Dr Karolina Gholam is a distinguished Paediatric Dermatology Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital and serves as an Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health. She is one of only two doctors in the UK dually accredited in Paediatrics and Dermatology. Dr Gholam earned her MBBS from the University of Patras, Greece, in 1998, and later completed an MSc in Clinical Paediatrics at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, in 2007.

Dr Gholam's areas of expertise include inflammatory dermatosis such as eczema and psoriasis, birthmarks, acne, and adolescent dermatology. She has a particular interest in the use of propranolol for infantile haemangiomas and has published extensively on this and other paediatric dermatology conditions. Her thesis on Familial Haemophagocytic Histiocytosis was published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Immunology.

In addition to her clinical roles, Dr Gholam is actively involved in education, having completed the Paediatric Educator’s Programme. She regularly lectures on paediatric dermatology topics and is a member of several professional organisations, including the British Association of Dermatology and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Dr Gholam has been with Great Ormond Street Hospital since her appointment in 2010 and continues to contribute significantly to the field of paediatric dermatology.