Dr Victoria Swale, Consultant Dermatologist
Dr Victoria Swale
Consultant Dermatologist
Dr Victoria Swale BM MD FRCP ICDP
Consultant Dermatologist
Areas of expertise
- Pigmented skin lesions
- Mole removal
- Dermatopathology
- Skin biopsy
- Vulval disorders
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OneWelbeck
1 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 0AR
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The London Clinic
20 Devonshire Place, London, W1G 6BW
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15-17 Lodge Road, London, NW8 7JA
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Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
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5 Devonshire Place, London, W1G 6HL
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Wellington Place St Johns Wood, London, NW8 9LE
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Royal Free London NHS Trust
Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
About Dr Victoria Swale
GMC number: 3613678
Year qualified: 1992
Place of primary qualification: University of Southampton
Dr Victoria Swale works as a Consultant Dermatologist and a locum Consultant Dermatopathologist at the Royal Free Hospital. As a core member of the Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, she has also set up the ongoing weekly dermatology clinicopathological conference at the Royal Free. Her areas of expertise include general dermatology, skin cancer, vulval dermatology and pigmented lesions, including moles. She sees both adults and children with a range of skin conditions including acne, eczema, psoriasis, hair problems and skin lesions. Dr Swale takes time to understand her patient’s concerns and to address them, as well as to explain their condition and treatment clearly.
Dr Swale trained in medicine at the University of Southampton, and then gained her Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1995 during general medical training. She completed her training in dermatology after working in several leading London teaching hospitals. She received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of London in 2004 for her work in clinical and genetic aspects of skin cancer and melanocytic naevi.
Dr Swale was elected to Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2008. She is a member of the British Association of Dermatologists, the American Academy of Dermatology, the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the British Society for Dermatopathology and Council member for the British Society for the Study of Vulval Diseases. Dr Swale was a member of the Dermatology Question Writer's group for the Royal College of Physicians for 13 years and is now a member of the Executive Committee for Dermatology under the auspices of the Royal College of Physicians. She was the senior judge for the British Association of Dermatologists' annual conferences for 2017 and 2019 and will do so in 2020. She regularly lectures to local GPs, has taught on several annual national courses over the last 10 years, and is due to lecture internationally in 2021.
Areas of expertise
- Acne
- Actinic keratosis
- Allergy
- Alopecia
- Anti fungal therapy
- Benign and malignant skin tumours and lesions
- Clinicopathological correlation
- Cryotherapy
- Curettage
- Dermatitis
- Dermatology
- Dermatopathology
- Dermoscopy
- Diagnosis and removal of skin lesions
- Disorders of skin, hair and nails
- Dry skin
- Eczema and other inflammatory skin conditions
- Fungal infection
- General dermatology
- Genital skin problems
- Hair and nail conditions
- Hair loss
- Hives
- Itch
- Lichen planus
- Lichen sclerosus
- Melanocytic naevi (moles)
- Melasma
- Minor skin surgery
- Mole mapping
- Mole removal
- Oral and genital skin disorders
- Pigmentation disorders
- Pigmented skin lesions
- Psoriasis
- Shingles
- Skin biopsy
- Skin cancer diagnosis & screening
- Skin infections
- Skin surgery
- Skin tags
- Sun damage
- Tinea
- Vitiligo
- Vulval dermatology
- Vulval disorders
- Warts
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Articles by Dr Victoria Swale
Fat Grafting Improves Fibrosis and Scarring in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study
An association between sebaceous carcinoma and microsatellite instability in immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients
Microsatellite instability in benign skin lesions in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome