I completed my medical training at Manchester and St Andrews university and intercalated with a MPhil in Dermatological sciences. I completed my dermatological training at Salford hospital with a three year break to finish a PhD in dermato-oncology. After finishing my training in Dermatology I took up a substantive consultant post at Manchester Foundation Trust where I was also the speciality lead. Recently I have taken a sabbatical to complete subspeciality training in Mohs micrographic surgery at Nottingham Queens Hospital.