Kavita Mariwalla

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Kavita Mariwalla
NationalityUnited States
EducationYale School of Medicine
Yale University
OccupationDermatology
AwardsASDS President's Award 2019 Iron Surgeon ASDS
HonoursPresident-elect of ASDS

Kavita Mariwalla is a dermatologist and author based in 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.

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Early life and education

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

Mariewalla 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]

Honors and awards

Mariwalla is a three-time recipient of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) President's Award. She was given the title of "Iron Surgeon" at the 2019 ASDS meeting.

Mariwalla is the president-elect of ASDS and has served on the Board of Directors of the Women's Dermatologic Society. [15]

Personal life

Mariwalla resides in New York with her three sons and her husband Kabir. [4]

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