Kiarash Khosrotehrani

Prof Kiarash Khosrotehrani

Prof Khosrotehrani obtained his MD in Paris, France, where he specialized in Dermatology. He is a former graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Institut Pasteur of Paris (Université Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie) where he obtained a PhD in Physiology and Physiopathology. He completed his post-doctoral training in stem cell biology and clinical genetics at Tufts-New England Medical Centre in Boston, USA. He is a fellow of the Australian College of Dermatologists and the director of Dermatology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He is the co-director of the Australian Skin and Skin Cancer Research Centre. He is the immediate-past president of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, a board director of the Australasian College of Dermatologists and the Queensland Skin and Cancer Foundation. His research is fundamentally based on regenerative medicine concepts applied at basic, translational and clinical levels to melanoma, keratinocyte cancers and skin wounds.