Dr Nisha Rishi Arujuna is passionate about work related to skin cancer. She is a core member of the Skin Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) weekly meetings at Kingston Hospital. She performs dermatological surgery and also enjoys the management of medical dermatological cases. Her special interest is in photodermatology; through her leadership as Phototherapy Lead at Kingston Hospital, she has developed phototherapy services and photodermatoses management locally, collaborating with the photodermatology team at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology in Guy’s Hospital. Her enthusiasm for teaching has been recognised with the Teacher of the Year award. She continues to regularly lecture on skin cancer and photodermatology.

Dr Arujuna is an active member of the British Association of Dermatologists, has presented regularly at their annual national conferences and also participates in the American Academy of Dermatology meetings. She is also a member of the British Photodermatology Group, raising awareness of light-sensitive disorders and photoprotection. She has authored several international publications in her speciality field in peer-reviewed journals. 

Dr Arujuna graduated with a distinction from King’s College London School of Medicine (KCLSoM) in 2010. She has since completed her dermatology training in Sussex, at the Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. During this time, she was awarded a travel fellowship to undertake a period of study in photodermatology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology at the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Nisha Rishi Arujuna was awarded the John Henry Wignall Prize in 2006 for outstanding achievement in medicine and the KCLSoM Elective Travel Award in 2009 to work at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Borneo. In 2016, she won the prestigious Ashley Cooper Award presented by the British Society of Dermatological Surgery for presenting the novel concept of introducing a dermatology surgery consent photo booklet. In 2018, Nisha became the Phototherapy Lead for Kingston Hospital and remains in this role. In 2021-2024, she received the Clinical Excellence Award for her services.