Areas of Expertise

Dr Magnus Lynch performs a range of treatments including:

• Mohs Surgery
• Skin cancer surgery
• Laser surgery
• Pulsed dye laser
• Mole removal
• Scar revision
• Keloid removal
• Mohs Surgery
• Mole Checks

Some of the conditions he commonly treats are:

• Skin Cancer
• Rashes
• Rosacea
• Pigmentation
• Acne
• Cysts
• Viral Warts
• Scars
• Keloids
• Hair Loss
• Eczema

About Dr Magnus Lynch

Dr Magnus Lynch MA(Cantab) DPhil(Oxon) MRCS FRCP is a Consultant Dermatologist, Mohs and Laser surgeon. Dr Lynch is experienced in all aspects of general dermatology including acne, eczema, psoriasis, hair loss, and rashes. He has a particular interest in skin cancer, skin surgery, and procedural dermatology. Dr Lynch studied medicine at Christ’s College (University of Cambridge), undertook a PhD at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (University of Oxford), postdoctoral research at King's College London and passed membership examinations for both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons. He trained in Dermatology and completed a fellowship in Mohs surgery and advanced dermatological surgery at the world-renowned St John’s Institute of Dermatology where he is a Consultant Dermatologist, Mohs Surgeon and lead clinician for the melanoma multidisciplinary team. Dr Lynch leads a research team at the Centre for Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, King’s College London investigating the molecular biology of skin cancer, skin cancer diagnostics and mechanisms of skin aging. He advises biotech companies including Mitra Bio and has external faculty privileges at the Mayo Clinic.

Research Highlights

• Du-Harpur X, Arthurs C, Ganier C, Woolf RT, Laftah Z,Lakhan, MK, Salam A, Wan B, Watt FM, Luscombe NM, Lynch MD. Clinically-relevant vulnerabilities of deep machine learning systems for skin cancer diagnosis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2020 S0022.
• Philippeos C, Telerman S, Oulès B, Pisco A, Shaw T, Elgueta R, Lombardi G, Driskell R, Soldin M, Lynch MD and Watt F, Spatial and single-cell transcriptional profiling identifies functionally distinct human dermal fibroblast subpopulations. 2018 138:811. *joint senior author
• Lynch MD, Lynch CNS, Craythorne E, Liakath-Ali K, Mallipeddi R, Barker JN and Watt FM. Spatial constraints govern competition of mutant clones in human epidermis. Nature Communications 2017. 8:1119.
• Lynch MD, McFadden JP, White JM, Banerjee P, White IR. Age-specific profiling of cutaneous allergy at high temporal resolution suggests age-related alterations in regulatory immune function. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2017. 140:1451-1453
• Lynch MD, Smith AJ, de Gobbi M, Flenley M, Hughes JR, Vernimmen D, Ayyub H, Sharpe JA, Sloane-Stanley JA, Sutherland L, Meek S, Burdon T, Gibbons RJ, Garrick D, Higgs DR. An interspecies analysis reveals a key role for unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in vertebrate Polycomb complex recruitment. EMBO Journal Nov 2011