Three providers.
One standard.
Every injectable in this practice is placed by an MD or DNP-NP. The team has been together since 2020. Providers see patients on individual schedules — you’re matched to a provider during your consultation, not assigned by the front desk.
Dr. Aurelia Chen
Twelve years in aesthetic medicine after a Mohs surgery fellowship. Founded Aurelia in 2018 with a simple thesis: less product, more thought. Author of two peer-reviewed papers on cannula-based filler placement. Mentors three injectors a year through the Aesthetic Medicine Institute.
- MD · UCSF School of Medicine '12
- Mohs Surgery Fellowship · UCSF '17
- Board-certified Dermatology · ABD
Tear-trough · perioral · jawline contouring · revision cases
“I see most of my work in the patient who's been over-treated elsewhere. The skill is knowing what to leave alone.”
Sara Mendel, NP
Joined Aurelia in 2020 from Skin Spirit San Francisco. Owns the energy-based program — Moxi, Halo, Sciton BBL Hero, Morpheus8. The clinic's preferred provider for Fitzpatrick III–V skin types; trained specifically in safe parameters for skin of color.
- DNP · UCSF School of Nursing '14
- Aesthetic Medicine Institute Fellowship '17
- BC-NP · ANCC
Energy treatments · skin of color · pigment · texture
“Energy treatments are the most under-explained category in this industry. The downtime, the realistic outcomes — patients deserve straight answers.”
Dr. Lin Park, MD
Internal medicine background applied to aesthetic and metabolic care. Runs the GLP-1 + body contouring program. Sees men and women in roughly equal numbers, which is unusual for this category — and a deliberate choice in how the practice is set up.
- MD · Stanford School of Medicine '15
- Internal Medicine Residency · UCLA '18
- Aesthetics Fellowship · 2020
GLP-1 · Emsculpt Neo · IV therapy · male aesthetics
“Metabolic care belongs in the same conversation as aesthetic care. Most of my patients are doing both, and they shouldn't have to bounce between two practices.”
The
full team.
- MEDICAL DIRECTORDr. Aurelia Chen, MD · founder · since 2018
- SENIOR PROVIDERSara Mendel, DNP-NP · since 2020
- PROVIDERDr. Lin Park, MD · since 2022
- PRACTICE MANAGERMaya Reyes · since 2018 (founding staff)
- FRONT-OF-HOUSETom Park, RN · Stephanie Kim, RN
- RN SUPPORT (NON-INJECTOR)Aileen Tao, RN · Jenny Cohen, RN — assist providers, do not place injectables
