Dr. Hope Ijaola

Hope Ijaola, MD, MACP, is the Founder and Medical Director of Mercy Grace Aesthetics, a practice she set up in 2011. She has worked in the Greater Phoenix area since 2008 and holds board certification in internal medicine. Her clinical work has also included patients in West Africa and the Caribbean. Her internal medicine residency took place at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, which is affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical School, and she served there as Associate Chief Resident. She is a member of the American College of Physicians, has delivered scholarly papers at its Regional Conference, and is connected with the International Association of Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine. She also provides primary care as an internist at a Gilbert practice affiliated with MDVIP. Her training includes advanced study of organic skincare formulation and cosmetic science, and she created Doctor Hopiola, a skincare line formulated by a physician that emphasizes botanical ingredients and skin barrier health.