Name: Ifty Ahmed, MD.
Website: www.ahwatukeeskincare.com
Age: 61
Title: Doctor of Medicine and Former Academic Professor of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
Married/Single: Single
Kids: None
City you live in: Phoenix
A typical day in my life includes…
Meditating in the morning, going to work, getting home and cooking supper, meditating before going to bed
I was born…
In Calcutta, India
My favorite thing about Arizona…
Diversity in climate, geography and people
I’m listening to…
Album “At Ease” by Dharma Moon
My family…
My heritage hails from Northern India specifically Kashmir. My maternal great grandfather was knighted by Queen Victoria for his efforts during the British rule in India as an entrepreneur and for establishing mail routes through the Northern and Southern parts of India. He was given the title “Khan Bahadur” or “Brave Khan” and invited to the coronation of Queen Victoria in England in 1911.
If I could have dinner with anyone, it would be…
Lady Dianna
One thing I cannot live without…
Healthy food and supplements
When I was younger, I wanted to be…
A pilot
I’m inspired by…
Regular people who overcome tremendous odds in their life to find peace and harmony and ultimately themselves
The one person who motivates me is…
The “Inner Me”… the voice and guidance that is within all of us
If I could change anything in the world, it would be…
Bring peace and end poverty and hunger on Planet Earth
The perfect day would be…
Trek/climb through the Sacred Valley in Peru on a cool sunny day with big beautiful clouds and humming birds all around
My first job was…
As a laboratory technician
My favorite escape…
Fly fishing on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah
My life…
While I worked at the Mayo Clinic I was invited to speak in many countries and visit many cultures. I have always enjoyed meeting people. I love travelling to the Andes specifically Peru and the Lake Titicacca region of Peru and Bolivia. I have met many wonderful and beautiful souls along my travels. While there is such beauty on Planet Earth, there is also so much ugliness, poverty and hunger. I established a non-profit foundation (Divine Heart Foundation, Inc) few years ago through which I hope to help impoverished children and abused women in the years to come and hopefully do my little bit in giving back
I’m currently working on…
A book of my own journey through life and self-realization titled “Finding Harmony In A World of Chaos”
Always…
Live, Love and Learn
Never…
Lie, Cheat or Be Idle
Favorite Quote…
“Be the Difference by Knowing The Difference”
Biggest Dream…
Touch as many Hearts and Souls with the activities of my Foundation
My Pet Peeve(s)… egotistical, self-absorbed and conceited people.
More About Dr. Ifty Ahmed, MD.:
Dr. Ifty Ahmed is a board-certified Dermatologist, Dermatopathologist and Anatomic Pathologist who has over 30 years of experience practicing Dermatology and Dermatopathology. Dr. Ahmed completed his training at the University of Utah (Internship and Anatomic Pathology residency) and at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dermatology residency). At the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Ahmed was an Academic Professor of Dermatology, Senior Consultant in Dermatology, Director of Dermatopathology and Co-Director of the Dermatopathology fellowship program.
Since leaving the Mayo Clinic in 2007, Dr. Ahmed has worked under his professional corporation (Global Dermatopathology Services) as a contract Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist in the states of Arizona and Colorado. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery and International Journal of Dermatology and continues to serve on the editorial panel of the American Journal of Dermatopathology. Dr. Ahmed is the recipient of several practice and teaching awards and has over 100 published abstracts and manuscripts to his credit. He enjoys his free time travelling, fly fishing, skiing and helping his humanitarian foundation. In 2021, Dr. Ahmed is providing complex medical dermatology services at Ahwatukee Skin & Laser in Phoenix, and at Sun City Dermatology in Sun City West.
