The world's first longevity medicine certification for dermatologists
Treat the biology, not just the surface
Skin is where aging becomes visible. It is not where aging begins.
Certified longevitydocs™ (CLD) gives the physician who already reads the surface the biomarkers, hormones, and metabolic protocols underneath it.
- Format
- 100%
- Time commitment
- 100+ hrs
- Eligibility
- Physicians
- Tuition
- $10,000
Online and self-paced, with live sessions built for busy physicians.
Three to five hours a week, over 6 to 9 months. Flexible around clinic.
MD, DO or MBBS only. Every application is manually reviewed.
Covers the full curriculum, the capstone, the credential, and your Global Directory listing.
The network
Join a global school of physicians
Certification is one half of it. The other half is the peers you compare protocols with once the coursework is done.
The cohort calendar
Exactly what you are signing up for
This is the only dermatology and aesthetics focused CLD cohort. Sign up before September 15.
Aug 23
Applications open
Seats are limited and applications are reviewed in the order they arrive.
Sept 15
Application deadline
Every application is manually reviewed to confirm credentials.
Sept 25
Tuition due
Payment confirms your seat in the cohort.
Oct 1
Program orientation
Live, with Dr. Frank Lipman.
Oct 23
Cohort reception, New YorkTime and venue TBC
The evening before the Mastermind, ahead of the Mocktail. Your cohort, in one room, before the coursework starts.
Oct 24
Skin, Bone & Muscle Mastermind, New York
The Mastermind built around exactly the systems a dermatology practice touches.
Dec 3
Cohort seminar: Foundations of Longevity MedicineSpeaker TBC
Units 1 to 6, worked through together rather than alone.
Miss the September 15 deadline and the next cohort is the next chance to start. Enrollment is cohort-based, not rolling.
In their words
"When you improve what is happening internally, you start to see those external results."
Dr. Naana Boakye, MD, MPH, FAAD, MSCP
Board certified dermatologist
Dr. Boakye reads biomarkers and metabolic health alongside the skin concern that brought the patient in.
The clinical gap
Aesthetics is commoditizing. The biology underneath it is not.
Med spas, injectors, and non-physician providers now sell the same procedures from the same catalog. What none of them can offer is the internal read: why a result faded early, why healing slowed, why the same protocol performs differently at 52 than it did at 38.
Those answers sit in metabolic, hormonal, and immune aging. Dermatology training does not cover them, and neither does any certificate open to non-physicians.
Read the drivers, not just the presentation
Advanced biological testing and -omics, epigenetic clocks, continuous biometrics, and functional testing. The measurement layer for assessing biological age rather than chronological age.
Treat the systems that surface in skin
Metabolic Longevity, Hormonal Longevity, and The Aging Immune System. The systems dermatologists observe every day and were never trained to modify.
Build the offer around the biology
Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetic Longevity is a dedicated unit inside the therapeutics module. Module 10 covers practice architecture, program design, and pricing, so the clinical model has a business model behind it.
Learn from the pioneers
Featured faculty
Dr. Saranya Wyles
MD, PhD
Board-certified dermatologist and regenerative medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic. Her bonus faculty lecture, Optimizing Skin Healthspan, is included in the program.
Dr. Darshan Shah
MD
Board-certified surgeon, author, and founder of Next Health, the world's first and largest health optimization and longevity clinic.
Dr. Matt Dawson
MD, CEO
CEO of TruDiagnostic, an epigenetics testing lab. Founder of multiple precision medicine companies and author of two textbooks.
The program
Your 10-module learning path
50 in-depth units, 1,400+ lessons including quizzes and assessments, 100+ hours, plus bonus faculty lectures and a peer-reviewed capstone. The four modules marked in lime carry the most weight for a dermatology practice.
Foundations of Longevity Medicine
The Science of Aging
Testing, Diagnostics and Monitoring
Advanced biological testing and -omics, biometrics and continuous monitoring, imaging and body composition, functional testing.
Specialty Integrations
Includes The Aging Immune System, Metabolic Longevity and Hormonal Longevity. The systems that surface in skin.
Lifestyle Interventions
Therapeutic Interventions
Includes Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetic Longevity, and Advanced Cellular and Regenerative Therapies.
