Our Team

Our Team
Bringing your skin vision to life














We provide both Medical and Aesthetic Dermatology services to meet your needs. We strive to provide every patient with compassion, understanding and an individual focused approach to ensure the highest level of satisfaction.


Meet the clinicians who are specialised in medical and aesthetic dermatology.  We see big potential in every moment and care deeply about what we do every day. Our approach to is to listen to your needs and wishes, treat with exceptional expertise and care throughout your journey. Our unique development guarantees that we have experienced and knowledgeable staff at every level of operation. Our leadership team reflects a group of diverse individuals with breadth and depth of experience across the company.


Annette Aldridge MSc, PGCE, RGN NMC:87CO993E
Founder and Clinical Director

Annette has worked in Dermatology since 1994. 

Annette developed a Dermatology Nursing role initially at North West London Hospital and then relocated to a regional Dermatology Unit specialising in Photodermatology and LASER.

This was followed by working in a North London Hospital and building up a Dermatology Nursing Department from one to eleven nurses where she undertook supervision and training for nurses to undertake Phototherapy, Skin Surgery, Allergy Testing , Photodynamic Therapy, Allergy Testing, Skin Cancer Support, and Drug Monitoring. During her time there the department became the largest Skin Cancer service in London where she ended up heading up the nursing service across five sites.

Annette currently works for an NHS Trust as the Lead Nurse and joint Lead of the service. She has set up a dedicated Skin Cancer Service, and along with re-structuring the department where she has implemented dedicated paediatric, acne, biologics, and hyperhidrosis clinics. She is a adept at skin flaps and grafts as well as wound care and leg ulcer management. Annette is a recognised trainer in skin surgery and regularly teaches doctors and nurses in this advanced skill. 

Every few months, attends the University of Hertfordshire as a visiting lecturer. 

Skills
Dermoscopy - to identify benign and malignant lesions
Cryosurgery
Skin Surgery
Allergy Testing
Hyperhidrosis treatment
SkinPen Microneedling
Cosmetic Injectables 
Microsclerotherapy
Medical Grade Skin Care

Publications
Aldridge A, (2015) Dealing with common skin lesions in older people. Journal of Community Nursing 29 (6) 53-61
Aldridge, A (2014)The Role of the Community Nurse in Psoriatic Comorbidities Intervention. British Journal of Community Nursing 19 (1) 38-42.


Hello my name is Wynter, and I was born on 16th December 2018

and weighed 238g!

I am a registered Hearing Dog for Deaf People and I work alongside Annette Aldridge the Clinical Director.





Rachel Allen
Director, Healthcare Assistant/Receptionist


Rachel's career started in Wales on a psychiatrist care of the elderly ward as a Healthcare Assistant then moving to a Forensic Psychiatric Unit for 8 years. She thoroughly enjoyed her role before moving to England.  

For the past several years, Rachel has owned and run an organic small holding. 

Rachel has a keen interest in Dermatology which is why she has become a Director for the clinic. Her role within the day to day running of the clinic will be to assist with clinical procedures alongside making your appointments, organise invoicing and offering a warm friendly welcome. 


Oana Olarasu BSc, RN
NMC: 14I2680E
Dermatology Surgical Assistant

Oana was born in Romania were she gained a Physiotherapy degree which she had equivalated on her arrival in the United Kingdom in 2007. Always keen to learn and develop her skills, Oana's career path change in 2015 when she obtained Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Adult Nursing from London South Bank University.

Throughout her career she has worked in various hospitals, several other hospitals across the UK, including London based teaching foundation Trusts. She has extensive experience in the NHS and community healthcare and social services, specializing in Learning disabilities.

Following qualification, Oana has focused her career in the field of Dermatology, discovering her passion for this specialty. Currently, she works as a Dermatology Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist within a NHS Trust. Her skills include performing surgical procedures in Dermatology, undertaking Photodynamic Therapy, utilizing dermoscopy,, providing phototherapy, managing complex wound care, and serving as a Scrub Nurse for Plastic Surgery related to Skin Cancer. 

She also has a special interest in Integra dressing, conducting individual assessments, and working with patients with Learning Disabilities. Furthermore, Oana possesses expertise in risk assessment and exhibits strong communication skills and problem-solving abilities.




Dr Salma Al-Ramadhani qualified from Queen Mary University, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, in 2006. Her foundation years of training were spent doing rotations in general medicine and surgery, in both London and Essex. She expressed an early interest in Histopathology and chose to do a four month rotation working in the Cellular Pathology department. 

On completing her two year foundation training, she embarked on a two year MD degree which involved working with a team to set up and validate an intra-operative test to detect breast cancer in lymph nodes. This resulted in a diagnostic test which has helped hundreds of breast cancer patients. During this time she learnt valuable skills in communication, organisation and management as well as practical laboratory skills which she was able to demonstrate during her training in Histopathology and still applies in her current post as a Consultant in Histopathology.
 
After her MD, she started her training in Histopathology, rotating to several hospitals from district general hospitals (in Kent and Essex) to three separate University Teaching Hospitals in London. During her training, she has reported over 5000 histology cases and over 1500 non-gynaecological cytology cases. She was responsible for the macroscopic dissection and microscopic reporting of many different sub-specialties including Skin, Gastro-intestinal, Breast, Gynaecological, Head and Neck, Urological and Lung specimens. In her later stages of training, she participated in multidisciplinary team meetings where she communicated with clinicians, taking part in management decisions of patients. It was during her training that she developed a specialist interest in skin pathology. During her last year of training, she worked at a NHS Foundation Trust in London, a leading centre for the diagnosis and management of skin pathology, gaining valuable experience and contacts with other specialist skin Consultants. 

She gained her certificate of completion of training in 2018 and took up a Consultant post in Essex where she is the lead pathologist in skin. Her reporting work is predominantly skin pathology and she participates in the weekly skin multidisciplinary meeting. Part of her reporting includes benign skin lesions, inflammatory dermatoses and malignant skin tumours including melanomas. During her time, she has built up good working relationships with the local Dermatologists and with the expert Skin Histopathologists in Cambridge and London. Part of her role as the skin lead is to keep up to date with the latest guidelines and practices in Dermatopathology by attending conferences and courses. 

She enjoys training and teaching and is an educational supervisor to two junior doctors and teaches skin pathology to the junior doctors in her department.
Dr Al-Ramadhani demonstrates her hardworking ethic, compassion and dedication in her role as a Histopathologist, evidenced by the feedback provided by her colleagues and trainees.   
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