Following undergraduate studies at Imperial College London and physicianly training in Cambridge, Ajoy moved to Birmingham to pursue specialist training in Dermatology. His first post was at Solihull Hospital, where he returned to undertake a fellowship in EB under the auspices of the half-national highly specialised service led by Professor Heagerty, augmented by laboratory training at DGEM, under Professor McLean. Further experience within EB came as registrar at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He combines clinical work with basic scientific research exploring multiple aspects of wound healing in EB, benefitting from excellent facilities, collaborators, and supervision from Professors Iain Chapple and Adrian Heagerty.
Ajoy is a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and has also held an Honorary Consultant appointment in the department of dermatology at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust since 2019. Clinical duties include work in the Highly Specialised Service for EB, whilst also holding clinics in general dermatology encompassing severe inflammatory skin disease, skin oncology and cutaneous surgery, and contributing to a pan-Birmingham regional on-call service for acute and inpatient dermatology.