Consultant Profile

Dr Robert White MBChB, DFSRH, MRCGP, PGDipClinDerm (Dist.), GPwER (Level 3)

Practising at: Margate

Specialties: Dermatology, Skin Surgery, Mole Mapping

Special clinical interests:
Skin Lesion Management
Mole Mapping
Skin Surgery
Medical Dermatology
Cryotherapy

Current NHS and /or university posts:
General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) specialising in Dermatology and Skin Surgery

Year of first medical qualification and medical school attended: University of Leeds Medical School, 2005

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
Royal College of General Practitioners
British Association of Dermatology
Primary Care Dermatology Society
British Society for Dermatological Surgery
British Society for Medical Dermatology

Background Information

Dr Robert White is an accredited GP with Extended Role (GPwER) in Dermatology and Skin Lesion Management.

He is joint Clinical Lead for the NHS East Kent Community Dermatology Service and undertakes both medical and surgical dermatology in patients of all ages. He has over 15 years of dermatology experience in various roles.

Dr White gained his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degrees from the University of Leeds Medical School in 2005; he then worked in West Yorkshire hospitals before moving to St Mary’s Hospital in London. He qualified as a General Practitioner in South Kensington in 2010. After time working in expedition medicine in locations across the globe, Dr White worked as a GP in New Zealand returning to the UK to take up a GP position in East Sussex. In 2015 he moved to Whitstable and remains a GP Partner at Whitstable Medical Practice.

Since joining in 2015 Dr White and the team of the East Kent Community Dermatology Service have grown their service from one to nine sites across East Kent and pride themselves in providing high quality care to NHS patients.

Dr White’s areas of particular interest are skin lesion assessment, mole mapping and skin surgery; including low-risk skin cancer excisions. He is also experienced in medical dermatology and the management of skin conditions such as eczema, acne, psoriasis and urticaria in patients of all ages. Dr White is a member of both the British Association of Dermatologists and the Primary Care Dermatology Society.

As a GP with Extended Role in Dermatology and Skin Surgery Dr White is able to bring his extensive knowledge of multiple medical and surgical specialties to his patients. This offers dermatology patients specialist care but with a holistic outlook, to ensure that any treatment fits with their overall health and wellbeing.

Dr White lives locally with his wife and two school-aged children. When not working, coaching rugby or ferrying children to sports fixtures he is to be found playing golf, ideally with his dog.