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Maria-Angeliki

Gkini

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MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP

Consultant Dermatologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University
London
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United Kingdom
2023 Fellow
IPC Jr. Councilor
Dr. Maria-Angeliki Gkini qualified from the Medical School of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. She is an MSc holder in International Medicine-Health Crisis Management, and she completed her PhD, focusing on managing hair diseases. She completed her dermatology training at Barts Health NHS Trust in London, focusing on managing inflammatory skin diseases. She further pursued her clinical and research interests in Athens, Greece, and New York City, United States. She was a 2023 IPC Fellow and was mentored and hosted by Prof Alice Gottlieb at Mount Sinai. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

She is a Consultant Dermatologist at Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University. She runs the specialist medical dermatology (psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and hidradenitis suppurativa) and psychodermatology clinics. Her special interests include inflammatory skin diseases, advanced therapies (biologics and small molecules), hair diseases, and psychodermatology. Besides her clinical work, Dr Gkini is interested in clinical research and has been a principal and sub-investigator in more than 50 multicenter studies. She has significant teaching experience, including teaching at the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dermatology at Queen Mary University in London.

Dr. Gkini is actively involved in several organisations and societies and their committees, such as the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), the European Society of Dermatopathology (ESDAP), the IPC, and Alopecia United Kingdom. She has participated in numerous national and international congresses as a speaker/invited speaker, and she has published her research in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Gkini has also been awarded multiple prizes and grants by prestigious institutions and organisations, such as the EADV, the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), and the Royal College of Physicians.
Last Updated:
02/11/2025

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