Mariana has been a Board Certified Physician Associate in the Rogue Valley since 2006. She completed her medical training at the University of Washington MEDEX PA program within the UW School of Medicine. She is board certified in General Medicine through the NCCPA. In addition to years in the field of Dermatology, Mariana has completed the Diplomate Fellowship Program with the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants and maintains this certification.

Prior to starting in field of Dermatology, Mariana worked in Family Medicine, functional medicine, gastroenterology and urgent care and therefore has a wide breadth of experience from which she uses for the care of her patients. She works in collaboration with physicians to give the highest degree of patient care.

She chose the field of dermatology specifically because of the perfect combination of the science of medicine, patient education, her love of surgery, an eye for cosmetic outcome. Mariana focuses on the whole patient in comprehensive dermatology and addresses not only the skin but its relation to diet and gut microbiome as well as lifestyle.

In the clinic she can address all aspects of skin. She is also certified and trained in aesthetic dermatology as well as laser procedures. She performs dermatologic surgical procedures within the scope of general dermatology.