Dr. Mona Mofid, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist practicing in San Diego, has been named one of San Diego's Top Doctors for 2026, her ninth time receiving the recognition from the San Diego County Medical Society and San Diego Magazine. The Physicians of Exceptional Excellence distinction is awarded to roughly the top 5% of physicians in the region, and the selection is made by fellow doctors who are asked whom they would trust to care for their own family and friends. The repeat nature of the honor matters because peer-nominated awards are widely viewed as a signal of clinical credibility among referring physicians, and a ninth selection suggests sustained confidence rather than a single-year anomaly.
The recognition arrives alongside independent measures of patient experience. Dr. Mofid received the 2026 Top Specialist Award from Sharp Community Medical Group for outstanding patient satisfaction and maintains a perfect 5.0-star patient rating on Sharp HealthCare's official physician website. She was also named among the Three Best Rated Dermatologists in San Diego for 2026 by ThreeBestRated, which evaluates physicians on reputation, patient reviews, experience, and other quality measures. Taken together, the peer and patient distinctions point to a practice that performs well on both sides of the care equation, an outcome that is not guaranteed in specialty medicine, where technical skill and bedside manner do not always align.
Patient accounts offer context for the satisfaction scores. One patient, who said they endured more than 15 years of complications following cancer treatment despite consulting numerous physicians, described Dr. Mofid on Healthgrades as "the embodiment of the medical trifecta: heart, soul and smarts," crediting her compassion and creative treatment approach with dramatically improving their quality of life. For patients with complex dermatologic histories, particularly those involving cancer treatment, that kind of persistence can be as consequential as the initial diagnosis.
The honors extend to Dr. Mofid's physician assistants, Juan Kojima, PA-C, and Natalie Lennon, PA-C, both of whom received Sharp Community Medical Group's 2026 Top Advanced Care Practitioner Awards for outstanding patient care. The team-wide recognition matters for patients because access and continuity in a busy dermatology practice depend heavily on advanced care practitioners, and independent validation of their work suggests the standard of care is not confined to a single physician.
Dr. Mofid's credentials include graduation from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and medical training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she later served as Clinic Director of Dermatology and Co-Director of the Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Clinic. For more than 20 years she has served as Medical Director of the American Melanoma Foundation, promoting melanoma prevention, early detection, and public education. Her San Diego practice focuses exclusively on medical dermatology, particularly melanoma, skin cancer screening, prevention and treatment, and complex dermatologic conditions. In a field where early detection strongly influences outcomes, the combination of academic melanoma training and long-running public education work gives the recognition a substantive clinical dimension. More information is available at www.drmonamofid.com.
