Kavita Mariwalla
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Yale University
Kavita Mariwalla | |
|---|---|
| Education | Yale School of Medicine Yale University |
| Occupation | Dermatology |
| Awards | ASDS President's Award 2019 Iron Surgeon ASDS |
| Honours | President-elect of ASDS |
Kavita Mariwalla is a dermatologist and author based on Long Island, New York. She is acknowledged as a leading scholar in skin cancer and aesthetic and medical dermatology and is the president-elect of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.
Mariwalla grew up in New York and was immersed in the medical field from an early age. Both her parents were doctors: her father a gastroenterologist and her mother a pediatrician.[1] She attended Yale University as an undergraduate and earned an MD at the Yale University School of Medicine as well. After completing a year in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, she finished her residency in dermatology at Yale, where she served as chief resident.[2]
Career
Mariwalla is a double board-certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon[3] and was an assistant professor at Stony Brook University.[1] Before starting her practice in Long Island, she was the director of cutaneous oncology at St. Luke's Roosevelt and Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan.[4]
Widely acknowledged as a leader in skin cancer and aesthetic and medical dermatology, Mariwalla is the author of several books, including the recent The Business of Dermatology (co-authored with Jeffrey Dover).[5] She has published extensively in medical journals, on subjects ranging from standardized criteria for skin quality[6] to accurately determining shades of skin color.[7] Mariwalla is also an advocate of "cultural competency" in order to best serve diverse patients[8] and has spoken on how practices like anti-aging may differ between different skin tones.
Mariwalla is passionate about dermatologic surgical education and is a founding member of Boards University.[9] Boards University aims to "change the way medical education is delivered" while ensuring that "learning from leaders is accessible". During the pandemic, she founded the 21@21 initiative on social media to help educate dermatology residents and Mohs surgeons. It is still used as a resource by residents preparing for exams.[3] Her book, Primer in Dermatologic Surgery, is also widely used by students and doctors alike.
Mariwalla has appeared on a number of prominent media outlets, including NBC New York.[10] She has also lent her expertise to a variety of beauty magazines and publications, including Vogue[11] and Allure,[12] as well as serving on the Byrdie Beauty & Wellness Board.[2] Her efforts to maintain her dermatology practice during the Covid pandemic have been reported in magazines including Bizwomen.[13] Her emphasis for women to care for their skin has been reported by CBS.[14]