This is the website for Dr Richard Motley, MA MD FRCP FAcadMEd, Consultant in Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, at the Welsh Institute of Dermatology

Dr Motley qualified in Medicine from Cambridge University and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London.  After training in Internal (General) Medicine, he trained in Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery in Cardiff, Lisbon and Miami.

He has been Consultant in Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the Welsh Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, since 1994.  He established the Cardiff Teledermatology service in 2005 and received an NHS Wales award for Innovation in Healthcare for this service in 2011.

In 2018 Dr Motley was awarded the medal of the American Society for Dermatology Surgery, International Traveling Mentorship Program for outstanding contributions to international teaching of Dermatological surgery.

In 2022 Dr Motley was presented with the British Association of Dermatologists’ ‘Dermatology Clinician of the Year, 2022’ award.

In 2024, Dr Motley received the ‘Xiphos’ award from the British Society for Dermatological Surgery for lifetime contributions to Dermatological surgery.

In 2025 he was featured as a  ‘Role Model’ in the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2025;389:r1134)