About Dr. Ma

Michelle W. Ma, MD, FAAD is a Board Certified Dermatologist who completed her residency through the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in June 2017. We're very excited to have her as a full-time provider at MDCS Dermatology: Medical Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, located in Plainview, Commack, Manhattan, Upper East Side and Hampton Bays, New York. In her professional and educational work, Dr. Ma has:

• Completed multiple postdoctoral programs
• Published articles in a variety of professional journals
• Participated in presentations across the nation

Dr. Ma graduated from Cornell University with a degree in biological sciences. She then:

• Pursed her Doctor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine
• Served as an intern at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts
• Began and continues her dermatology residency at MDCS

She has completed two postdoctoral fellowships. Dr. Ma was a Dermatopharmacology Fellow at the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in Bronx, New York. She was also a Melanoma Translational Research Fellow at the Department of Dermatology at New York University.

Dr. Ma has also been the recipient of numerous awards. These include:

• The Maurice Husik Prize for the best paper written by a dermatology resident/fellow
• The Todd Nagel Research Grant Award from The Skin Cancer Foundation
• The Medicine Clerkship Award for outstanding essay in medical science
• Merrill Presidential Scholar
• The William T. Keeton Prize for academic excellence in introductory biology