Dr Chuin Ying Ung
Consultant Dermatologist
Skin Health & Allergy
Sub-specialties: Dermatology, General Dermatology, Hair Disorders.
02036532007
Overview
Dr Chuin Ying Ung is a Consultant Dermatologist at Welbeck Skin Health & Allergy and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust with a specialist interest in scalp and hair conditions.
About Dr Chuin Ying Ung
She graduated from Imperial College London with First Class Honours, distinctions in all areas and the Evelyn de Rothschild Research Prize. She undertook dermatology training at St John’s Institute, during which time she earned a PhD in Genetics of Complex Disease with a focus on scarring.
She has broad clinical expertise across all areas of dermatology (including acne, eczema, psoriasis and skin cancer). She leads the department’s Hot (Acute Dermatology) Clinic and runs specialist hair and nail disorders clinics for both adults and children.
Alongside clinical practice, she is actively engaged in education and research. She serves as joint Training Programme Director for St John’s Institute and lectures for its DermAcademy. She has bench to bedside research experience and has served as investigator on clinical trials for eczema and alopecia areata. Her work has been published in high impact journals such as JAMA Dermatology and British Journal of Dermatology.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Chuin Ying Ung treats the following conditions:
- Scalp and hair conditions
- Acne
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Moles
- Skin cancer
She offers the following tests and treatments:
- Mole checks
- Skin biopsies
- Steroid injections
- Cryotherapy of skin lesions
Additional Information
Dr Chuin Ying Ung holds the following qualifications: MBBS, BSc, MRCP, PhD
She is an active member of:
- Royal College of Physicians
Dr Ung currently holds clinical posts at:
- Consultant Dermatologist, Welbeck, London
- Consultant Dermatologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Consultant Dermatologist, 77 - 79 Wimpole Street Outpatient & Diagnostics London W1G 9RU
She is the recipient of the following professional awards:
- Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Research Highlights
Dr Chuin Ying Ung key publications:
- Dand N*, Ung CY*, Saklatvala JR, Simpson MA, Barker JN, Shaw TJ, McGrath JA, Onoufriadis A. GWAS Meta-Analysis Identifies Susceptibility Loci for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scarring in Europeans. J Invest Dermatol. 2025 Jun;145(6):1538-1540.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2024.12.011. Epub 2024 Dec 31. PMID: 39746571. *Joint first authors
- Ung CY, Warwick A, Onoufriadis A, Barker JN, Parsons M, McGrath JA, Shaw TJ, Dand N. Comorbidities of Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars Among Participants in UK Biobank. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Feb 1;159(2):172-181. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.5607. PMID: 36598763;PMCID: PMC9857738.
- Rayinda T, McSweeney SM, Christou E, Ung CY, Fenton DA, McGrath JA, Dand N, Simpson MA, Tziotzios C. Gene-Environment Interaction Between CYP1B1 and Oral Contraception on Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia. JAMA Dermatol. 2024 Jul 1;160(7):732-735. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.1315. PMID: 38809548;PMCID: PMC11137654.
- Ung CY, Onoufriadis A, Parsons M, McGrath JA, Shaw TJ. Metabolic perturbations in fibrosis disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2021 Oct;139:106073. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2021.106073. Epub 2021 Aug 27. Erratum in: Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2021 Dec;141:106109. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2021.106109. PMID: 34461262.
- Jabbar-Lopez ZK, Ung CY, Alexander H, Gurung N, Chalmers J, Danby S, Cork MJ, Peacock JL, Flohr C. The effect of water hardness on atopic eczema, skin barrier function: A systematic review, meta-analysis. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Mar;51(3):430-451. doi: 10.1111/cea.13797. Epub 2020 Dec 13. PMID: 33259122.
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