About Bjorn Thomas
Dr Björn Thomas is a Consultant Dermatologist specialising in skin cancer and inflammatory skin conditions. He previously served as Clinical Lead of the Melanoma Service at the St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
He holds a PhD from research into atopic eczema, recognised by the Royal Society of Medicine Trainee Research Prize. He graduated from St George's Hospital Medical School with distinction in pre-clinical and clinical skills.
He completed his specialist dermatology training at Barts Health and the Royal Free, followed by a Dermato-Oncology Fellowship at Guy's and St Thomas' focused on cutaneous lymphoma and melanoma. He performs skin surgery for both benign and cancerous lesions, and steroid injections for a range of conditions including keloid scars, acne, and hidradenitis suppurativa. He is a Trustee of the British Association of Dermatologists
Expertise
- Acne
- Rosacea
- Eczema
- Sun Damage
- Skin Cancers
- Melanoma
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English
- Online profiles
- Research highlights
Morris, S.L., Thomas, B.R., Palanicawandar, R. et al. Long term outcomes of
nonmyeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation with TSEB TLI and ATG for Mycosis
Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-024-02236-zCarsten Flohr, Anna Rosala-Hallas, Ashley P Jones, Paula Beattie, Susannah Baron, Fiona
Browne, Sara J Brown, Joanna E Gach, Danielle Greenblatt, Ross Hearn, Eva Hilger, Ben
Esdaile, Michael J Cork, Emma Howard, Marie-Louise Lovgren, Suzannah August, Farhiya
Ashoor, Paula R Williamson, Tess McPherson, Donal O’Kane, Jane Ravenscroft, Lindsay
Shaw, Manish D Sinha, Catherine Spowart, Leonie S Taams, Bjorn R Thomas, Mandy
Wan, Tracey H Sach, Alan D Irvine, the TREAT Trial Investigators , Efficacy and safety of
ciclosporin versus methotrexate in the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis in children
and young people (TREAT): a multicentre parallel group assessor-blinded clinical
trial, British Journal of Dermatology, 2023. PMID: 37722926 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad281
Thomas BR, Tan XL, Van Duijvenboden S, Hogan SC, Hughes AJ, Tawfik SS, Dhoat S, Atkar
R, Robinson EJ, Rahman SR, Rahman S, Ahmed RA, Begum R, Khanam H, Bourne EL,
Wozniak EL, Mein CA, Kelsell DP, O’Toole EA. Deep palmar phenotyping in atopic eczema:
patterns associated with filaggrin variants, disease severity and barrier function in a
South Asian population. British Journal of Dermatology. 2023 February 25. PMID:
36840480 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad036Thomas BR, Tan XL, Javadzadeh S, Robinson EJ, McDonald BS, Krupiczojc MA, Rahman
SR, Rahman S, Ahmed RA, Begum R, Khanam H, Kelsell DP, Grigg J, Knell RJ, O’Toole EA.
Modelling of temporal exposure to the ambient environment and eczema severity. JID
Innovations. 2021 October 8. PMID: 34993502 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjidi.2021.100062
Steele L, Velazquez-Pimentel D, Thomas BR. Do AI models recognize rare, aggressive skin
cancers? An assessment of a direct-to-consumer application in the diagnosis of Merkel
cell carcinoma and amelanotic melanoma. Journal of the European Academy of
Dermatology and Venerology. 2021 July 9. PMID 34242437 https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.17517- Professional memberships
Royal College of Physicians
Royal Society of Medicine
Consultations and services
- Self-pay available from £350
- Health insurance
- Self-pay available from £295
- Health insurance
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