Board-certified physician, MBA, and founder of Aahana Medical Aesthetics. at the intersection of clinical medicine, Ayurvedic wisdom, and health technology.
After years across clinical medicine, health technology, and the skincare industry, Dr. Shankar saw the same failures everywhere in aesthetics: gaps in physician oversight, in precision, and in who actually gets seen at the highest level. Aahana was built to close every one of them.
In most practices, the physician signs the plan and someone else delivers it, sometimes without ever meeting the patient. At Aahana, Dr. Shankar leads every consultation and treatment directly. Not as a selling point. As the baseline.
Most clinical research and device testing in medical aesthetics has been conducted on lighter skin tones. Patients with deeper skin too often receive care designed for someone else. Aahana built skin of color expertise into its clinical foundation from day one.
Gay, queer, and transgender patients have specific clinical needs most practices are not trained to address. Aahana was built with this community as a primary audience, not a secondary one.
Medical aesthetics has historically been built around a narrow idea of who its patients are. Men are among the fastest-growing and most underserved segments. Aahana is built for patients across the gender spectrum, with care that meets each where they are.
The diagnostics available today are not being used in medical aesthetics at the level they should be. Most practices still operate on observation alone. Aahana applies the same diagnostic precision to aesthetic medicine that patients should expect from any branch of clinical care. Explore precision medicine →
A published researcher and peer manuscript reviewer for top-tier journals, with work spanning skin science, digital health, and health equity. Recognized across medicine, clinical innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Aahana opens in San Francisco in Winter 2026. Join the waitlist for early access and exclusive benefits for our first patients.