Dr John Ashworth

Dr John Ashworth

Dermatology Clinical Lead

Professional Profile

Dr John Ashworth is a leading Consultant Dermatologist and is registered with the General Medical Council of Great Britain.

Educated at St.Bedes College in Manchester and Manchester Medical School, he carried out his medical elective at Johnston Willis Memorial Hospital in Virginia, USA.

Dr Ashworth has worked as a full time dermatologist since 1982 and gained specialist accreditation in dermatology from the Royal College of Physicians in 1989. He has worked throughout the UK in many hospitals in major cities, Glasgow, London, Preston, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester. He is the current Lead Consultant and Skin Cancer Chairman of his NHS Trust in Cheshire.

Dr Ashworth is a Member but was later elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, he is a consultant member of the British Association of Dermatologists and the British Society of Dermatological Surgeons.

He won in open competition a prestigious research fellowship awarded by the Medical Research Council. He has
gained several awards and prizes throughout his career and has over seventy publications.

Clinical Interests

  • Skin Cancer
  • Psoriasis
  • Skin aging
  • Acne
  • Warts
  • Skin allergies
  • Moles
  • Exzema