Under the direction of Dr. Neal Kumar.
Board-Certified Dermatologist in Los Angeles · MD, FAAD
Why a Dermatologist Runs This Med Spa
Cienega Medical is built medicine-first: the medicine sets the standards, and the spa is how it's delivered. Every treatment offered here operates under the clinical direction of Dr. Neal Kumar, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist, across all three locations in West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Calabasas.
That means the menu is shaped by a dermatologist's judgment, the providers who perform your treatment work to his standards, and the protocols behind your visit come from someone who spent his career studying skin. You book a spa visit. What's underneath it is a medical practice.
The Road to Cienega
Earned his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dermatology residency at Rush University Medical Center, where his peers and faculty chose him to serve as chief resident.
Certified by the American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology (FAAD).
Directs the medical practice behind Cienega Medical's three locations. He speaks English and Spanish.
What His Direction Means for Your Visit
You'll be treated by our medical team of nurses, NPs, and PAs. Here's what his name at the top changes about that visit.
Every Treatment Has a Protocol
Nothing on the menu is improvised. Each service follows clinical protocols set under his direction, the same at every location.
Providers Held to His Standard
The nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who treat you train to the standards his oversight requires.
New Treatments Earn Their Place
A service joins the menu only after it holds up to medical review. If it doesn't, you never see it.
A Doctor's Bar, a Spa's Feel
The experience stays warm and unhurried. The standards behind it stay clinical. That mix is the whole point of Cienega.
The rooms where his standards become your experience.
The Team Dr. Kumar Leads
Licensed RNs, NPs, PAs, and aestheticians delivering care across our three Los Angeles locations.
Dr. Neal Kumar
Dermatologist + Medical Director
Stephen Y.
Nurse Practitioner + Clinic Director
Mary M.
Registered Nurse + Director of Training
Nara P
Nurse Practitioner
Jasmine M.
Licensed Esthetician
Lusine P.
Nurse Practitioner
Shrabya J.
Nurse Practitioner
Montana M.
Physician Assistant
Hunter H.
Licensed Esthetician
Kayleigh H.
Nurse Practitioner
Alesia L.
Nurse Practitioner
Beatrice V.
Nurse Practitioner
Victoria M.
Nurse Practitioner