Consultant Dermatologist Professor Pierre Vabres
MD MSc
Dermatologist Professor Pierre Vabres is an esteemed French trained Consultant Dermatologist who sees and treats adults and children for all skin conditions. Professor Vabres is highly published based on his extensive research into dermatological and genetic skin conditions, and has many years of experience lecturing and presenting and diagnosing and treating adults and children with skin diseases.
Professor Pierre Vabres is a Doctor of Medicine, Certified Specialist in Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Professor Pierre Vabres expertise and achievements in paediatric dermatology and rare genetic skin diseases has been internationally recognised through invitation to give lectures at international dermatology meetings.
Why See Dermatologist Professor Pierre Vabres
Professor Pierre Vabres is an experienced Paediatric Dermatologist and sees babies for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting infants including cradle cap, eczema, baby acne, milia, Molluscum, chronic urticaria, and birthmarks.
Professor Pierre Vabres is experienced in diagnosing and treating children with skin conditions including viral infections such as chickenpox, hand, foot, and mouth disease, and herpes simplex, bacterial infections such as impetigo, fungal infections such as pityriasis versicolor, parasitic infections such as pediculosis capitis, eczema, contact dermatitis, acne and alopecia areata.
Professor Pierre Vabres is experienced in diagnosing and treating adults for all skin conditions including acne, psoriasis, eczema, skin checks and mole assessment and hair loss and scalp conditions. Professor Vabres can also diagnose and treat genital skin conditions and sexual health conditions (venereology).
Professor Vabres is experienced in dermatology surgery including biopsies, excisions and cryotherapy.
At a Glance
- Professor of Dermatology
- Babies and infants, children and adults
- Skin conditions, hair loss and scalp conditions, Genetic conditions and sexual health
- Professor Vabres is not available to book online. Please call or email the clinic to book an appointment with Professor Vabres
Schedule
Fridays: 9am to 5pm, Saturdays: 9:30am to 5pm
Accepted Insurers
Dermatologist Professor Pierre Vabres does not accept insured patients and all appointments with Professor Vabres are self paying.
Memberships
Professor Pierre Vabres is a member of many international medical and Dermatological societies including the GMC, British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, European Society for Dermatological Research, European Society for Paediatric Dermatology, European Society for Pigment Cell Research, Société Française de Dermatologie, French Society of Pediatric Dermatology, College des Enseignants de Dermatologie.
Professor Vabres regularly presents and speaks at renowned international dermatology conference and meetings including the World Congress of Dermatology 2023 Singapore, European Society of Paediatric Dermatology annual meeting, the British Society of Paediatric Dermatology annual meeting, and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology meeting.
Education and Training
Professor Vabres trained in Dermatology at Paris University, and was then a Dermatology registrar in a number of notable Paris Hospitals. His Senior registrar rotation was in The Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital. Professor Vabres was subsequently appointed the Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the University of Burgundy.
Professor Vabres manages a national reference center for rare genetic skin diseases (MAGEC-Mosaïques), specialised in skin mosaic syndromes, at Dijon University Hospital, France. He is currently on a sabbatical leave as an honorary consultant for the NHS Rare Diseases Collaborative Network on mosaic disorders at the St John’s institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’ hospital, London, UK.
His translational research activity at INSERM UMR1231 lab has focused primarily on innovative and personalised approaches in genetic skin conditions : identification of new genes involved, and clinical delineation and deep phenotyping of skin mosaic conditions. He has discovered and characterized new developmental syndromes related to somatic mosaicism. He has been a principal investigator for clinical trials of drug repurposing in the PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum. He has also been involved in multidisciplinary research on the psychosocial stigma of congenital skin anomalies.
Dermatologist Professor Pierre Vabres Publications Include:
Professor Vabres has authored over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and regularly lectures as an invited speaker at international dermatology meetings. He was a Board Member of the ESPD (European Society for Pediatric Dermatology) until 2023 and has been a Board Member of the SFDP (Société Française de Dermatologie Pédiatrique) since 2009. He is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.
Professor Pierre Vabres has been involved in significant research into dermatology and genetic skin conditions and is highly published. Some of his recent research publications include:
- Clinical phenotype of the PIK3R1-related vascular overgrowth syndrome. Kuentz P, Engel C, Laeng M, Chevarin M, Duffourd Y, Martel J, Piard J, Morice-Picard F, Aubert H, Bessis D, Guerrot AM, Maruani A, Boccara O, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Ott H, Phan A, Puzenat E, Quelin C, Thauvin-Robinet C, Faivre L, Vabres P. Br J Dermatol. 2024 Jul 16;191(2):303-305. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljae167.
- Sustained Remission Without Corticosteroids Among Patients With Pemphigus Who Had Rituximab as First-Line Therapy: Follow-Up of the Ritux 3 Trial. Tedbirt B, Maho-Vaillant M, Houivet E, Mignard C, Golinski ML, Calbo S, Prost-Squarcioni C, Labeille B, Picard-Dahan C, Chaby G, Richard MA, Tancrede-Bohin E, Duvert-Lehembre S, Delaporte E, Bernard P, Caux F, Alexandre M, Musette P, Ingen-Housz-Oro S, Vabres P, Quereux G, Dupuy A, Debarbieux S, Avenel-Audran M, D’Incan M, Bédane C, Bénéton N, Jullien D, Dupin N, Misery L, Machet L, Beylot-Barry M, Dereure O, Sassolas B, Benichou J, Joly P, Hébert V; French Reference Center for Autoimmune Blistering Diseases MALIBUL. JAMA Dermatol. 2024 Mar 1;160(3):290-296. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.5679.
- Vascular endothelial growth factor, tissue factor, coagulation and fibrinolysis markers in slow-flow vascular malformations: a prospective study of treatment with sirolimus. Maruani A, Moineau AG, Boccara O, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Leducq S, Bessis D, Guibaud L, Vabres P, Mallet S, Barbarot S, Chiaverini C, Droitcourt C, Bursztejn AC, Lengelle C, Woillard JB, Herbreteau D, Le Touze A, Binet A, Morel B, Bourgoin H, Gissot V, Giraudeau B, Gruel Y, Tavernier E, Rollin J. Br J Dermatol. 2023 Jan 23;188(1):152-154. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljac028.
- PTPN11 Mosaicism Causes a Spectrum of Pigmentary and Vascular Neurocutaneous Disorders and Predisposes to Melanoma. Polubothu S, Bender N, Muthiah S, Zecchin D, Demetriou C, Martin SB, Malhotra S, Travnickova J, Zeng Z, Böhm M, Barbarot S, Cottrell C, Davies O, Baselga E, Burrows NP, Carmignac V, Diaz JS, Fink C, Haenssle HA, Happle R, Harland M, Majerowski J, Vabres P, Vincent M, Newton-Bishop JA, Bishop DT, Siegel D, Patton EE, Topf M, Rajan N, Drolet B, Kinsler VA. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Jun;143(6):1042-1051.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.09.661. Epub 2022 Dec 23.