Dr Michael Farrugia

I am a Consultant Dermatologist at Spire Shawfair Park and at the Lauriston Building (NHS Lothian) in central Edinburgh. I graduated from the University of Malta in 2012 and moved to the UK to do foundation training in Oxford. I then moved to Edinburgh and underwent specialty training in Dermatology between 2016 and 2020.

My NHS and private practice both cover all major areas of the specialty: adults with severe complex eczema and psoriasis who require immunosuppressive treatments and biologics, patients with skin cancer requiring surgical treatment, adolescents and young adults with acne, patients with autoimmune skin rashes such as lupus or urticaria, and children with a variety of rashes and skin growths.

In the private sector I also treat non-cancerous skin lesions such as seborrhoeic keratoses, sebaceous cysts, skin tags, benign moles etc. I perform full body mole assessments using dermatoscopy.

I have a postgraduate degree in clinical education and teach medical students and prospective dermatology trainees prior to their interviews. I supervise and support registrars throughout their training, as well as prescribing pharmacists and advanced nurse practitioners in their roles in the multidisciplinary team.

I am an executive member of the Scottish Dermatological Society representing Edinburgh and the Lothians. I am also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and a member of the British Association of Dermatologists and numerous special interest groups. I presented at several national and international conferences and published original research and book chapters.