Richard A. Carr BChB, BMedSci, FRCPath, DipRCPath (DMT)

Dr. Carr qualified in 1991 from Sheffield University Medical School and trained in cellular pathology in Birmingham and the South East Thames Regional Rotation culminating in 4 years as a Clinical Lecturer at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Dr. Carr previously participated in an international study funded by the National Institutes of Health into the pathology of cerebral malaria.

Dr. Carr developed his interest in Dermatopathology training with world-renowned experts Dr. Phillip H. McKee and Dr. Eduardo Calonje at St Thomas' hospital and the St John's Institute of Dermatology. Dr. Carr has the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) Diploma in Dermatopathology (set at expert referral level) and became an examiner for the diploma in 2005.

Dr. Carr has previously been the organiser of the West Midlands Region external quality assurance (EQA) scheme and has recently been co-opted to the Steering committee of the National Skin EQA scheme. Dr. Carr organizes a slide of a club of leading experts in the field of melanocytic pathology, is committed to post-graduate teaching and receives regular local, national and international visitors to share his extensive slide collection.