PERSONAL DETAILS
Age: 36
Nationality: British
GMC number: 7070483
CURRENT POSITIONS
ST6 Dermatology, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Research Fellow, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex
Honorary Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter
Visiting Lecturer in Dermatology & Infectious Diseases – Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (UAGro) Mexico
QUALIFICATIONS
MRCP (UK) 2017
MSc 2013 (LSHTM, Tropical Medicine & International Health)
DTM&H 2013 (LSHTM)
MBChB 2010 (Edinburgh)
AWARDS RECEIVED
EADV Healthcare Professional Scholarship (EADV Spring Symposium, Seville, May 2023)
BAD/AAD scholarship (AAD meeting, New Orleans, March 2023)
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2021 Small Grant – “Risk factors for mycetoma in Mexico”
BAD Global Dermatology Bursary 2021
NIHR/BAD Research Bursary 2019 – “Tropical lymphoedema and disability” (Prof. Gail Davey)
NIHR/BAD Research Bursary 2018 – “Integrative medicine applied to tropical dermatology” (Prof. Terence Ryan)
Distinction – MSc, Tropical Medicine & International Health (LSHTM)
Best Poster – British Society for Paediatric Dermatology (BSPD) Annual Meeting 2015, Oxford
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st Prize – Kligman Essay Competition 2013: “The effects of ageing on skin of colour” (BAD, Senior Skin Group)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
British Society for Medical Mycology
International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
British Association of Dermatologists
British Society for Medical Dermatology
British Society for Skin Care in Immunosuppressed Individuals
Royal Society of Medicine, Fellow
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Invited Lectures:
– Brazilian Dermatology Society, Mycology Conference (March 2023) – ‘Fungal infections in the era of biologics’
– East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians ECSACOP (2022) – ‘Dermatological emergencies’
– Libya Central Hospital (2020) – ‘Cutaneous leishmaniasis’
Editorial Board and Section Editor, Community Skin Health Journal
Guest Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Global Health Dermatology committee, British Association of Dermatologists
Executive committee, British Society for Medical Mycology
Tropical Dermatology Task Force, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dermatology experience
Instituto Azulay, Rio de Janeiro (Dr Regina Schechtman) May 2022 – Jun 2022
INI Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro (Dr Dayvison Freitas)
Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City Sep 2021 – Dec 2021
Dermatology (Dr Ivonne Arellano) and Mycology (Professor Alexandro Bonifaz)
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Jan 2020 – Aug 2021
ST4-5 Dermatology
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Aug 2018 – Jan 2020
ST3-4 Dermatology
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London May 2017 – Jun 2018
SpR (LAS) Dermatology
King’s College Hospital, London Dec 2013
Observer: skin infection clinic (Prof. Rod Hay)
The Leprosy Mission (TLM) Home & Hospital, Purulia, West Bengal, India Jun 2013 – Aug 2013
Visiting Researcher and Observer
Research experience
MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford Sep 2013 – Aug 2014
Clinical Research Fellow: cutaneous immunology (Prof. Graham Ogg)
St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London Mar 2012
Visiting research fellow: immunology laboratory (Prof. Frank Nestle)
Medical training
Core Medical Trainee (CT3): Charing Cross Hospital, London Aug 2016 – Mar 2017
Acute Medicine
Core Medical Trainee (CT2): Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, London Aug 2015 – Jul 2016
Haematology, Intensive care medicine, Renal medicine
Core Medical Training (CT1): Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley Aug 2014 – Jul 2015
Geriatric medicine, Acute medicine, Respiratory medicine
Foundation Year 2: Whipps Cross University Hospital, London Aug 2011 – Jul 2012
Dermatology and GU/HIV medicine, General Practice, Accident & Emergency medicine
Foundation Year 1: Broomfield Hospital, Essex Aug 2010 – Jul 2011
Upper GI surgery, Gastroenterology, Vascular surgery
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journals
• Chandler DJ, Yamamoto R, Hay RJ. Use of direct microscopy to diagnose superficial mycoses – a survey of UK dermatology
practice. Br J Dermatol. 2023: ljad213. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad213.
