Raman Madan, MD

Dr. Pooja R. Shah is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, and is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology. She currently serves as the Director of Women's Skin Health & Wellness at Northwell Health, and Dermatology Specialty Director at the Katz Institute for Women's Health. She also leads important initiatives as Specialty Educator for EPIC Go-Live and Wellness Champion for Northwell Health Physician Partners. Dr. Shah graduated as class salutatorian from Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Hunter with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience, as well as double minor in Biology and Religious Studies. She was one of ten immigrant students selected nationwide based on her academic record and leadership potential to receive the Merage Foundation Fellowship for the American Dream, which allowed her to pursue higher education. She earned her medical degree with distinction in Community Service and Global Health from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Shah completed her preliminary internship in medicine at the North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where she was bestowed with the 'Intern of the Year' award. She concluded her residency training in dermatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she was recognized as a 'Strong Star' by patients for providing compassion, respect, and exceptional health care. Furthermore, she was a recipient of the Women's Dermatologic Society mentorship award, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery resident scholarship, and Advanced Resident Training & Education in Dermatology scholarship.Dr. Shah's clinical and research interests include medical dermatology, procedural and surgical dermatology, women's skin health, integrative dermatology, and skin of color. She is an active member of national professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, AAD Women's Health Expert Resource Group, Long Island Dermatological Society, and International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease. She has published numerous articles in the peer-reviewed literature, served as ad-hoc reviewer for prominent dermatology journals including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and International Journal of Women's Dermatology, as well as given talks at local and national dermatology conferences. Dr. Shah is dedicated to improving access to dermatologic care and patient education, participating in community service, enhancing resident and medical student training and education, supporting physician wellness initiatives, and fostering mentorship in medicine and beyond.

Dr. Wilken is a board-certified dermatologist and fellowship trained Mohs micrographic surgeon, and practices medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology at the Northwell Dermatology offices in Lake Success and Great River. Dr. Wilken graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with Departmental Honors in Biochemistry, and earned her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Wilken completed three years of training in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina before deciding to pursue training in Dermatology. She completed a two-year postdoctoral clinical fellowship in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, Davis with a focus in complex medical dermatology during which time she was involved in multiple clinical trials and investigator-initiated studies spanning a variety of dermatologic conditions including psoriasis, melanoma, autoimmune blistering disorders and atopic dermatitis. Dr. Wilken completed her Dermatology residency training at the University of California, Davis and then went on to complete further fellowship training in Mohs Micrographic Surgery & Dermatologic Oncology at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Wilken s primary clinical focus is in Mohs surgery/cutaneous oncology and the surgical management of skin cancers including basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and melanoma. In addition, Dr. Wilken practices a full range of procedural dermatology services including surgical management of benign skin lesions and cosmetic dermatology services.

Dr. Garg is a Professor and the Founding Chair for the Department of Dermatology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell. He is a Professor in the Center for Health Innovation and Outcomes Research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Dr. Garg also serves as Chair of the Board of Governors for Northwell Health Physician Partners. He is board certified in Dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Garg earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in dermatology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has held faculty positions at University of Massachusetts and at Boston University Medical Center, where he directed the Residency Training Program in Dermatology as well as the undergraduate medical curricula in dermatology for the school of medicine. Dr. Garg's funded research interests include identification of comorbidities using Big Data, and development of disease and outcome measures in hidradenitis suppurativa and psoriasis. Through his grants, Dr. Garg has also developed innovative teaching strategies to improve training and education outcomes, including the development and validation of a skin cancer OSCE. He has published a number of articles in the peer-reviewed literature and has authored several book chapters. Dr. Garg has had leadership roles within prominent national professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Board of Dermatology, the Accreditation Counsel of Graduate Medical Education, the Association of Professors of Dermatology, the Medical Dermatological Society, the National Psoriasis Foundation, the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, and the CHORD COUSIN Collaboration (C3). Dr. Garg also serves on editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. He is editor-in-chief of the first edition book on Rheumatic Skin Diseases. Dr. Garg was awarded the 2016 Thomas G. Pearson, EdD Memorial Education Award by the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Garg has achieved international recognition as a skilled medical dermatologist and a medical educator. His subspecialty expertise is in interdisciplinary based care for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, lupus, dermatomyositis, and vasculitis.