Charles Institute Seminar Series 2022-23: Insights into the transformation of skin resident T-cells with Guest Speaker Prof Sean Whittaker,
Date of Talk: Wednesday 5th April, 2023 @12PM
Location: Charles Seminar Room / Online Via Zoom
Talk Title: Insights into the transformation of skin resident T-cells
Speaker Details: Professor Sean Whittaker
Cutaneous Oncology St Johns Institute of Dermatology | Kings College London
Medical Director for NHSE South East England Genomic Medicine Service and Laboratory Hub
Co-Director KHP Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Short Biography: Professor Sean Whittaker is a Consultant Dermatologist at St Johns Institute of Dermatology, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, with clinical and academic interests in cutaneous lymphoma and melanoma.
He was appointed Professor of Cutaneous Oncology in the School of Basic and Medical Biosciences at Kings College London in 2007, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on the molecular pathogenesis of cutaneous lymphomas.
He is currently Medical Director for the NHS South East England Genomic Medicine Service and Laboratory Hub and Co-Director of the King's Health Partners (KHP) Comprehensive Cancer Centre for South East London.
Previous administrative roles include Clinical Director for the Specialist Medicine Directorate at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust; Chair for NHS England Clinical Reference Group (CRG) and Lead for Skin Cancer; Chair of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Cutaneous Lymphoma Task Force; President of the International Society of Cutaneous Lymphomas (ISCL).
