Dr Rachel Fisher

Dr Fisher completed her undergraduate training at the University of Bristol. During her post-graduate medical training, she spent a year in Birmingham as a teaching fellow educating medical students in dermatology and general medicine before completing a six-month post as a Senior House Officer in Dermatology at King’s College Hospital, London. She then went on to secure a specialist training position in Dermatology in the Thames Valley Deanery and now works as an NHS consultant at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. She is the current departmental clinical lead for dermatology in Reading and West Berkshire. She also runs the vulval service at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, sits on the Council of the British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease (BSSVD) and is the British Association of Dermatologists’ vulval representative, helping to organise national and international meetings and write guidelines in vulval dermatology.

Dr Fisher has a specialist interest in skin cancer, vulval dermatology and medical education. She has a Master’s degree in Medical Education from Warwick University and is on the council of the British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease (BSSVD). She set up a regional primary care educational programme in 2022, which continues to be a success today. Dr Fisher has presented nationally and internationally on a range of topics and published in peer-reviewed journals. She is actively involved in research and is both a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator in active research studies.

Away from work, Dr Fisher enjoys spending time on her allotment, choral singing and playing tennis.