Dr. Ortiz's Bio
Arisa E. Ortiz, MD is the Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology and a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Diego. She received training in Mohs Micrographic Surgery at UC San Diego and also completed the prestigious cosmetic and laser fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Wellman Center for Photomedicine. Dr. Ortiz completed her dermatology residency training at UC Irvine and Beckman Laser Institute.
She has authored over sixty publications and several book chapters. Dr. Ortiz also coedited a textbook on surgical reconstruction. She has presented at international and national conferences and is frequently an invited speaker at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS). She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and has won several awards, including the ASLMS Dr. Horace Furumoto Young Investigator Award and ASLMS Best of Session Award for Cutaneous Applications, ASDS President’s Outstanding Service Award, Top Doctors Award, Exceptional Women in Medicine, and Newsweek America’s Best Dermatologists. She has also been featured on The Doctors & Dr. Pimple Popper.
Dr. Ortiz has also served as the President of the San Diego Dermatologic Surgery Society and is currently President of ASLMS. Her research interests are in laser treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer.