Dr Giles Dunnill trained in Dermatology at St Thomas’s Hospital and the Royal London Hospital. He undertook research for his MD thesis in molecular genetics of Epidermolysis Bullosa. He was appointed as Consultant in Dermatology in Bristol in 1997, and has since had clinical interests in medical dermatology including pro-inflammatory skin conditions, psoriasis, skin lymphoma, graft versus host disease and skin therapeutics with biological drugs. He has an interest in medical education and has previously been chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee at the Royal College of Physicians, and is currently secretary of the Exam Board for the SCE in Dermatology.