Dr Aisha Sethi
Dr. Aisha Sethi is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at Yale University and Director of the Yale Dermatology Global Health Program. She returned to Yale as faculty after being a faculty member at the University of Chicago for over a decade where she was Director of Outreach for the Center for Global Health. After attending medical school at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan, she completed her post-doctoral fellowship, internship and residency in dermatology at Yale University where she also served as chief resident. Dr. Sethi’s interests in tropical medicine, immigrant and refugee populations, and global infectious diseases with dermatologic manifestations have led her to field work in Pakistan, Malawi, Jordan, Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) in London, and the Regional Dermatology Training Center (RDTC) in Tanzania. She is especially interested in addressing global access to medical care, medical diplomacy programs and improving medical training and dermatologic therapies in developing countries.
Dr.Sethi has set up a dedicated dermatology elective exchange program with Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi for medical students and dermatology residents since 2007. Her albinism awareness work in Malawi has been featured by national media in the country several times and has been positively recognized and supported by the Malawian government.
Dr. Sethi was chosen as an emerging leader by the Chicago Council for Global Affairs Emerging Leaders fellowship program. She served as a member of the Education and Volunteers Abroad Committee and Volunteerism Committee of the American Academy of Dermatology, the International Affairs Committee of the Women’s Dermatological Society, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Society of Dermatology’s newsletter.
In 2010, Dr.Sethi was awarded the Presidential Volunteer Service Award from the White House Council on Service and Civic Participation for her volunteer efforts. Her volunteerism encompasses working in the flood ravaged areas of Pakistan from 2010’s devastating floods that affected 1/5th of the country, as well as the continuation of the albinism program in Malawi. Her global health work has been featured in various medial outlets including the Chicago Tribune, Voice of America news, and National Public Radio’s Worldview show.