CV and Credentials

EDUCATION

• High School:
  Robert A. Millikan High School, Long Beach, CA
  1977 - 1980
• Undergraduate:
  University of California, Irvine, CA
  July 1980 - June 1984
  Major: Biology
  Degree: B.S.
• Graduate:
  University of California, Irvine, CA
  July 1984 - 1988
  Degree: M.D.
• Postgraduate:
  Internship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
  General Surgery
  July 1988 - June 1989
• Residency:
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
  Orthopaedic Surgery
  July 1989 - June 1993
• University of California, Irvine, CA
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  July 1993 - June 1995

SPECIALTY BOARD STATUS

• Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

• Assistant Clinical Professor
• Division of Plastic Surgery
• University of California, Irvine (1995 - present)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Valedictorian
  Robert A. Millikan High School
  Class of 1980
• Hall of Fame Award
  Robert A. Millikan High School
  Class of 1980
• Most Outstanding Student Award - California Savings and Loan
  Robert A. Millikan High School
  Class of 1980
• Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Initiate
  University of California, Irvine
  1982
• Regents Scholarship
  University of California, Irvine
  1980
• President's Undergraduate Research Fellowship
  University of California, Irvine
  1982
• Beta Theta Pi Founder's Fund Scholarship
  University of California, Irvine
  1983
• Magna Cum Laude
  University of California, Irvine
  1984
• Letters of Excellence in Gross Anatomy, Surgery and Medicine
  University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine
  1984 - 1986
• Lange Medical Publications Clinical Sciences Award
  (for outstanding academic achievement)
  University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
  1986
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
  University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine
  1988
• Merck Manual Award
  (for academic achievement in the basic and clinical sciences)
  University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
  1988
• Stryker Book Award
  "The Severely Traumatized Lower Extremity"
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  1991

PRESENTATIONS

• "The Effect of 6-OHDA on Tolerance, Ethanol Dependence and Brain Protein Synthesis"
  9th Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry
  June 26, 1983
• "Gait Analysis in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Comparing Functional Improvement in the Posterior vs. Anterolateral Operative Approach"
  Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
  University of California Irvine Medical Center
  June 1988
• "Heterotopic Ossification as a Complication of the Staged Total Thigh Flap in Spinal Injury Patients"
  Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
  Downey, California
  January 12, 1991
• "The Severely Traumatized Lower Extremity"
  14th Annual Dana M.Street Harbor-UCLA Alumni Day
  Torrance California
  May 27, 1991
• "Current Management of the Severely Traumatized Lower Extremity"
  American College of Surgeons - Southern California Chapter
  Newport Beach, California
  January 23, 1994
• "Extremity Reconstruction: Plastic Surgery Perspectives"
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Torrance, California
  November 9, 1994
• "Lasers in Plastic Surgery in the 21st Century"
  Hyatt Westlake Village
  Westlake Village, California
  September 19, 1996
• "What's New in Plastic Surgery"
  Long Beach Marriott
  Long Beach, California
  July 18, 1997
• "Plastic Surgery in the 21st Century"
  Long Beach Marriott
  Long Beach, California
  September 20, 1997
• "The Latest Advances in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery"
  Long Beach Marriott
  Long Beach, California
  February 17, 1998

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc.
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• California Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons
• California Medical Association
• Orange County Medical Association

HOSPITAL/SURGICAL CENTER AFFILIATIONS

• Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Medical Center
• Hoag Surgicare
• Newport Center Surgical (Owner, Governor of Board of Directors)