Dr Matthew Howard is a current final-year dermatology registrar at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and has successfully completed his specialty examinations in dermatology with the Australasian College of Dermatologists.

He completed his postgraduate medical degree at Monash University and was awarded the overall academic dux of his medicine degree. Matthew also completed an undergraduate degree in pharmacy at La Trobe University and was awarded the overall academic dux of his pharmacy degree. Prior to entering the dermatology specialty training program in Melbourne, he completed a Master of Philosophy with honours in the field of dermatology at Monash University on the research subject of melanoma. He published several first-author peer-reviewed publications from this research project.

During his dermatology training, Matthew was awarded the Adrian Johnson memorial prize for the best paper/publication in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology by a College trainee as a lead author in a calendar year.