Meet Dr.
Natalia Spierings
Consultant Dermatologist, Mohs Micrographic + Dermatological Surgeon, and Educator.
Meet Dr.
Natalia Spierings
Consultant Dermatologist, Mohs Micrographic + Dermatological Surgeon, and Educator.
This is the question I get most often from my patients. So here’s the story behind my Yankee twang: I was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, moved to Boston, USA, when I was 5, moved back to Rotterdam when I was 18 and moved to London to go to medical school when I was 21. And I’ve lived in England ever since – most of my life! (even though I’m not a day past 29….)
So, though I might sound like it, I am not actually American. Sorry to disappoint ;)
My medical training is
much more straightforward:
St. George’s, University of London, is where I embarked on my medical career. I stayed in the Southwest London area for all of my junior doctor and dermatology registrar training.
I decided to venture to Newcastle in the Great North for fellowship training in Mohs Micrographic and Dermatological Surgery, at the renowned Royal Victoria Infirmary, after I became a GMC-registered consultant dermatologist in 2016.
And finally I was thrilled to move ‘down south’ to Leeds to join an incredible team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a substantive consultant specialising in Mohs surgery, complex dermatological surgery and skin cancer.
It is such a huge subject and there is so much confusion out there: as a skin expert it is my responsibility to make sure that each of my patients leaves my office with the most effective, science-based treatments to help them achieve beautiful skin and face their world with confidence, every day.
GMC NUMBER:
7018298
MEDICAL TRAINING
St. George’s, University of London
DERMATOLOGY TRAINING
St. George’s, University of London
Entered the Dermatology Specialist Register in August 2016
MOHS MICROGRAPHIC & DERMATOLOGICAL SURGERY FELLOWSHIP TRAINING:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle