Elizabeth Ogden

Liz Ogden went to St Andrews and then Manchester Universities, graduating in 1975. She undertook her vocational training in Enfield, Middlesex before becoming a GP principal in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. After five years in General Practice she moved abroad and worked for six years in Bermuda. While there Liz's passion for dermatology was rekindled, and on returning to the UK she enrolled in the Cardiff Diploma Course in Dermatology. Upon completion of this in 1993, Liz became a Clinical Assistant at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, working for Dr Tina Green. She has continued to develop her interest in Dermatology and is now an Associate Specialist at both the Lister Hospital North Herts and also in West Herts where she works in the community and in secondary care clinics.
Liz also has a strong interest in Women’s Health and does community sexual and reproductive health sessions. She is an MFFP examiner for the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. She has a particular interest in Vulval Dermatology and runs a dedicated clinic for this in Enfield.

Liz is keen on GP and nurse postgraduate education and is particularly interested in promoting greater Dermatology input into both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. She has been on the PCDS committee for the last 7 years, contributing particularly to the Society’s educational events and has been Secretary of the Society for the past 4 years.

Liz represents the PCDS on the Skin Care Campaign, an umbrella organization for skin charities, which lobbies parliament to improve services for dermatology patients, and through this has had a role in rewriting the GP Registrar Dermatology Curriculum.