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    Saranya P. Wyles, MD, PhD

    Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    Mayo Clinic

    Dr. Saranya Wyles, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Dermatology and Regenerative Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Wyles is the Director of the NIH-funded Mayo Clinic Regenerative Dermatology and Skin Longevity Laboratory, where she oversees a robust preclinical and clinical portfolio focused on regenerative biotherapies for dermatologic conditions. As Director, she leads the design of novel 3D bioprinted human skin aging and disease models—aligned with FDA’s 3R (Replace, Reduce, Refine) initiative—to serve as ethically responsible alternatives to animal models.

    Prior to joining Mayo Clinic, Dr. Wyles completed a research fellowship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. She holds an MD–PhD from Mayo Clinic, is board-certified in dermatology, and completed the Mayo Scholar Fellowship at Wake Forest School of Medicine and King’s College London. A nationally and internationally recognized physician-scientist, she has published extensively and received multiple scientific achievement awards, including the Young Women’s Leadership Recognition from The White House Project. Dr. Wyles holds two U.S. patents on methods and materials for reducing scar formation, and four additional U.S. patent-pending technologies in 3D skin bioprinting.

    She is the recipient of the NIH NIA GEMSSTAR award for early‐stage investigators, was selected as a Butler-Williams Scholar by the NIA to advance translational geroscience, and serves as an Associate Member of SenNet as well as the Site Director for the Facility for Geroscience Analysis (FGA) within the Translational Geroscience Network. Her work has also been featured on NBC Today’s Show segment “What Are Zombie Cells, and Can They Slow Aging?”

    Most recently, Dr. Wyles was named to the inaugural INNOCOS Longevity50 list—recognizing the top 50 global leaders at the intersection of beauty, wellness, and longevity science—highlighting her pioneering contributions in skin longevity research and regenerative medicine

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