Dermatologist’s treatment of 12 patients under inquiry

A consultant dermatologist failed to take skin biopsies from a number of his patients and failed to diagnose certain conditions or provide adequate treatments, a Medical Council hearing heard yesterday.

The council has begun a fitness to practise inquiry into allegations made against Dr Adam Jacobus Smith, 65, of the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford, by Munster Dermatology Group.

The 12 patients at the centre of the allegations came under the care of other consultants in Munster Dermatology Group, after being treated by Dr Smith.