About Elka R. Eisen, M.D.
Dr. Eisen earned her M.D. degree with honors from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine in 1997. She completed a six year advanced degree program with a 4-year scholarship to the University of Toronto and a Canada Science and Technology Scholarship. Receiving her dermatology specialty training at the University of Toronto, she completed a five-year residency, with two years of internal medicine training. A board certified Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology, she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, and is board certified by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. Dr. Eisen has lectured at national meetings and has been published in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. While in residency, she was the honorary recipient of the American Academy of Dermatology's Committee on Internal Affairs Scholarship and represented the Academy at the International Dermatology meeting in Paris. Dr. Eisen's main areas of interest include general dermatology and skin cancer. Treating both adults and children, she maintains active medical licenses in Ontario and Arizona and is bilingual in French and English. She is the only female dermatologist at our practice and she sees patients in both the Tucson and Oro Valley locations.