Genital Dermatology SIG
Aims:
To fulfil educational needs, and promote guidance and support, for clinicians with a specialist interest in genital dermatology.
Membership (2014):
Dr Sashidharan Parameswaran (Chair) |
Georgina Morris (Secretary) |
Dr Imali Fernando (Webmaster) |
Dr Serish Basavaraj (Treasurer) |
Dr Serish Basavaraj |
Dr Jillian Pritchard |
Dr Deepa Bansal |
Dr Anna Hartley (Trainee representative) |
Dr Sarah Edwards |
Advisory Panel:
Professor Chris Bunker, University College Hospital (Penile dermatology)
Dr Fiona Lewis, Guys and St Thomas Hospital (Vulval dermatology)
Dr David Nunns, Nottingham City Hospital (Vulval pain / Gynaecology)
Terms of reference:
TBC
Genital Dermatology SIG Activities:
Courses for 2014:
BASHH Genital Dermatology Course 2014
Friday 24th Oct 2014
Friend’s House (opposite Euston Station),
173 - 177 Euston Road, London.
NW1 2BJ
Guidelines:
- BASHH national guideline on the management of scabies (currently being updated)
- BASHH national guideline on the management balanitis (currently being updated)
- BASHH national guideline on the management of molluscum contagiosum (2014)
- BASHH national guideline on the management of vulval conditions (2014)
- European guideline for the management of balanoposthitis (2013)
- BSSVD Standards of care for women with vulval conditions (2013) –BASHH Genital Dermatology SIG input
Publications:
- Pearce J, I Fernando. The value of a multi-speciality service, including GUM, Dermatology and Urology input, in the management of male genital dermatoses. Int J STD AIDS (in press).
- BASHH Genital Dermatology Special Interest Group. Importance of genitourinary and urology colleagues working in harmony (letter, rapid response). BMJ 2013; 347: f1986.
- Sashidharan PN, Goorney B, Cassell J, Edwards S, Maw R, Kell P. Survey of the management of patients with genital dermatological problems in genitourinary/sexual health clinics in the UK (letter). Sex Transm Infect 2011; 87: 414.
- Hartley AJ, Hourihan M, Paige D, Williams A. Are specialist-led genital dermatology clinics a valuable and necessary part of sexual health service provision in the UK? Sex Transm Infect 2013; 89: 379.
Related Organisations & Useful Resources:
British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease (BSSVD): http://www.bssvd.org/
Vulval Pain Society: http://www.vulvalpainsociety.org
Association for Lichen Sclerosus and Vulval Health: http://www.lichensclerosus.org
UK Lichen Planus: http://www.uklp.org.uk
Minutes of past Genital Dermatology SIG meetings:
TBC