Dr Ling Li

Dr Ling Li is a Consultant Dermatologist who completed her specialist training in the Oxford Deanery, gaining her Certificate of Completion of Training in Dermatology in 2025. She studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, graduating MB BChir in 2017 with a distinction at Final MB, and holds MRCP (UK) and the Specialty Certificate Examination in Dermatology.

At Derma her practice focuses on patch testing and cutaneous allergy, an area of special interest, alongside broader experience in general and lesional dermatology and dermatological surgery. She is an active member of the British Association of Dermatologists, the British Society for Cutaneous Allergy and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Within the British Society for Cutaneous Allergy she is an active member of the patient information leaflet subgroup, and has led the update and publication of the Society’s patient leaflets on chromium, BHA and BHT.

Alongside her clinical work she has contributed widely to teaching, research and service improvement, with peer-reviewed publications and national presentations. Dr Li is passionate about delivering excellent, patient-centred care, and takes a thorough and approachable manner with every patient – taking time to explain diagnoses and treatment options clearly.

Outside of work, Ling enjoys gym classes, reading non-fiction and playing the piano, with a soft spot for relaxing pieces such as Chopin’s Nocturnes and works by the modern composer Yiruma.