Meet Our Team

Dr. Waibel is Board Certified by the American Board of Dermatology. She specializes in cutaneous laser surgery, general and cosmetic dermatology and is currently the medical director and owner of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute in Miami, Florida. Dr. Waibel is the subsection chief of Dermatology at Baptist Hospital and serves as a Clinical Voluntary Assistant Professor at the University of Miami. In her practice, she has over 65 laser devices and treats a wide variety of cutaneous disease. Treating scars by applying today’s latest cutaneous laser technologies is one of Dr. Waibel’s primary passions. She has successfully developed industry-leading procedures and techniques with lasers. She works with a team that has developed patents related to laser and stem cells. Dr. Waibel is active in basic science clinical trials at the University of Miami and has a clinical trials division at Miami Dermatology and Research. Dr. Waibel was named “Person of the Week” on ABC World News Tonight in 2015 and was recently granted a Cutting-Edge Research Grant by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She has received numerous awards for her contributions to medicine, including an award given by Surgeon General Koop. The 2016 JDD Humanitarian Award has been given to Dr. Waibel mainly for her innovative work in using lasers to treat patients with traumatic burn injuries. Dr. Waibel lectures, collaborates and trains military physicians to help the wounded warriors and is also the recipient of American Society of Dermatologic Surgery Cutting Research Award. She lectures nationally and internationally and is well-published with over fifty peer-reviewed journal articles and several textbook chapters.