• Chandler DJ, Bonifaz A, van de Sande WWJ. An update on the development of novel antifungal agents for eumycetoma. Front
Pharmacol. 2023; 14: 1165273. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1165273.
• Escalante L, Granizo-Rubio J, et int., and Chandler D. Successful treatment of mucosal neuromas by radiofrequency ablation in
a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B. Skin Health Dis. 2022.
• Chandler D, Fuentes-Gonzalez M, Bonifaz A. Mini-mycetoma due to Nocardia asteroides: a short report from Mexico. Clin
Exp Dermatol. 2022 Mar 10. doi: 10.1111/ced.15172
• Chandler D. Direct microscopy in the dermatology clinic: enhancing the management of skin infections and infestations. Clin
Exp Dermatol. 2022 Feb 4. doi: 10.1111/ced.15118.
• Chandler DJ, Grijsen ML, Fuller LC. With bare feet in the soil: podoconiosis, a neglected cause of tropical lymphoedema.
Dermatology. 2021; 237(2): 236-247. doi: 10.1159/000506045.
• Chandler DJ, Fuller LC. Removing the mystery of mite isolation – opening up scabies diagnosis? Br J Dermatol. 2020;
182(1): 21-22. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18429.
• Chandler DJ, Fuller LC. A Review of Scabies: An Infestation More than Skin Deep. Dermatology. 2019; 235(2): 79-90. doi:
10.1159/000495290.
• Chandler DJ, Fuller LC. The Skin—A Common Pathway for Integrating Diagnosis and Management of NTDs. Trop Med
Infect Dis. 2018; 3(3): 101. doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030101
• Chandler D, Hay RJ. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation Time-Of-Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry in
Dermatology. Acta Derm Venereol. 2018; 98(3): 304. doi: 10.2340/00015555-2838
• Chandler D. Integrated care and leprosy in India: a role for Indian systems of medicine and traditional health practice in the
eradication of leprosy. Special Section: Integrative Medicine. Current Science. 2016; 111(2): 351-5.
• Jarrett R et al. Filaggrin inhibits generation of CD1a neolipid antigens by house dust mite-derived phospholipase. Sci Transl
Med. 2016; 8(325): 325ra18.
• Chandler DJ, Hansen KS, Mahato B, Darlong J, John A, Lockwood DNJ. Household Costs of Leprosy Reactions (ENL) in
Rural India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015; 9(1):e0003431.
• Chandler DJ, Bewley A. Ustekinumab for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. Exp Rev Clin Pharm. 2014; 7(2): 111-21.
• McLean S, Chandler D, Nurmatov U, Liu J, Pagliari C, Car J, Sheikh A. Telehealthcare for asthma: a Cochrane review. CMAJ.
2011; 183(11): E733-42.
• McLean S, Chandler D, Nurmatov U, Liu J, Pagliari C, Car J, Sheikh A. Telehealthcare for asthma. Cochrane Database Syst
Rev. 2010; (10): CD007717. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007717.pub2.
Book chapters
• Chandler DJ, Bewley AP. Cutaneous Reactions to the Biologics. In: Hall JC, ed. Skin Diseases in the Immunocompromised.
London, Springer London, 2014: 71–86.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations
• McCluskey J, Hickling L, Iwuji C, Chandler D. Skin disease in people living with HIV in the UK: a retrospective analysis.
BAD 103rd Annual Meeting. Liverpool. June 27-29, 2023.
• Hickling L, McCluskey J, Iwuji C, Chandler D. Fungal infections in people living with HIV in the post-ART era: A
retrospective analysis in a UK tertiary centre. Fungal Update: Mycology 2023. London. March 24-25, 2023.
• Chandler D. Leprosy-related disability in India: highlighting male gender as a risk factor. BAD 101st Annual Meeting. July 6-
8, 2021.
