Louis Weatherhead BSc, MBBS, DABD, FRCPC

Dr Weatherhead is a graduate of the University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, 1978. He pursued a residency in Dermatology at the University of Ottawa and received his Dermatology specialty certification from the American Board of Dermatology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1983. He started his practice in 1984 and was the consultant dermatologist at the Cancer Centre of the Ottawa General Hospital, a position held today. He pursued additional training in surgical dermatology at The University of California, San Diego and until 2015 was the director of Surgical Dermatology at the University of Ottawa. His practice is limited to premalignant and malignant skin disease and surgical dermatology, including laser and cosmetic dermatology. He has published several scholarly articles and his current research interests are in malignant melanoma especially regarding metastatic disease in node negative patients. Current research is in the use of gene expression profiling in the prognosis of node negative melanoma patients. He holds a joint appointment at The University of Ottawa As an Associate Professor in the divisions of Dermatology and Medical Oncology. He is a member of The Ontario Skin Cancers Advisory Committee and is a past president of the Canadian Dermatology Association.