Dr Eugene Ong

Dr Eugene Ong is a consultant dermatologist, skin surgeon and board-certified skin pathologist based in London who specialises in the treatment and management of skin cancer, eczema, acne, psoriasis, male genital dermatology conditions, and moles. Dr Ong currently consults privately at Skin55. He also reports skin pathology for LD Path and practises at St George’s Hospital in the NHS.

Dr Ong qualified from the University of Oxford with a BMBCh and an intercalated MA in Medical Sciences. He completed his medical training in Oxford, London (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and University College London Hospital) and Australia (St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne) before completing a two-year fellowship in dermatopathology at the renowned St John’s Institute of Dermatology. Dr Ong completed his dermatopathology board certifying examinations with the International Committee for Dermatopathology-European Union of Medical Specialists and the Royal College of Pathologists, allowing him to report skin biopsies independently at a specialist tertiary referral consultant level.

Dr Ong sits on the editorial advisory board for BAD’s Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Journal, and has published in over 20 high-impact peer-reviewed journals such as the JAAD. He is involved in dermatological research into moles, skin cancer and inflammatory dermatology, and is particularly interested in the correlation of microscope to clinical findings.

Dr Ong has received a number of accolades for his clinical work, including placing first in the national LD path Dermatopathology cup, and his research has also featured on BBC News and BBC Radio.