Profile: Dr. (Mrs.) Pumori Saokar

Dr. Pumori SaokarDr. (Mrs.) Pumori Saokar is one of the most qualified and professionally trained Cosmetologists practicing in the city of Pune presently.

She qualified in 1992 and did her Post doctoral qualification (MD) in Dermatology from the University of Pune in 1995 with distinction. Not one to rest with these laurels, she also appeared for and passed the Diplomate of National Board Exams in 1996.

Throughout her postgraduate training she had the good fortune to work with the renowned Dermatologist - Dr M. B. Gharpuray FRCP. She sought specialist training in LASERS and visited Prof. Kaufmann, Head of Department of Dermatology, University of Frankfurt in 1998 and Dr. Rene Rudlinger at Zurich, Switzerland in 2004.

She has been honoured with Life Membership of the Association of Dermatologist, Venerologist, Leprologist of India, Indian Medical Association, Cutaneous Surgeons of India and Cosmetology Society of India.

She is a patron doctor with Arogya Darpan, a customer centric online and offline medical records storage service.

She is currently Honorary Consultant Dermatologist and Cosmetologist at Joshi Hospital of Maharastra Medical Foundation since 1997. She is also attached to Jehangir Hospital (An Apollo Group Hospital) as a Dermatologist. She is dermatologist to Kavita Lasers Pvt Ltd (an Agarwal Group company) and runs the Chrysalis centre since 2003. She is also Partner in Cute LASERS since 1998.

Her field of interest and expertise lies in non-abalative radio frequency skin tightening and body reshaping, Chemical Peels for Acne scars, hyperpigmentation, rejuvenation, subcision, punch elevation, dermaroller for acne scars, Botox, Restylane, lipofilling, excision biopsies and LASERS.