Christopher Bransby Zachary MD, MBBS, FRCP, MRCP

Dr. Zachary was born in Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicester, UK. Following his medical school education at the Royal Free Hospital, University of London, he subsequently trained in Internal Medicine and Dermatology. During his time at the Institute of Dermatology, Guys, and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, he gained an interest in Dermatologic Surgery. His formal surgical education was received at the Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

He returned to the UK in 1986 to set up the first Mohs and Laser Surgery unit in London. In 1988 he was recruited to the Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, as Director of the Cutaneous Surgery and Laser Center where he spent the next 9 years.

In 1997 he sold his boat and lakeside cabin and moved West to UCSF where he spent 8 splendid years with his friend and colleague Roy Grekin MD as Clinical Professor and Co-Director of the Cutaneous Surgery and Laser Center, UCSF, San Francisco, California. In 2005, he accepted the position as Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology at UC Irvine where he currently resides. This and his family are his main current projects.