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Tashmeeta Ahad

Clinical Assistant Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Dermatologist
Research Focus
Skin, Hair and Nails
Degrees / Designations

BM BCh, MA(Cantab), MRCP(UK)(Derm)

Contact Info
tashmeeta.ahad@ubc.ca
604-875-4747

Biography

Dr. Tashmeeta Ahad is clinical assistant professor and director of translational photomedicine research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Dermatology and Skin Science. She is a clinician-scientist working with the Photomedicine Institute in the Skin Research Program at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. 

Dr. Ahad completed her medical training at the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford and dermatology residency at the Dermatology Centre at Salford Royal in Manchester. She subsequently completed a fellowship in photobiology and laser medicine at UBC. Her clinical and research interests include translation of optical biopsy techniques for monitoring skin cancer treatment, study of photosensitivity disorders and use of laser, photodynamic therapy and phototherapy to treat skin conditions. 

News and Awards

The invisible lightness of healing

Nov 3, 2022

Publications

  • Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery -

    The Use and Misuse of Fitzpatrick's Skin Types.

    Lui H, Ahad T, Kalia S
  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology -

    Incidence of skin cancers in patients with eczema treated with ultraviolet phototherapy.

    Ahad T, Wang EY, Liu YA, Lee TK, Lui H, Crawford RI, Kalia S
  • Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine -

    Systemic drug photosensitivity-Culprits, impact and investigation in 122 patients.

    Alrashidi A, Rhodes LE, Sharif JCH, Kreeshan FC, Farrar MD, Ahad T
  • Archives of disease in childhood -

    Images in paediatrics: Haemorrhagic vesicles and varioliform scarring: consider photosensitivity.

    Ahad T, Rhodes LE
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