Dr Ashima Lowe is a Consultant Dermatologist at Sancta Maria Hospital, also holding NHS consultant posts at Singleton Hospital and Neath Port Talbot Hospital within Swansea Bay University Health Board. She offers private consultations at Sancta Maria for a wide range of skin conditions, combining expertise in inflammatory dermatology and hair disorders with a nationally recognised specialism in digital dermatology and teledermatology.

Specialist Interests

• Inflammatory dermatology (including eczema and psoriasis)
• Hair disorders
• Teledermatology and remote dermatology services
• Skin cancer assessment and management
• Digital health

Treatments and Procedures

Dr Lowe offers assessment and management across a broad range of dermatological conditions at Sancta Maria Hospital, including:

• Skin lesion biopsy and excision
• Shave biopsy
• Removal of benign skin lesions
• Skin cancer assessment
• Inflammatory skin condition management
• Face-to-face, video and telephone consultations

Training and Qualifications

Dr Lowe completed her dermatology training in Newcastle and South Wales. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Health Leadership from Imperial College London, and is an alumnus of the NHS Digital Academy. She is also a graduate of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) Topol Digital Fellowship, through which she developed a teledermoscopy service using community-based medical photography hubs, designed to improve access to skin cancer assessment in underserved areas of Wales.

Research and Innovation

Dr Lowe has been an active contributor to digital innovation in dermatology services at Swansea Bay University Health Board, which has partnered with Patients Know Best (PKB) since 2015 to enable patients to access their health information remotely and manage long-term conditions such as eczema and psoriasis through a patient-initiated follow-up model. Dr Lowe’s work on this programme was recognised internationally when she was invited to present at the American Academy of Dermatology’s annual conference, where she spoke about the team’s adoption of the PKB platform.

She is also a published researcher, with work appearing in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology examining the delivery of virtual paediatric dermatology clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has additionally published in the British Journal of Dermatology on a teledermatology teaching programme for dermatology registrars, using an experiential learning model to build confidence in remote triage and skin lesion reporting.

Her Topol Fellowship project focused on developing a teledermoscopy service using peripheral medical photography hubs in West Wales, where dermatology services had been without consultant cover for six years, with the aim of diverting appropriate skin cancer referrals away from face-to-face clinics through high-quality remote image reporting.