Who can join the BSDS?

Membership of the Society is open to physicians, surgeons and nurses with an interest in Dermatological Surgery. 

Applications for membership must be approved by the executive committee in one of the following categories of membership:

Ordinary Member

Ordinary membership is offered to Consultant Dermatologists who are on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council and to Associate Specialists in Dermatology. Ordinary Members have full voting rights.

Trainee Member

Trainee membership is offered to any trainee dermatologist who holds a National Training Number. When training is complete and the trainee is included in the Specialist Register of the GMC, he or she will automatically become an Ordinary Member. Trainee Members have full voting rights.

Associate Member

Associate membership is available to interested Medical Practitioners, and to Nurses whose work is substantially devoted to Dermatology.  Applicants for Associate Membership must submit a full Curriculum Vitae and must be proposed by two Ordinary Members from personal knowledge. Associate Members do not have voting rights.

Please click here to download the BSDS Membership Application Form.