About Dr Tziotzios
Consultant Dermatologist specialising in Scalp and Hair Disorders
Biography
Dr Christos Tziotzios is a Consultant Dermatologist at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and adjunct Reader in Clinical and Molecular Dermatology at King’s College London. He is also Service Lead for the St. John’s Hair & Nail Clinic.
He graduated from the University of Cambridge and completed integrated academic training (NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship) in Dermatology at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology. During his NIHR-funded Doctorate, he undertook genetic studies which provided novel mechanistic insight into an immune-mediated and scarring form of alopecia affecting almost exclusively women. The work was published in Nature Communications and led to the identification of novel pathways with potential for therapeutic intervention. His research was further acknowledged with several prizes including the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) Whimster Prize, the BAD Wycombe Prize, the Royal Society of Medicine Dermatology Research Prize and the NIHR/BAD Award.
He currently holds a prestigious Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Academic Research Partnership (CARP) award and a British Skin Foundation (BSF) Young Investigator Award, for ongoing work in follicular biology and lichenoid inflammation with a focus on frontal fibrosing alopecia.
He has been national Chief Investigator for the ALLEGRO trials in alopecia areata (leading to the first NICE-approved, licensed treatment for alopecia); Chief Investigator for the REDWOOD study in alopecia areata; Chief Investigator for the Alopecia+Me (alopeciame.org) and Alopecia+us (alopeciaus.org) studies; he co-leads a national research network into the genetics of polysensitisation; and is Chief Investigator of the FFA-TREAT study, which looks to evaluate routine clinical care in frontal fibrosing alopecia.
Dr Tziotzios teaches, supervises and is examiner for undergraduate and MSc students at King’s College London and has been supervising postgraduate researchers.