• Chandler D. Deep fungal infections. 26th International CME conference, Regional Dermatology Training Centre. Moshi,
Tanzania. January 13-15, 2021.
• Chandler D, et al. Folliculitis decalvans: a challenging case. Royal Society of Medicine, Dermatology meeting. April 2019.
• Chandler D. Integrated control of NTDs affecting the skin. 24th International CME conference, Regional Dermatology
Training Centre. Moshi, Tanzania. January 9-12, 2019.
• Chandler D. Developing tropical dermatology through intersectoral research. The 8th National Colloquium on Evidence Based
Integrative Medicine for Lymphatic Filariasis and other Chronic Dermatoses. Kasaragod, India. January 22-25, 2018.
• Chandler D. Essential variables for a clinical investigator in dermatology. The 8th National Colloquium on Evidence Based
Integrative Medicine for Lymphatic Filariasis and other Chronic Dermatoses. Kasaragod, India. January 22-25, 2018.
• Chandler D, et al. The economic impact of erythema nodosum leprosum in northern India. LEPCON 2014, 29th Biennial
Conference of Indian Association of Leprologists. Chandigarh, India. March 28-30, 2014.
• Chandler D, et al. Management of childhood atopic eczema in primary care: highlighting the need to change practice. British
Society for Paediatric Dermatology (BSPD) 28th Annual Meeting. London, UK. November 8-9, 2013.
• Spencer A, Chandler D, et al. Cutaneous and pulmonary phaeohyphomycosis secondary to Alternaria species in a cardiac
transplant recipient. BAD 98th Annual Meeting. July 3-5, 2018.
• Evdoxia P, Chandler D, Vega-Lopez F. Changing patterns in HIV dermatology with the advent of Highly Active
Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in London, UK. 13th EADV Spring Symposium. Athens, Greece. May 19-22, 2016.
Poster presentations
• Yamamoto R, Chandler DJ, Hay RJ. Use of direct microscopy to diagnose superficial mycoses – a survey of UK dermatology
practice. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Spring Symposium. Seville. May 18-20, 2023.
• Kim J, Stannard G, Chandler D, Ali M. Management of childhood atopic eczema in the paediatric dermatology clinic. 20th
European Society for Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD) Annual Meeting. Vienna. May 12-14, 2021.
• Hammond D, Chandler DJ. Management of cellulitis in adults: optimising investigation and antimicrobial prescribing. 29th
EADV Congress. Vienna. October 28 – Nov 1, 2020.
• Chandler D et al. Langerhans cell histiocytosis associated with Erdheim-Chester disease. BAD 98th Annual Meeting. July 3-5,
2018.
• Chandler D et al. Eruptive acral melanocytic naevi following treatment of metastatic germ cell tumour. BAD 98th Annual
Meeting. July 3-5, 2018.
• Chandler D. Continued neglect of skin exam by generalists…closing the loop. BAD 98th Annual Meeting. July 3-5, 2018.
• Chandler D, Vega-Lopez F. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in children. British Society for Paediatric Dermatology (BSPD) Annual
Meeting. Oxford, UK. October 2-3, 2015.
• Chandler D. Continued neglect of skin exam by generalists… 15th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin (WCCS).
Edinburgh, UK. September 3-6, 2014.
• Ramasami S, Lightburn J, Chandler D, Lascar M. HIV testing and linking into care – a clinical governance exercise. 18th
Annual Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA). Birmingham, UK. April 18-20, 2012.
RESEARCH TRAINING
• GCP refresher training, NIHR – March 2023.
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Research Governance training, University of Oxford – October 2013.
REFEREES
Dr Susannah George Professor Gail Davey
Consultant Dermatologist Professor of Global Health Epidemiology
Dermatology Department Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research
Brighton General Hospital Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Brighton, BN2 3EW University of Sussex, BN1 9PX
Email: susannahgeorge@nhs.net Email: G.Davey@bsms.ac.uk