Who is the medical director at Kintsu?

Dr. Saadia Nawal, MD, board-certified in Internal Medicine (George Washington University), writes and supervises every clinical protocol at Kintsu. She will lead the obesity medicine and GLP-1 program when it opens; aesthetic visits are booked with Pooja Shah, PA-C.

Who performs treatments at Kintsu?

Pooja Shah, PA-C, licensed in Virginia and New Jersey, performs all aesthetic services at Kintsu under protocols written and supervised by Dr. Nawal, MD.

Do your providers treat every skin tone?

Yes. Kintsu treats Fitzpatrick I–VI. Every protocol is calibrated to your skin type, and for deeper tones that includes hyperpigmentation protocols to prevent post-inflammatory pigment. Both providers work from the same physician-written plans.

What languages do your providers speak?

Dr. Nawal speaks English, Urdu, and Hindi. Pooja speaks English and Gujarati.

Our Providers

Two clinicians. One standard.

Kintsu is physician-led. Dr. Nawal, MD, writes and supervises every protocol; Pooja Shah, PA-C, carries them out in the treatment room. Every plan is built for your skin, whatever your tone, Fitzpatrick I–VI.

Dr. Nawal, MD Pooja Shah, PA-C

Medical Director

Dr. Saadia Nawal, MD

The physician behind every protocol at Kintsu.

Dr. Saadia Nawal, MD, is Kintsu's Medical Director. She earned her MD at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, completed her Internal Medicine residency at George Washington University Hospital, and is board-certified in Internal Medicine. Every clinical protocol at Kintsu is hers. She designs them, sets the safety limits, and supervises the provider who carries them out.

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Weight management: opening soon

Dr. Nawal will see patients for consultations when the GLP-1 program opens. Aesthetic visits are booked with Pooja.

Her story

Her interest in aesthetics is personal. Years of acne taught her that not every treatment is for everyone, and that the wrong one can leave scarring and pigment behind. So she trained on the devices herself and built the physician-led regimens Kintsu uses for acne-prone skin, acne scars, and hyperpigmentation.

Internal medicine shapes how she runs the practice. Treatment plans are checked against your medical history and skin type, not a menu. When Kintsu's obesity medicine and GLP-1 program opens, she will lead it, evaluating patients in person and managing dosing herself.

Her role

What Dr. Nawal does at Kintsu

Clinical oversight

Every treatment plan at Kintsu runs under a protocol Dr. Nawal wrote and supervises, with settings and aftercare set for melanin-rich skin and safe for every tone.

Acne, scarring, and hyperpigmentation protocols

The regimens and treatment sequences Kintsu uses for acne-prone skin, scars, and stubborn pigment are hers, informed by her own history with acne.

Medical weight management

Opening soon: obesity medicine and GLP-1 therapy with in-person evaluation, lab review, and dosing managed by the physician who knows your case.

Approach

How Dr. Nawal treats every skin tone

Not every treatment is right for every skin type, and Dr. Nawal says so. Her rules for which treatments, in which order, at which settings are what every provider here works from, and they include the hyperpigmentation protocols that keep deeper skin tones safe from post-inflammatory pigment.

I will not provide a treatment that I don't think is medically safe for you.

Dr. Nawal, MD

In the chair

What Dr. Nawal's oversight means for you

Honest timelines

Every treatment has recovery time, and results build over several sessions. Kintsu says that at the first visit, not after.

A recommendation, not a menu

Plans are chosen on your medical history and skin type. If something is not right for you, you will hear it.

A hard line on safety

Nothing goes into her protocols that she does not consider medically safe for the patient in front of us.

Physician Assistant

Pooja Shah, PA-C

Precision injector. Natural results, especially lips.

Pooja Shah, PA-C, is a physician assistant trained at the Drexel University Physician Assistant Program and licensed in Virginia and New Jersey. At Kintsu she is the treating provider for every aesthetic service, from injectables to RF microneedling and skin treatments, working under protocols written and supervised by Dr. Nawal, MD. She is also the provider to ask for when you want lips done well.

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Her story

She describes aesthetics as the marriage of medicine and art, and she gets to practice both every day. The art shows in her signature work: lip filler that reads as full and natural, never overdone. The medicine shows in what she refuses: any treatment that will not deliver the result you came for. Her rule is simple. If you don't need it, you don't need it.

Pooja has melanin-rich skin herself, and she knows first-hand that it responds differently to most treatments. She sees the gap in the industry around treating it safely, and she closes it one plan at a time, with custom protocols and settings tuned to the individual in front of her.

Best for

What Pooja is best for

Lip filler

Her signature. A perfectionist's approach to lips that look full, soft, and unmistakably yours.

Neuromodulators and dermal filler

Wrinkle relaxers and filler placed to enhance, not conceal, with a light hand and a plan for how your face moves.

RF microneedling and skin treatments

Cutera Secret DUO, SkinStylus microneedling, PRP, peels, and HydraFacial, each with settings adjusted for your skin type.

Approach

How Pooja treats every skin tone

Pooja does not run default settings on anyone. Every plan is custom and every device setting is tuned to the person in the chair, from the fairest skin to the deepest. She knows first-hand that melanin-rich skin responds differently, and she plans for it.

If you don't need it, you don't need it.

Pooja Shah, PA-C

In the chair

What to expect with Pooja

A warm start

Her first words to every new patient are the same: "I'm so happy you're here."

Enhancing, not concealing

She spends a lot of her week correcting one myth, that treatments make you look fake. Her results are meant to read as refreshed, and still you.

Honesty before yield

She will not agree to a treatment that will not produce the result you want. Safety and honesty come before anything else.

Off the clock

A warm cup of coffee, blankets that are too big, paint-by-numbers, post-work walks with her husband, summer nights, a peaceful skincare routine, and a brownie straight out of the oven.

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