Dr Christopher Rowland Payne

Career: conslt dermatologist and landowner; house surgn St Bart's Hosp London 1978; house physician: Med Prof Unit Royal Infirmary Edinburgh 1978, Royal Marsden Hosp 1979; dermatological registrar St Thomas's Hosp London 1980-83, dermatological sr registrar Westminster Hosp 1983-89; professeur universitaire Faculté de Medecine de Paris 1985-86; conslt dermatologist: Kent and Canterbury Hosp 1990-94, William Harvey Hosp Kent 1990-97, Cromwell Hosp London 1990-2000, The London Clinic 1995-, Royal Marsden Hosp 1997-2001; clinical prof of dermatology Ross Univ NY 1990; visiting prof of dermatology Univ of Sci and Technol Kumasi Ghana 1995; ed Jl of Cosmetic Dermatology 2000-04; Roxburgh prize 1977; Br Assoc of Dermatologists awards 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1993; Dowling Club prizes: 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, MRC project grant 1988-89; RCP award 1989; sec-gen Euro Soc for Cosmetic and Aesthetic Dermatology 1997- (pres 1998-99); hon memb Société Française de Dermatologie; memb: Br Assoc of Dermatologists, Int Soc for Dermatological Surgery; UK co-ordinator Euro Soc for Laser Dermatology; HAC 1974-76; Freeman City of London, Liveryman Worshipful Soc of Apothecaries

Books and Publications: contrib: BMJ, Lancet, British Jl of Dermatology, Jl of Cosmetic Dermatology and others