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BIOGRAPHY

Arianne Shadi Kourosh, MD MPH is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. As the founding director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) Dermatology Division of Community Health, Dr. Kourosh built and led the division providing access to dermatologic care for underserved communities and multiple community programs to serve them. As the founding director of MGH’s Pigmentary Disorder and Multi-Ethnic Skin Clinic, Dr. Kourosh created a medical home and center for research for skin conditions disproportionately affecting darker skin types. She is the founder and director of Harvard’s pro-bono laser clinic and tattoo removal program assisting those escaping gangs and human trafficking become safe and reintegrate into society, winning national awards for its impact, and chairs the American Academy of Dermatology’s task force on human trafficking. Dr. Kourosh is a board-certified dermatologist, elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), has served in the AAD's delegation to Congress and a national task force interfacing with the FDA on healthcare economics and access to affordable medications for patients with skin disease. Dr. Kourosh developed the Skin Advocate iPhone app, a free app connecting patients with advocacy organizations for their skin conditions. Dr. Kourosh has served as Editor in Chief of Dialogues in Dermatology, the official podcast and medical education program of the American Academy of Dermatology, educating thousands of physicians around the world. She is the Editor of the Medical Humanities section of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and a contributing writer for Harvard Health and US News & World Report. She authored the Facing Skin Conditions series of books to help people with conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo, acne, burns and scars, navigate their wellness journey, featured by the National Psoriasis Foundation. Dr. Kourosh’s research at the intersection of dermatology and public health — including her pioneering work on Zoom dysmorphia, skin impacts of the Covid19 vaccine, pollution and environmental factors on skin diseases and aging, especially in vulnerable populations, and on the skin signs of human trafficking — has reached national and International impact, and has been featured on the Today Show, The Daily Show, PBS, and Boston Globe Media, and in Oprah magazine, Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, and Wired magazine, among numerous others, and for which she has been a featured speaker at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Dr. Kourosh has served as consultant and scientific advisor to many companies, from multinational corporations to early-stage companies spun out of labs at Harvard and MIT to investment funds and venture capital firms in the arenas of dermatology, environmental health and sustainability, healthcare economics and strategy, immunology, aesthetics and regenerative medicine. She served as Director of the Center for Lasers and Aesthetics in the Department of Dermatology at Brown before joining a premier aesthetic dermatology clinic on Park Avenue, where she practices and publishes research, lectures globally at the intersection of aesthetics, longevity and regenerative medicine. Dr. Kourosh has won numerous awards including MGH’s Clinician-Teacher Award, Harvard Medical School's Dean's Community Service Award, and Boston's Top Doctors. In 2020 she received the AAD's Presidential Citation for outstanding service during the COVID19 crisis, and then presidential citations again from the AAD and American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) for her advocacy for patients affected by human trafficking, and the International League of Dermatology Society’s Humanitarian Award for global leadership in building medical infrastructures to assist patients affected by trafficking and she has been named one of Medscape's 25 Rising Stars in Medicine.