Emily L. Guo, MD

Emily L. Guo, MD, is a board-certified cosmetic and general dermatologist practicing at Dermatology & Laser Surgery Center in Houston's Museum District. She sees patients from across the Houston area, including people from the Medical Center, River Oaks, Memorial, The Woodlands and nearby communities. According to the practice, she has treated thousands of patients, and the website calls her one of Houston's most accomplished dermatologists. She has more than seven years of dermatology practice experience. She received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013, graduating with high honors, and a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 2017, with honors. After an internal medicine internship at Baylor, she trained in dermatology at Georgetown University from 2018 to 2021, serving as administrative chief resident in 2020 and 2021. In 2022 she completed an ASDS-accredited cosmetic dermatologic surgery fellowship at the center under Paul M. Friedman, MD. Her clinical work includes fractional laser resurfacing for skin rejuvenation and scar revision, picosecond lasers for pigmented lesions, tattoo removal and birthmarks, and pulsed dye laser therapy for rosacea, vascular lesions and port-wine stains. Laser hair removal is offered for all skin types, and she treats melasma and photoaging with non-ablative fractional laser photothermolysis. Injectables such as BOTOX and dermal fillers are part of her practice, alongside care for keloids, scars, acne, rosacea and conditions in patients with skin of color, and skin cancer screening. The site says she has specialized expertise in skin of color patients. She is adjunct faculty in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and also works as a lecturer. The site lists more than 20 peer-reviewed publications on laser medicine, skin of color dermatology and humanitarian uses of dermatologic technology, including laser dermatology studies co-authored with Paul M. Friedman, MD, and Heather Richmond, MD, in journals such as Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and Dermatologic Surgery. Recognitions listed include a 2023 Presidential Citation from the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery and a 2024 Editor's Choice article on picosecond treatment of cafe au lait macules. She gave oral presentations at that society's 2024 and 2025 annual conferences and has been featured in NewBeauty Magazine (2024) and Good Housekeeping (2023). She has chaired committees for the Women's Dermatologic Society and the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery and is a member of several dermatology societies.