Our Honorable
INTERNATIONAL Speakers
Prof Ousmane Faye
🇲🇱 Mali
Professor Ousmane Faye is a Professor of Dermatology and the Head of Department of Dermatology at the Faculty of Medicine of Bamako. He is also a Consultant Dermatologist at Bamako Hospital of Dermatology and Head of the Mali Tele dermatology Project and Centre for Research and Training in Dermatology of Diversity (CEREFORD).
For the past 25 years, Prof Faye has worked in the largest Reference Centre for leprosy and dermatological diseases. He is the former Director General of the Dermatology Hospital of Bamako; Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Bamako; Associate Professor at the Clinical Department of CNAM Ex Marchoux Institute; and Associate Professor at the Henri Mondor Hospital in Créteil, France.
His pioneering work in the Teledermatology project in Mali has ensured the treatment of dermatological diseases online, ensuring numerous research projects in the fields of leprosy, leishmaniasis, epidemiology of skin diseases and – most recently – atopic dermatitis.
Prof Faye is a multi-award winning specialist, the most recent being in 2021 with the receipt of the Foreign Corresponding Member of the French National Academy of Medicine award.
His areas of interest include leprosy, leishmaniasis and other tropical infectious diseases; skin diseases and public health; teledermatology and atopic dermatitis
Prof Firas Al-Niaimi
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
A highly experienced and skilled consultant dermatologist, Mohs and laser expert with nearly 20 years’ experience Professor Firas Al-Niaimi is a professor in dermatology with over 230 scientific publications in medical journals, 10 book chapters (and his own book) and over 500 scientific lectures in 90 countries around the globe. He is one of the UK’s most prolific and well-published laser dermatologists and one with a renowned international standing.
Professor Firas Al-Niaimi is a highly experienced and respected consultant dermatologist with over 20 years of medical experience trained in some of the UK’s top hospitals including the world-renowned St. John’s Institute of Dermatology at St. Thomas’ Hospital where he completed a prestigious laser and Mohs Surgical Fellowship, and continued to work as an Honorary Consultant for several years in addition to further advanced training in several laser centres in the USA.
In addition to his busy private practice in London, he is involved in academic research and international teaching and training of doctors and has so far trained over 1 000 doctors around the world in advanced laser treatments. He was awarded the Global Excellence Award for being the Consultant Dermatologist of The Year in 2019 and 2022 – based on his services and commitment to dermatology and the laser field. In 2021 he was appointed Professor in Dermatology and becomes the first and only Professor in Laser Dermatology in the UK.