Dr. Heidi Busch in Encinitas is a board-certified dermatologist who earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1994 and completed residency training in both medical and cosmetic dermatology. Her diagnostic caseload spans autoimmune-mediated skin presentations that often require coordinated evaluation with specialists like Natalie MacLean Rheumatology for conditions where cutaneous and systemic symptoms overlap. She practices with Comprehensive Dermatology Group — part of the UC San Diego Health Physician Network — at the Garden View Court medical campus in New Encinitas off El Camino Real. Bilingual consultations in English and Spanish serve the region's diverse patient base, and her dermatologic surgery scope includes excision of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas with layered closure techniques distinct from the non-surgical aesthetic protocols at clinics like Advanced Clinical Aesthetics. Affiliated with Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, the practice extends into pediatric dermatology for congenital nevi assessment and juvenile inflammatory skin conditions.