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Arisa Ortiz

MD, FAAD

Top 10 Laser Specialist in California
FAAD
ASDS
UC San Diego Health - Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology · San Diego, California

About Arisa Ortiz

Dr. Arisa Ortiz, MD, FAAD, is a board-certified dermatologist and the director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology at UC San Diego Health in San Diego, California. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and an associate professor of dermatology at UCSD. She is a nationally recognized expert in laser and energy-based devices, body contouring, and cosmetic dermatology, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on laser treatments and non-invasive body sculpting technologies.

What Sets Them Apart

Dermatology residency at UC Irvine and the Beckman Laser Institute followed immediately by a fellowship at Harvard Medic
ASLMS President-elect simultaneously with an active 60+ publication research career at a major research university (UCSD
FDA expert for the ASDS while simultaneously serving on the AAD Telemedicine Task Force and ASDS Research Work Group - r
Research on laser tattoo removal for justice-involved adults (published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2025 + Intern

UC San Diego Health - Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology

San Diego, California(858) 657-8322

Recognition History

2026

Top 10 Laser Specialist in California

Elite Aesthetics Guide 2026

Independently Evaluated & Recognized