Professor Anthony Chu
FRCP, Consultant Dermatologist, UK
Dr Chu trained at Guys Hospital, London, qualifying in 1975. He started his dermatology training at Guy’s Hospital and after a research sabbatical year at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, he completed has dermatology training at St Johns Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London. In 1982, he was awarded a Welcome Senior Research Fellowship and was appointed as a Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital. He is currently Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital and Ealing District Hospital.
In addition to running a busy clinical service, Dr Chu runs an investigative laboratory studying skin carcinogenesisis, the immunobiology of acne and the Langerhans cell in physiological states and in the disease Langerhans cell histiocytosis. He has a major interest in the use of laser technology in the treatment of acne, psoriasis and vitiligo. He has also evaluated various non-invasive methods for treating acne scarring and has developed a panel of treatments that can target most patients with acne scarring. He was the founder of the Acne Support Group, the only World charity for the acne and rosacea sufferers and is still the Honorary President of this charity. He is also a medical advisor for the Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance and the Marcus Nunn Histiocytosis Association UK.
