Medical Expertise of Dr. Shilesh Iyer, MD
About Dr. Shilesh Iyer, MD
Shilesh Iyer, M.D. is a Board Certified Dermatologist who earned his B.A. in Molecular Biophysics and Economics at Yale and graduated with honors from New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Iyer completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School and trained in dermatology at UCLA, where three years running he received the Outstanding Resident Award and where he also served as Chief Resident in Dermatology. Dr. Iyer's considerable training and fields of expertise include skin resurfacing, laser surgery, liposuction, botox therapy, soft tissue augmentation and skin cancer surgery.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and the American Society for Mohs Surgery.
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