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United States Angela Funovits is a board-certified dermatologist who seamlessly integrates her medical career with her celebrated work as an illusionist and mentalist, captivating audiences globally.
Angela Funovits is a full-time dermatologist at Allied Dermatology and Skin Surgery, working at their Mayfield Heights and Fairlawn offices. She is celebrating 8 years in private practice at Allied Dermatology and Skin Surgery.
Funovits was the only female of ten mentalist contestants on the primetime NBC series Phenomenon in October and November 2007, where she finished as first runner-up.
Funovits represented the US in the live German TV special Die besten Mentalisten der Welt on ProSieben, an addition to the German series The Next Uri Geller - Unglaubliche Phänomene live.
She appeared on W-1, a Japanese TV special on the Fuji Television Network alongside Japanese magician Mr. Maric.
Funovits was one of the four expert magician "Wizards" on the SyFy series Wizard Wars.
She was a featured guest on NPR's All Things Considered with Arun Rath, discussing her work on Wizard Wars.
Funovits was a featured performer on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Masters of Illusion, both broadcast on The CW network.
She featured as a performer on Don't Blink with guest Matthew Moy, broadcast on the POPTV network.
Funovits was a featured guest judge and performer on The Next Mentalist with Deddy Corbuzier on Indonesia's Trans7 network.
She served as Emcee and performer for the American Academy of Dermatology's 2017 President's Gala.
Funovits was a featured performer on La Soirée de l'étrange on France's TF1 television network.
She has been a headlining performer at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nevada.
Funovits has performed as a headlining act at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
During her second year of medical school, Funovits produced two fundraiser shows benefitting the American Cancer Society.
Angela Funovits, born on July 29, 1987, in Avon Lake, Ohio, developed an interest in magic at age 10 after watching a television program revealing magicians’ secrets. Her early career also included modeling from age 11 after being scouted by Elite Model Management, and she won the Miss Teen Cleveland pageant at 16. Funovits graduated from Avon Lake High School in 2005 and pursued a combined B.S./M.D. program at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.
Her medical journey continued with graduation from Northeast Ohio Medical University in the spring of 2013. She completed her dermatology residency at Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where she served as academic chief resident and received the American Academy of Dermatology’s Presidential Citation Award. Currently, she practices as a full-time dermatologist at Allied Dermatology and Skin Surgery in Mayfield Heights and Fairlawn offices, a role she has held for over eight years as of 2024.
Parallel to her medical profession, Funovits gained significant recognition as a mentalist and illusionist. She was the first runner-up on NBC’s primetime series “Phenomenon” in 2007. Her international appearances include representing the US in Germany’s “Die besten Mentalisten der Welt” on ProSieben and appearing on Japan’s “W-1” on Fuji Television Network with Mr. Maric. She has also been featured on SyFy’s “Wizard Wars” and The CW’s “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” and “Masters of Illusion.” Funovits continues to run Seraphim One, a production company she founded in 2006, managing her performance engagements.
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