Hollywood Private Hospital
Prof Prasad Kumarasinghe is a Specialist Dermatologist whose main focus is on phototherapy, surgery for skin cancers, melanoma, skin diseases, patch testing for contact dermatitis, paediatric dermatology, pigmentary disorders, skin infections and vitiligo.
Western Dermatology, Hollywood Medical Centre, Suite 47, 85 Monash Avenue
Nedlands, WA, 6009
Tel: 08 9389 6736 Fax: 08 9389 6748
Healthlink: wstnderm
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Clinical Practice
Prof Prasad Kumarasinghe is a Specialist Dermatologist at Hollywood Private Hospital whose main focus is on phototherapy, surgery for skin cancers, melanoma, skin diseases, patch testing for contact dermatitis, paediatric dermatology, pigmentary disorders, skin infections and vitiligo. He also is a Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Western Australia helping to train the next cohort of doctors.
Background & Training
Prof Kumarasinghe graduated MBBS (University of Colombo) in 1983. He completed his MD in 1989 in Sri Lanka and completed dermatology training in Sri Lanka and Australia. He worked as a consultant dermatologist in several university/teaching hospitals in Sri Lanka and Singapore before migrating to Australia.
At the National Skin Centre in Singapore he was a Senior Consultant Dermatologist. He was the Head of The Pigmentary Disorders Clinic at the National Skin Centre in Singapore. He was appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Western Australia in 2011. He was a regular clinical teacher and a supervisor of research projects as well as a Clinical Supervisor/Examiner in Dermatology in Sri Lanka and Singapore.
Research Interests
Prof Kumarasinghe has research interests in tropical dermatology, pigmentary disorders and melanoma. He was the Founder President (2004-2007) of the Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research.
He is also the Founder President of the patient support group Vitiligo Association of Australia(website vitiligo.org.au).
He has authored or co-authored over 80 scientific papers and has written chapters in several dermatology books.
He has delivered lectures as a guest speaker in many countries. He has wide editorial experience and has served as the Editor of Sri Lanka Journal of Dermatology and is a regular reviewer for Australian and many international dermatology journals.
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