Stafford Skincare

providing specialist dermatology care

Anne Ward - MD FRCP
Biography

Dr. Anne Ward has been an accredited NHS Consultant Dermatologist since 1996 and is on the UK Specialist Register for Dermatology and the UK General Medical Council.

She graduated from Queen’s University of Belfast in 1987 with an Honours degree, coming first in her year. Undergraduate prizes include The Taylor Prize in Dermatology, The Sinclair Medal in Surgery and the Whitla Prize in Therapeutics and Pharmacology. She completed her MD Thesis in 1993 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (London) in 2002. Her dermatology training was undertaken in teaching hospitals in Belfast, Birmingham and Bristol.

After her appointment as Consultant Dermatologist at Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust, she became the Lead Clinician for Skin Cancer Services for Mid Staffordshire (1996 – 2005). During this time, she raised the standard of care for skin cancer patients such that her skin cancer team was ranked first for patient care and services in all of the West Midlands in the last two consecutive NHS Skin Cancer Peer Reviews (2002 & 2005/06).

In 2001 she started the Photodynamic therapy (PDT) service for skin cancer patients, and is still only one of a few doctors in the UK providing this service. Having noticed the improvement in the appearance and the texture of people’s skin receiving PDT for skin cancer, she subsequently set up a PDT skin rejuvenation service. This interest in the aesthetic enhancement of aging and wrinkled skin led to her further specialising in a variety of non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as wrinkle relaxing injections (Botox®).

In 2006, Dr. Ward was appointed Lead Clinician in Dermatology at Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust.

Dr. Ward set up Stafford Skincare where she sees patients with all types of dermatological problems including skin cancers and vulval complaints. She holds specialist sessions for non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as Botox® wrinkle relaxing injections and PDT skin rejuvenation.

She is a member of the British Association of Dermatologists, The British Cosmetic Dermatology Group, and The British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease.

© K.A.Ward 2009