British dermatologist (born 1956)
Christopher Barry Bunker , FRCP dermatologist .
Early life and education
Prof. Bunker was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire , St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Westminster Hospital Medical School , London. He was trained in general medicine in London, Derby and Oxford, and received his dermatology training in London.[ 1] Sir Walter Langdon-Brown Prize for his postgraduate MD research on CGRP in Raynaud's phenomenon .[ 2]
Career
Prof. Bunker is currently a Consultant Dermatologist at University College Hospital , London, and holds honorary professorships at Imperial College London and University College London . With an h-index of 47, he has authored over 430 papers, letters, chapters and books.[ 3]
Practising in the field of male genital dermatology, Bunker wrote the book Male Genital Skin Disease [ 4] [citation needed He has established dedicated male-genital skin-disease clinics at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and University College Hospital , and a private practice at King Edward VII's Hospital , London. His other areas of expertise within dermatology include medical dermatology, HIV dermatology, inpatient dermatology and severe drug reactions. He has co-authored national guidelines for the management of lichen sclerosus, severe drug reactions and HIV-associated malignancies.[ 5]
Bunker was elected President of the British Association of Dermatologists in 2012 and held this office until 2014.[ 6] Royal College of Physicians between 2012 and 2014, and is currently (2015-) honorary secretary of the British Skin Foundation research charity.[ 7]
In 2019, he was awarded the Sir Archibald Gray Medal for outstanding services to dermatology.[ 6]
References
^ Who's Who 2019 ISBN 978-1408181201 ^ "EADV News". The OD . Vol. 53. EADV. 2014. p. 20. ^ "Chris Bunker" . Google Scholar . Retrieved 12 January 2020 .^ Bunker, Christopher (2014). Male Genital Skin Disease ISBN 978-0702027604 "Books" . Bruceshrink.co.uk . Retrieved 12 January 2020 .^ Creamer, D.; Walsh, S.A.; Dziewulski, P.; Exton, L.S.; Lee, H.Y.; Dart, J.K.G.; Setterfield, J.; Bunker, C.B.; Ardern‐Jones, M.R.; Watson, K.M.T.; Wong, G.A.E.; Philippidou, M.; Vercueil, A.; Martin, R.V.; Williams, G.; Shah, M.; Brown, D.; Williams, P.; Mohd Mustapa, M.F.; Smith, C.H.; McHenry, P.M.; Hughes, J.R.; Griffiths, M.; Gibbon, K.; McDonagh, A.J.; Buckley, D.A.; Nasr, I.; Swale, V.J.; Duarte Williamson, C.E.; et al. (2016). "U.K. guidelines for the management of Stevens–Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis in adults 2016" . British Journal of Dermatology . 174 (6): 1194– 1227. doi :10.1111/bjd.14530 . PMID 27317286 . S2CID 207074619 . Bower, Mark; Palfreeman, A.; Alfa-Wali, Maryam; Bunker, Chris; Burns, Fiona; Churchill, Duncan; Collins, Simon; Cwynarski, Kate; Edwards, Simon; Fields, Paul; Fife, Kate; Gallop-Evans, Eve; Kassam, Shireen; Kulasegaram, Ranjababu; Lacey, Charles; Marcus, Robert; Montoto, Sylvia; Nelson, Mark; Newsom-Davis, Tom; Orkin, Chloe ; Shaw, Kate; Tenant-Flowers, Melinda; Webb, Andrew; Westwell, Sarah; Williams, Matt (2014). "British HIV Association guidelines for HIV-associated malignancies 2014". HIV Medicine . 15 : 1– 92. doi :10.1111/hiv.12136 . PMID 24528810 . Lewis, F.M.; Tatnall, F.M.; Velangi, S.S.; Bunker, C.B.; Kumar, A.; Brackenbury, F.; Mohd Mustapa, M.F.; Exton, L.S.; McHenry, P.M.; Leslie, T.A.; Wakelin, S.; Hunasehally, R.Y.P.; Cork, M.; Johnston, G.A.; Chiang, N.; Worsnop, F.S.; Buckley, D.; Petrof, G.; Salin, A.; Callachand, N.; Saunders, C.; Salad, A.A. (2018). "British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of lichen sclerosus, 2018" . British Journal of Dermatology . 178 (4): 839– 853. doi :10.1111/bjd.16241 PMID 29313888 . ^ a b "Past Officers" . British Association of Dermatologists. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020 .^ "British Skin Foundation - Charity number: 1171373" . Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 17 September 2020 .
