Noelle Desir, BA

Medical School

Weill Cornell Medical College

Fellowship 

2024-2025

Mentors

Susan C. Taylor, MD

Fellowship Research Projects

Noelle’s research explores the sociodemographic intersections that affect the diagnosis and management of common dermatologic conditions.

  • Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa
  • Effects of GLP-1 agonists on scarring alopecia
  • Pediatric patients with CCCA
  • Multi-institutional study on Male patients with CCCA
  • Expert consensus on intralesional Kenalog injection techniques for alopeci

 

Biography

Noelle Desir earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from New York University. Prior to starting medical school, Noelle worked as a Medical Assistant and Scribe at a busy medical dermatology practice in Manhattan. She then matriculated at Weill Cornell Medical College where she served as the Class President of the Class of 2025 from 2021-2024. As a third-year medical student, she joined the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of as a pre-residency fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Susan C Taylor and Dr. Temitayo Ogunleye.

Noelle is deeply committed to to a career in medicine, with a focus in dermatology. She aspires to specialize in inflammatory dermatologic conditions such as atopic dermatitis, immunomodulatory therapies, and alopecia.

A strong advocate for giving back to her community, Noelle has served as a Senior Clinician at Weill Cornell’s student-run community clinic and provided social support to uninsured clinic patients who were most at risk for loss to follow up through weekly telephone conversations. Noelle also serves as a mentor for premedical students offering guidance on their undergraduate studies, research, and medical school applications. Weill Cornell Medicine recognized her commitment to service by inducting her into the Gold Humanism Honor Society in Spring 2024.