Dr. Kurwa obtained his medical degree (M.B.B.Ch) from the University of Wales, College of Medicine, UK in 1988 and his Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 1993. In 1997, as a Senior Registrar in Dermatology at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London, England, he qualified as a Specialist in Dermatology. In 1999 he completed an American College of Mohs’ Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Fellow ship (ACMMSCO) at the University of California, San Francisco, USA.
From 2000-2003 Dr. Kurwa was the Director of the Dermatological Surgery & Laser Services and Honorary Senior Lecturer to the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, UK. In 2003, he was appointed Director of the Dermatological Surgery & Laser Services at St John’s Institute of Dermatology in London, UK. In 2008, he was recruited to Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of Calgary and is Director of Dermatological Surgery. He was promoted to Full Clinical Professor in 2017 and was awarded the Dr Martin Atkinson Award for Clinical Excellence at Richmond Road Dr. Kurwa has been invited to present papers and chair meetings for national and international professional conferences.