Ramin Fathi, MD

Ramin Fathi, MD founded Phoenix Surgical Dermatology Group and directs its team of board-certified dermatologists and fellowship-trained Mohs surgeons. He holds dual board certification from the American Board of Dermatology, in dermatology and in micrographic dermatologic surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery. His clinical focus is skin cancer management, Mohs surgery and complex facial reconstruction, and his expertise also covers surgical innovation and patient experience in dermatology. He has performed more than 15,000 Mohs cases and has 13 or more years of experience. He earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from Illinois Wesleyan University. His medical degree is from Rush Medical College, where he finished at the top of his class and was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed a transitional year internship at the Colorado Health Foundation in Denver and a dermatology residency at the University of Colorado Denver, where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He then trained in a Mohs micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where he received the Resident Teaching Award. He served as Scientific Program Chair for the American College of Mohs Surgery 2025 Annual Meeting and is Program Chair for the 2027 and 2028 American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meetings. He chairs the Public Relations Committee of the American College of Mohs Surgery, is a founding member of the International Consortium of Mohs Surgery, and has represented the College on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. He has published more than 45 peer-reviewed papers and several book chapters, and is a frequent invited speaker at American Academy of Dermatology, ASDS and ACMS annual meetings. His faculty appointments include Mayo Clinic Arizona, Midwestern University and Creighton University School of Medicine, where he teaches medical students, residents and fellows. He is also an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Mayo Clinic, where he performs Mohs surgery and teaches resident physicians weekly. Peers voted him a Top Doctor in Phoenix Magazine in multiple years, and he was the top vote-getter for dermatologists in 2025 and 2026. He was also named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in 2024, 2025 and 2026. A patient review describes him and his staff as professional and knowledgeable, noting they take time to answer questions.