Dr. Rajesh Radhakrishnan

Dr. Rajesh Radhakrishnan is a Specialist in Dermatology at the Marina branch of Medcare Medical Centre. He acquired his MBBS from Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India, and an MD (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy) from Madras Medical College, The TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. He has also completed a Fellowship from the Indian Institute of Aesthetic Medicine (IIAM), Pune, India.

During the early days of his career, Dr. Radhakrishnan became an Assistant Professor and Dermatologist at Kanyakumari Medical College followed by a stint at Kannur Medical College & Research Institute in a similar capacity. Later he joined the ESIC Medical College and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (ESIC-PGIMSR) as a Specialist Dermatologist before relocating to the UAE. Here, he first worked with Aster Medical Centre (DM Healthcare), Discovery Gardens and Business Bay branch, Dubai and then at iCARE Medical Centre (Emirates Healthcare Group), Dubai before joining Medcare.

Dr. Radhakrishnan’s area of expertise spans Clinical Dermatology, Dermatosurgery, Paediatric Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine. He has successfully treated patients with conditions including acne, rosacea, vitiligo, psoriasis, lichen planus, immunobulloua disorder, warts, verruca vulgaris, plantar warts, molluscum contagiosum, benign neoplasm including seborrheic keratosis, dermatofibroma, angiofibroma and angiokeratoma.  He treats all types of dermatitis like contact dermatitis, seborrhoeic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, eczema, prurigo nodularis, nummular dermatitis, pre-neoplastic skin conditions like actinic keratosis, Bowens, keratoacanthoma, cancerous skin lesions like malignant melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, dermatofibrosarca, sebaceous cysts, epidermal cysts, pilomatricoma, pilar cysts, lipoma,

tinea corporis, pityriasis versicolor, subcutaneous mycoses, tinea capitis, tinea unguium, 

varicella, pityriasis rosea and other viral exanthemata, pityriasis rubra pilaris, parapsoriasis, pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC, PLEVA), Photodermatosis, SLE, scleroderma, Morphea, CTCL, and Sjogrens.

During his leisure hours, Dr. Radhakrishnan likes reading, learning new things and travelling. He speaks several languages including English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.