Dr David Orchard
Consultant Dermatologist
Assoc Professor David Orchard is a Paediatric Dermatologist, graduating from medicine at the University of Melbourne and then completing FACD in Victoria in 1998. He then completed a Fellowship of Paediatric Dermatology in Denver, USA in 2000.
Assoc Professor Orchard is the Head of the Dermatology Department at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and has private rooms at The Royal Children's Hospital and in Kew. Assoc Professor Orchard is on the Paediatric Committee of the Australasian College of Dermatologists and is an Associate editor of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.
He has a pivotal role in teaching paediatric Dermatology to both Paediatricians and Dermatology trainees and has authored over 40 papers. Specific interests include eczema management, allergy testing, vascular birthmarks, laser therapy and genodermatoses.