Experience
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Chairman, Division of Plastic Surgery

John Muir Hospital, Concord Campus
2002 – 2018

Medical Director

Premier Surgery Center, Concord, CA
2005 – present

Private Practice: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

July 1999 – present

Chief Resident Plastic Surgery

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1998 – 1999

Plastic Surgery Resident

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
July 1997 – June 1999

• Advanced training in the latest techniques in cosmetic surgery including body contouring, facial rejuvenation, breast augmentation, laser resurfacing, liposuction, and skin rejuvenation.
• Trained in the latest techniques of breast reconstruction, facial trauma, complex wound management, burn management, oncological reconstruction, and sentinel node mapping for skin cancer.

Surgical Resident

University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
Integrated Residency Program
July 1993 – June 1997

Board Certification
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• American Board of Plastic Surgery

Hospital Affiliations
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• John Muir Medical Center – Concord, CA
• Chairman, Division of Plastic Surgery
• John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek, CA
• Premier Surgery Center – Concord, CA
• Doctors Medical Center – San Pablo, CA

Education
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Jefferson Medical College – Philadelphia, PA 1989 – 1993

• Member of Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society for excellence in clinical medicine.
• Co-founder and organizer of Overseas Health Outreach.

University of California at Davis – Davis, CA 1984 – 1989
Received Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and minored in Russian language.

Professional Societies
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• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• California Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• California Medical Association

Volunteer Work
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Philippine and American Group of Educators and Surgeons (P.A.G.E.S.)/Operation Hope – Santa Maria Bulacan, Philippines, February 1999. With a group of doctors and Nurses to operate on children born with cleft lips and cleft palates.

Orthopaedic Overseas – Thimpu, Bhutan, 1992. Worked with a volunteer Orthopaedic Surgeon throughout the entire country assessing patients’ orthopaedic concerns as well as assisting in all orthopaedic operations.

Overseas Health Outreach – Summer, 1990. Founded, organized and participated in this program which enabled medical students to work with doctors in rural Honduras, aiding in primary care to the indigent population.