A new derm professor, an interest in research

This summer Maryam Asgari, M.D. ’97, joined the faculty of the University of Washington, where she recently completed her residency in dermatology. Concurrently, she has been working toward a master’s in public health in epidemiology, for which she was awarded a fellowship by the Carl J. Herzog Foundation. She plans to continue research on the epidemiology of skin cancers along with clinical-outcomes research.

Asgari lives with her husband, Marc Marchiel, a lawyer, and their son Arman, who turns 1 this fall, in Seattle. By the way, Asgari thinks using Botox for cosmetic reasons is fine. “There are not a lot of things in our armamentarium that are effective and don’t have side effects, so I think it’s a good way to help people feel good about themselves. The patients are happy.”