Dr Shobhan Manoharan
MBBS, FACD
Dr Manoharan is a dermatologist and one of Australia’s leading laser specialists. He specialises in the use of energy-based devices for both medical and cosmetic dermatology.
Actively involved in education, he has a major role in the training of dermatologists and dermatology registrars, junior doctors, general practitioners, pharmacists, medical students, nurses and therapists, in all aspects of dermatology. Dr. Manoharan has published and presented extensively locally and internationally on general, aesthetic and laser dermatology.
He is the Medical Director of Dermatology Clinics Australia (DCA), and laser training organisation DermEd. He was the founder of Brisbane Skin and was previously the Managing Director of Westside Dermatology and Sweat Free Clinics. He is also past Director of Training for the Australasian College of Dermatologists (QLD). He has a special interest in combination treatments for complicated scars, pigmentation, laser rejuvenation, and surgical & non-surgical skin cancer management.
Dr Manoharan studied medicine at the University of Queensland, worked in the United Kingdom and Australia, and gained extensive laser and surgical experience in Australia and the United States.
He oversees the clinical research at DCA and is on the advisory board of numerous device and pharmaceutical companies.
Dr Manoharan has established himself as a national expert in medical and cosmetic dermatology and is a regular expert contributor for Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. He has appeared in all Australian major television channels and radio stations and performed regular skin checks for politicians in Canberra as part of public education campaigns.
Dr Manoharan was a Consulting Dermatologist for L’Oreal Paris Skincare 2015-16.
Over the last 10 years of private practice, Dr Manoharan has developed a reputation for outstanding results, a holistic approach to skin health, and a philosophy of collaborative education at all levels of dermatology.