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GMC NHS Consultant Clinical Leadership

“I focus on quality and safety in my clinical practice, whether in-person or remote. I involve my patients and seek their input. I created Instaderm to improve access to dermatology.”

NHS Consultant Dermatologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Lead Clinician and Founder of Instaderm • Teaches and trains dermatology junior doctors • Published multiple dermatology research papers

Dr Natasha Stembridge, Consultant Dermatologist

Clinical leadership you can see.

NHS Consultant Dermatologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Lead Clinician and Founder of Instaderm

Teaches and trains dermatology junior doctors

Published multiple dermatology research papers

Qualifications

2010: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Oxford

2013: Membership Examination, Royal College of Physicians

2016: Specialty Certificate Examination in Dermatology, Royal College of Physicians

2020: Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (Distinction), University of Cambridge

2021: Postgraduate Diploma in Skin Ageing and Aesthetics, University of Manchester

Publications

Congenital Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis With Novel KLC1::RAF1 Gene Fusion Identified Through Routine Whole-Genome Sequencing.

Wright FE, Barnard G, Bailey S, Hook CE, Coleman N, Stembridge N, Guermech R, Watkins J, Trotman J, Tarpey P, Nanduri V, Murray MJ. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Jul;72(7):e31723. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31723. Epub 2025 Apr 18. PMID: 40251843.

The role of cutaneous manifestations in the diagnosis of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

Stembridge N, Doolan BJ, Lavallee ME, Hausser I, Pope FM, Seneviratne SL, Winship IM, Burrows NP. Skin Health Dis. 2022 Jul 15;3(1):e140. doi: 10.1002/ski2.140. eCollection 2023 Feb. PMID: 36751332.

Branchio-oculo-facial syndrome with bilateral postauricular aplasia cutis.

Stembridge N, Burrows NP, Holden ST. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2021 Dec;46(8):1659-1661. doi: 10.1111/ced.14633. Epub 2021 Aug 25. PMID: 34435384.

Infantile-onset osteoma cutis with pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.

Stembridge N, Durack A, Gass JK, Firth HV, Park SM, McDonald S, Thankamony A, Burrows NP. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2021 Oct;46(7):1384-1386. doi: 10.1111/ced.14700. Epub 2021 Aug 21. PMID: 34418133.

Unusual clustered papules on the lower back of a 13-year-old.

Bethimoutis G, Stembridge N, Rytina E, Ranasinghe A. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Nov;37(6):e89-e90. doi: 10.1111/pde.14380. PMID: 33283925.

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum presenting without typical skin changes.

Stembridge N, Rytina E, Holden S, Burrows NP. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2020 Jun;45(4):518-520. doi: 10.1111/ced.14177. Epub 2020 Mar 25. PMID: 32212265.

Non-antistreptococcal interventions for acute guttate psoriasis or an acute guttate flare of chronic psoriasis.

Maruani A, Samimi M, Stembridge N, Abdel Hay R, Tavernier E, Hughes C, Le Cleach L. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Apr 8;4(4):CD011541. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011541.pub2. PMID: 30958563.

Dermpath and Clinic: A red scaly lesion on the forearm.

Stembridge N, Davies A, Chan J, Todd P. Eur J Dermatol. 2018 Aug 1;28(4):568-569. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2018.3386. PMID: 30396872.

Dermpath & Clinic: Cutaneous Crohn's disease.

Davies A, Meligonis G, Stembridge N, Todd P. Eur J Dermatol. 2018 Feb 1;28(1):135-137. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2018.3240. PMID: 29521634.

Do perioperative antibiotics reduce the risk of surgical-site infections following excision of ulcerated skin cancers? A Critically Appraised Topic.

Chan SA, Wernham AGH, Stembridge N, Harper N, Verykiou S, Fremlin GA, Abbott RA, Matin RN. Br J Dermatol. 2018 Feb;178(2):394-399. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16157. Epub 2018 Jan 18. PMID: 29193009.

Dermpath & Clinic: Multiple clear cell acanthomas.

Stembridge N, Rytina E, Norris P. Eur J Dermatol. 2017 Oct 1;27(5):566-567. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2017.3135. PMID: 29084650.

Survey of dermatologists demonstrates widely varying approaches to perioperative antibiotic use: time for a randomized trial?

Wernham AGH, Fremlin GA, Verykiou S, Harper N, Chan SA, Stembridge N, Matin RN, Abbott RA. Br J Dermatol. 2017 Jul;177(1):265-266. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15025. Epub 2017 May 28. PMID: 27589248.

Dermpath & Clinic: A persistent scrotal rash.

Eur J Dermatol. 2017 Apr 1;27(2):215-217. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2017.3001. PMID: 28400343.

Clinical, structural, biochemical and X-ray crystallographic correlates of pathogenicity for variants in the C-propeptide region of the COL3A1 gene.

Stembridge NS, Vandersteen AM, Ghali N, Sawle P, Nesbitt M, Pollitt RC, Ferguson DJ, Holden S, Elmslie F, Henderson A, Hulmes DJ, Pope FM. Am J Med Genet A. 2015 Aug;167A(8):1763-72. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37081. Epub 2015 Apr 5. PMID: 25846194.

Presentations

Geroderma Osteodysplastica.

National [oral] · The Royal Society of Medicine, Dermatology Clinical Cases, December 2020.

A rare cause of sparse, slow-growing hair and a fused tooth: A child with Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type 1.

International/National [poster] · ESPD/BSPD, 2017.

A case series of 18 patients with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum: the first report of a coexistent splenic artery aneurysm, the value of biopsying subtle skin changes and the occurrence of multisystem complications.

National [oral] · British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), July 2017.

Positive patch tests to nickel and cobalt in the paediatric population and their relevance: a case series of 35 consecutive patients.

National [poster] · BAD, July 2017.

New sources of the contact allergen sodium metabisulphite in commercial and prescribed topical products: a case series of 20 consecutive patients.

National [poster] · BAD, July 2017.

A case of Prolidase Deficiency.

National [poster] · British Society for Paediatric Dermatology, 2016.

A series of 34 paediatric and young adult basal cell carcinomas.

National [poster] · British Association of Dermatologists Annual Conference, July 2016.

A case of multiple spiradenomas in a linear distribution.

National [oral] · The Royal Society of Medicine, Dermatology Clinical Cases, October 2016.

Our experience of managing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

International [poster] · EDS International Conference in New York, 2016.

A novel helical mutation in COL3A1 and Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

National [oral] · The Royal Society of Medicine, Dermatology Clinical Cases, September 2013.

Dermal Electron Microscopy Findings in the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS).

International [poster] · European Society for Human Genetics Conference, Paris, 2013.

C-propeptide mutations in COL3A1 cause both typical and atypical forms of Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

International [poster] · The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Conference, Ghent, September 2012.

Can we improve the rate of oxygen prescribing through a multidisciplinary intervention?

International [poster] · International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Paris, April 2014.

Are non-anaesthetic trainees aware of the safe doses of local anaesthetics and able to recognise toxicity?

National [poster] · N Green, S Maitra, A Shearman and A Thorniley. RSM Patient Safety Day, November 2011.