Ben Tallon

BHB, MBChB, ICDP-UEMS, FRACP

The Skin Centre
171 Cameron Road
Tauranga 3110

PO Box 10116
Mount Maunganui

Phone: (07) 578-5788
Fax: (07) 578-5781
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Other sites visited:

Medlab Bay of Plenty

Dermatopathology:

Pathlab Tauranga
56 Elizabeth Street
Tauranga

Public hospital:

Consultant Dermatologist
Tauranga Hospital
375 Cameron Road
Tauranga

Phone: (07) 579-8331

Other sites visited:

Whakatane Hospital

Special interests:

Skin cancer surgery
Skin cancer and mole checks
Dermatopathology
General Dermatology
Acne
Dermatitis
Rosacea
Psoriasis
Eczema

Medical School:

University of Auckland

General training:

Auckland

Advanced training:

Hamilton
Auckland
Boston, USA
Graz, Austria

Research interests:

Skin cancer
Dermatopathology

Professional achievements:

Fellowship trained Dermatopathologist (Boston, USA)
International Board Certified (ICDP-UEMS) Dermatopathology 2009

Other positions/memberships:

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Member of the International Society of Dermatopathology
Member of the Australasian Dermatopathology Society
Member of the New Zealand Dermatological Society Incorporated

Dr Tallon graduated from the Auckland University School of Medicine in 1999. He completed training in internal medicine in Auckland and London before beginning sub-specialty training in Dermatology in Hamilton and Auckland. Following this, Dr Tallon completed a one-year fellowship in Dermatopathology in Boston, USA. On completion he further intensified his study with a 6 month fellowship in Dermatopathology at the University of Graz, Austria, specialising in the areas of cutaneous lymphoma and melanomas.

He currently divides his time between Tauranga public hospital, private consulting in the Tauranga Skin Centre and reading dermatopathology at Pathlab Tauranga. His areas of special interest include skin cancer, cutaneous lymphoma, inflammatory skin conditions and dermatopathology.