Dr Stephen Young

Dr Stephen Young is a biomedical consultant.

He joined the Tissue Repair Research Unit in the Department of Anatomy, Guy's Hospital Medical School, now part of King's College London (KCL) in 1983, as the Deputy Head. The unit was involved in both clinical and laboratory based wound healing research. As well as carrying out research he was also a senior lecturer in wound healing at the medical school. As part of the Tissue Repair Research Unit he was also responsible for supervising MSc and PhD students and was an external PhD Examiner for the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.

In 1992 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society for Digital Imaging of the Skin (ISDIS).

In 1995 Dr Young founded the Tissue Viability Unit at Guy’s and was its Director until 2002.

From 2002 he worked as a biomedical consultant and is one of the inventors of a high-resolution diagnostic ultrasound scanner, the patent for which was acquired by Longport Inc from the University of London. The high frequency ultrasound scanner is unique in that it can acquire information about the status of skin and wounds prior to it becoming clinically evident.

Dr Young carries out clinical trials on wound healing products.

Email: drsteveyoung@ntlworld.com