, research studies, national and international conferences, and publications in peer reviewed journals .
She holds professional memberships including the British Society of Dermatological Surgery (a subgroup of the British Association of Dermatologists) and the British Medical Association .
Outside her clinical work, Dr?Leitner is interested in advancing educational outreach and aesthetic dermatology.
Areas of expertise
- Acne
- Acne scaring
- Actinic keratosis (solar keratosis)
- Aged and sundamaged skin
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Alopecia areata (hair loss)
- Angioma
- Athlete's foot
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Benign (non-cancerous) skin conditions
- Blistering disorders
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Contact dermatitis
- Cryotherapy
- Curettage
- Cyst removal
- Cysts
- Dandruff
- Dermatitis
- Dermoscopy
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)
- Fungal infection
- Hives
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
- Hyperpigmentation
- Impetignised eczema
- Impetigo
- Inflammatory skin conditions
- Keloids
- Lipoma
- Lumps and bumps removal
- Melanoma
- Melasma
- Minor skin surgery
- Mole check
- Mole removal
- Moles
- Mucous membrane pemphigoid
- Pemphigus
- Pigmentation
- Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Psoriasis
- Psoriasis treatment
- Rash
- Rosacea
- Sarcoidosis
- Scarring
- Scarring alopecias
- Seborrheic keratosis
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Shingles
- Skin biopsy
- Skin cancer
- Skin cancer screening
- Skin cancer surgery
- Skin lesion removal (warts, moles and skin tags)
- Skin tags
- Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
- Urticaria (hives)
- Vasculitis
- Verruca
- Vitiligo
- Warts (viral)
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