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Widely regarded as one of America’s top physicians in midlife women’s health, Dr. Soma Mandal is a board-certified Internist who has helped thousands of women to successfully navigate getting older and reinvent themselves along the way. Earning her MD at New York University School of Medicine, and a prestigious research fellowship at Oxford University in England, Dr. Mandal brings a fresh perspective to the topic of women’s health, skin health and aging, particularly for women of color.

Fusing traditional Western medicine with her Eastern roots, Dr. Mandal’s approach combines the best of both worlds. Her unique approach provides women with a much-needed, easy-to follow process, making the forties and fifties plus, fabulous.

AWARDS AND CREDENTIALS

Medical Advisor at Health.com and Verywell Health, part of the Dotdash Meredith family

Medical Expert at Pillar4Media

DISTINCTIONS

Exceptional Women In Medicine: 2020, 2021, 2022

REGIONAL GUIDES

Jersey's Best Magazine Top Doctors: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Jersey's Best - Top Doctors for Women's Health: 2018

New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2021, 2022, 2023

Super Doctors 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Millburn- Short Hills Magazine Top Doctors 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

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