About Dr Hiva Fassihi
Consultant Dermatologist
Skin Health & Allergy
Sub-specialties: Dermatology, General Dermatology, Mole Checks, Mole Mapping, Skin Cancer, Skin Cancer Surgery, Phototherapy, Acne, Rosacea, Eczema, Paediatric Dermatology, Sun Sensitive Disorders.
Dr Hiva Fassihi is a Consultant Dermatologist specialising in all areas of General Dermatology and has particular expertise in Skin Cancer. She is Head of the Photodermatology Unit and the National Xeroderma Pigmentosum Service at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. Nationally, she is the Chair of the British Photodermatology Group, a special interest group of the British Association of Dermatologists.
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Dr Hiva Fassihi is a Consultant Dermatologist specialising in all areas of General Dermatology and has particular expertise in Skin Cancer. She is Head of the Photodermatology Unit and the National Xeroderma Pigmentosum Service at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. Nationally, she is the Chair of the British Photodermatology Group, a special interest group of the British Association of Dermatologists.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Hiva Fassihi performs a range of treatments including:
• Mole checks and Mole Mapping
• Skin Surgery (removal of benign and malignant lesions)
• Phototherapy for Psoriasis, Eczema, Polymorphic Light Eruption
• Intense Pulsed Light Therapy
Some of the conditions she commonly treats are:
• Skin cancer
• Mole and skin lesion assessment
• Acne and Rosacea
• Eczema and Psoriasis
• Sun sensitive disorders
• Sun protection
• Paediatric Dermatology
About Dr Hiva Fassihi
Dr Hiva Fassihi is a Consultant Dermatologist at OneWelbeck Skin Health & Allergy. She is also Head of the Photodermatology Unit and the National Xeroderma Pigmentosum Service at the world-renowned St John’s Institute of Dermatology, based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Dr Fassihi consults on all areas of General Dermatology, with specialist interests in Skin Cancer and Skin Surgery, Mole Checks, Sun Sensitive Disorders, and Phototherapy.
Dr Fassihi is an Honorary Reader in Clinical and Molecular Photodermatology at King’s College London. She has published widely in this field and lectures both nationally and internationally. She has written numerous chapters for seminal dermatology textbooks including the Rook Book and Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology.
She is the Chair of the British Photodermatology Group and is involved in driving national guidelines for the management of Photodermatology patients. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP). alongside being a member of the British Association of Dermatologists and British Society of Paediatric Dermatology.
Dr Hiva Fassihi graduated from the University of Cambridge and undertook dermatology training at St John’s Institute of Dermatology. This training included three years of research which led to numerous publications in highly regarded journals and presentations at clinical and scientific meetings.
She has achieved an array of awards including Albert M. Kligman Fellowship, Hugh Wallace Registrar’s prize, The Martin Beare Millennium Paediatric Award, the Royal Society of Medicine section prize, Whimster Prize, Guy’s and St Thomas CARE award, and the BMJ Dermatology Team of the Year Award.
Additional Information
Qualifications
- 1996 MA (Hons) Medical Sciences (University of Cambridge)
- 1999 MB BChir (University of Cambridge)
- 2002 MRCP
- 2008 MD (University of London)
- 2011 CCT (Dermatology)
- 2015 FRCP
Memberships
- British Association of Dermatology
- British Photobiology Group
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- St John’s Dermatological Society
- Royal Society of Medicine, Dermatology section
- MPS