Doctor's Credentials

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• S.B. Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976.
• S.M.(M.E) Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980.
• M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982

Internships

• University of California at Los Angeles and Affiliated Hospitals, Los Angeles CA,1983

Fellowships

• Fellowship: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1987-89

Residencies

• Plastic Surgery Residency: University of California at Los Angeles and Affiliated Hospitals, Los Angeles, CA, 1988-90
• General Surgery Residency: University of California at Los Angeles and Affiliated Hospitals, Los Angeles, CA, 1986
• General Residency: University of California at Los Angeles and Affiliated Hospitals, Los Angeles, CA, 1989
• General Residency: University of California at Los Angeles and Affiliated Hospitals, Los Angeles, CA, 1987

Medical Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training, American Heart Association
• Advanced Trauma Life Support Training, American College of Surgeons
• Basic Life Support Training, American Heart Association
• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983 Certificate #238150
• Physician's and Surgeon's Certificate, Board of Medical Quality Assurance, State of California, 1983 License #G51775
• U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Registration, 1983 Certificate #AK2488725
• Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1992
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1994

Honors, Awards and Scholarships

• Featured in opening ceremonies at Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons as a young hero in Plastic Surgery
  Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October, 1996
• Award as co-author of the first book on computer disk/CD ROM in plastic surgery
• "Plastic Surgery of the Face: Volume 1: 3D Rhinoplasty", Dallas, Texas, November 10, 1996
• Special Award for extraordinary service to the ASPRS
  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons,
  Dallas, Texas, November 10, 1996

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