Suguru Imaeda, MD
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Associate Professor
Director of Dermatology, Yale University Health Services, Dermatology; Director of Dermatology Service, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Dermatology
Biography
Suguru Imaeda grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and attended The Johns Hopkins University where he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry. After graduating from The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he finished his training at Yale for internal medicine internship, dermatology residency and immunobiology fellowship. He pursues his love of teaching by serving as thesis mentor for medical and physicians associate students and is the dermatology elective director for medical, physicians associate, and nursing students. He actively participates in the training of dermatology residents and teaches throughout the Yale Affiliated Hospitals network.
Appointments
Dermatology
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Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yale- New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1994)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1992)
- Intern
- Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1989)
- MD
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988)
- BA
- Johns Hopkins University, Chemistry (1984)
Research
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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Suguru Imaeda, MD, is a dermatologist who says he enjoys educating patients about their health and helping train the next generation of doctors.
“I like the challenge of trying to be better every day and having the ability to form long-term relationships with patients while being entrusted with their health and skin health,” Dr. Imaeda says. “Dermatology requires expertise in skin disease, but also requires extensive knowledge of all disciplines of medicine, including internal medicine, geriatrics, pediatrics, immunology, rheumatology, surgery, and pathology.”
He says he tries to put a patient’s concern in perspective to the overall context of their well-being. Dr. Imaeda specializes in melanoma, dysplastic nevi, skin cancer, skin cancer surgery, and skin cancer screening.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
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Board Certifications
Dermatology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Dermatology
- Latest Certification Date
- 2023
- Original Certification Date
- 1992
Yale Medicine News
News
News
- June 04, 2020
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians recognized as CT Magazine Best Doctors
- June 14, 2019
Over 200 Yale Medicine Physicians Make 2019 ‘Best Doctors’ List
- April 13, 2018
Connecticut Magazine recognizes Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians as 'Best Doctors'
- February 15, 2018
PA Program Thesis Projects Advance Research While Building Student-Faculty Relationships