Technology and AI
Research and Clinical Trials
Legal, Regulations and Ethics
Practice Leadership
Business operations, practice architecture, digital authority, and the final capstone assessment.
What you'll walk away with
Outcomes & skills
- Order and interpret a longevity biomarker panel on a patient who came in for a skin concern, and know which findings change the plan.
- Connect hormonal, metabolic, and inflammatory drivers to the dermatologic presentation in front of you, and treat both.
- Build a regenerative and aesthetic protocol on evidence rather than vendor literature, across peptides, PRP, exosomes, and biostimulators.
- Run a longevity consult that starts from an existing aesthetic patient relationship, without a new patient base or a new clinic.
- Design the service line, pricing, and membership model behind it, then hold the scope-of-practice and medico-legal boundaries around it.
On graduation
What the credential carries
The credential
Certified longevitydocs (CLD), a physician-only credential in evidence-based longevity medicine.
Verified digital badge
For LinkedIn, your clinic site, and physician profiles. Verifiable by patients and referrers.
Global Directory listing
Listed in the longevitydocs Global Directory alongside physicians across 68 countries.
Clinical toolkit
Downloadable protocols, assessment tools, and templates, plus faculty-led Q&A and a lasting connection to the network.
Learn anywhere. Sync everywhere.
Study on your laptop, listen on your phone, and resume on either. Your progress follows you, on web and mobile app.
Web + app
Pick up on any device, online or off, always in sync.
Read or listen
Every lesson is also a podcast. Switch between reading and audio without losing your place.
Light or dark
Beautiful in light, easy on the eyes in dark. Study late without the glare.
Straight answers
Frequently asked
Can longevity medicine be integrated into an existing practice?
Yes. The curriculum is built around a hybrid integration path that layers longevity services onto an existing practice. Physicians complete the certification over six to nine months, establish vendor and lab partnerships over the following three to six months, train existing staff on the new protocols, and can begin offering longevity services to their current patient base as early as month three. Most physicians reach meaningful revenue from the new service line within six to twelve months.
What do you receive on graduation from the CLD program?
The Certified longevitydocs™ (CLD) credential, official recognition of expertise in evidence-based longevity medicine. A verified digital badge signaling clinical competence and scientific rigor. A listing in the longevitydocs™ Global Directory, visible to patients, peers, and referring physicians worldwide. A clinical toolkit, faculty-led Q&A access, and membership in the certified physician network.
What is longevitydocs?
longevitydocs™ is the world's leading vetted physician network, offering physician-only access to evidence, peers, events, and true infrastructure for growth. Also home to the Certified longevitydocs (CLD) longevity medicine certification, built by physicians for physicians. The community is designed for those committed to advancing evidence-based longevity care and uniting the best specialties across functional medicine, cardiology, hormone health, and regenerative medicine.
What is the Certified longevitydocs (CLD) program?
The Certified longevitydocs™ (CLD) program is the world's first credential built exclusively for longevity medicine. It combines a physician-only curriculum, a peer community, and Hippo, an AI learning assistant, to help you launch, grow, and lead your longevity medicine practice.
How should a dermatologist describe it to patients and referrers?
As what it is: Certified longevitydocs (CLD), a practice focused on longevity medicine. In the United States a physician may state the CLD as an earned credential and may describe a practice focused on, or limited to, longevity medicine. A physician may not claim to be board certified in longevity medicine, since that phrase is reserved to ABMS and AOA boards. California Business and Professions Code 651(k) carries fines up to $10,000 per event for misleading professional advertising. Module 9 covers these boundaries in detail.
How does the tuition compare?
Tuition is $10,000. For reference, the A4M fellowship runs around $18,000 and the IFM certification path is roughly $13,000 to $17,000.
Who is eligible, and what happens after I apply?
Licensed MD, DO, MBBS or equivalent only, and every application is manually reviewed to confirm credentials. After applying: a brief fit call, then enrollment instructions, typically with onboarding inside a week. Enrollment is cohort-based with limited seats, so applications are reviewed in the order they arrive. If someone enrolls without meeting eligibility, tuition is refunded in full on review.
The world's first longevity medicine certification for dermatologists
Every doctor should be a longevity doctor
Applications close September 15. Every one is manually reviewed to confirm credentials.