Arianne Shadi Kourosh, MD MPH is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and a board-certified dermatologist, practicing aesthetic dermatology on Park Avenue in New York. She has served as the Director of the center for lasers and cosmetics at Brown University Dermatology, has published and focused in the arenas of holistic and epigenetic approaches to reverse signs of aging, body contouring, and regenerative dermatology.
Dr. Kourosh’s research spans the intersection of dermatology and public health - including her leadership of Skin Health and Sustainability Hub at Harvard School of Public Health, a team scientist and public health experts collaborating with leaders of the beauty and fashion world to lead sustainability in these industries.
She also know for her pioneering research on Zoom dysmorphia, climate justice in the impacts of pollution 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 TodayShow, 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 serves in many leadership capacities in the dermatology community. She has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), and 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 that connects patients with advocacy organizations for their skin conditions.
As the founding director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) Dermatology Division of Community Health, Dr. Kourosh has built and led the division providing access to dermatologic care for underserved communities and created multiple community programs to serve them. As the founding director of MGH’s Skin of Color Program, Dr. Kourosh created a medical home and center for research for skin conditions disproportionately affecting people of color. She is the founder and director of Harvard’s pro-bono laser clinic and tattoo removal program, assisting those escaping gangs and human trafficking to be safe and reintegrate into society, which has won national awards for its impact, and she now chairs a national task force in the medical community on human trafficking.
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 contributor to Harvard Health. She has authored the Facing Skin Conditionsseries of books to help people with conditions like psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo, acne, burns and scars, navigate their wellness journey, for which she has been a featured author by the National Psoriasis Foundation.
Dr. Kourosh has won numerous awards including Massachusetts General Hospital's Clinician-Teacher Award, Harvard Medical School's Dean's Community Service Award, the Ernesto Gonzalez Award for outstanding service to the Latino Community and Boston's Top Doctors. In 2020 she received the AAD's Presidential Citation for outstanding service during the COVID19 crisis. She has received additional presidential citations from the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery for her leadership of advocacy initiatives to assist patient’s 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.