Dr. Dendy Engelman, MD, FACMS, FAAD is a board-certified, award-winning, New York City dermatologist, Mohs surgeon and media expert who specializes in medical and cosmetic dermatology. Known to her patients and the media as Dr. Dendy, Dr. Engelman is noted for her less-is-more approach to provide her patients with optimal, beautifully natural results.
Dr. Engelman is a board-certified dermatologic surgeon. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and American College of Mohs Surgery.
Dr. Engelman attended Wofford College in South Carolina, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude with honors with a double major in psychology and French. She also played and lettered on Wofford’s Division I volleyball team. Dr. Engelman earned the Presidential Scholar award while a medical student at the Medical University of South Carolina. She was also awarded the Humanism in Medicine Scholarship, primarily for establishing and running a free medical care clinic in Charleston and in Haiti, where she has served on seven medical missions with her family.
Following medical school, Dr. Engelman completed her internship in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. In addition to a dermatology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Engelman completed a fellowship in Mohs Micrographic and dermatologic surgery, lasers, body sculpting, and vein treatments. As an expert injector, she has extensive training and experience in cosmetic dermatology, including neurotoxins, injectable fillers and chemical peels. Dr. Engelman served as the director of Mohs Surgery and Laser Medicine at New York Medical College in Manhattan where she was awarded Attending of the Year in 2015 & now serves as Assistant Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Engelman has lectured at national and international meetings, frequently appears on national and local television programs, is featured and quoted in countless publications, and has been awarded the Castle Connolly Top Doctor Award for the past three years.