Dr Ashley Spencer

Dr Ashley Spencer is a Consultant Dermatologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

She graduated from Birmingham Medical School in the top 5% of her cohort, with honours, multiple distinctions and several prizes. Her initial postgraduate general medical training was in Birmingham, which included work at the Birmingham Skin Centre.

She ranked first nationally for entrance into dermatology specialist training, earning a place on the North London Dermatology Training Programme with rotations at Imperial College Healthcare and University College London Hospitals
NHS Trusts.

Dr Spencer has undertaken numerous research projects in fields such as genital dermatology, skin allergy, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and histiocytosis. She has presented her work nationally and internationally and has received multiple awards during her postgraduate training.

At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, she is and has been Principal Investigator (PI) on several clinical research studies. She is currently undertaking a part-time MD(Res) with Professor Chris Bunker at University College London, investigating the role of the microbiome in the aetiopathogenesis of female genital lichen sclerosis.

In her NHS practice, Dr Spencer holds clinics in medical dermatology and skin cancer and performs skin surgery. She also has a specialist lupus clinic where she works closely alongside her rheumatology and renal colleagues. Dr Spencer is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, British Association of Dermatologists, and British Society for the Study of Vulval disease.

Medical dermatology
Inflammatory skin disease (for example, eczema, psoriasis, acne)
Mole checks
Skin lesion diagnosis and removal
Skin cancer
Lupus and connective tissue disease