Training and board certification
- Head and Neck Surgery/Facial Plastic Surgery residency, UCLA School of Medicine.
- Fellowship, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Harvard Medical School; served as Clinical Instructor there.
- Joined Cedars-Sinai; Clinical Faculty then Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA Medical School; Clinical Chief of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System.
- Double board certified: American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
- Lead editor of over 10 plastic surgery textbooks, including "Master Techniques in Blepharoplasty and Periorbital Rejuvenation," and author of over 80 scientific articles.
- President, Facial Paralysis & Bell's Palsy Foundation; board member, Global Smile Foundation.
- Western Regional Director, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS); President, Sir Charles Bell Society; board member, California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery.
- Led the 2023 AAFPRS Annual Meeting and the 13th International Facial Nerve Symposium; co-founded MACRO Trials, an infrastructure platform for physician-led FDA clinical trials.
Source for all rows: source.
Eyelid surgery work
The blepharoplasty page describes upper eyelid surgery with minimal fat and muscle excision, repositioning fat rather than removing it to fill hollows. For lower eyelids, the page contrasts transcutaneous (lash-line incision) and transconjunctival (inside-the-lid incision) approaches, stating the transconjunctival approach is his preferred technique for patients without significant skin laxity. Asian blepharoplasty (double eyelid surgery) is described as creating or enhancing the upper eyelid crease absent in about half of East Asians, using a hidden incision along the planned crease. Revision blepharoplasty addresses prior surgery complications such as hooding, asymmetry or ectropion. Canthoplasty, canthopexy and MIOS (minimally invasive orbicularis-sparing) lower eyelid recession are described as lower-lid support procedures used selectively with lower blepharoplasty. Ptosis repair options include Upneeq eye drops for temporary lift, mullerectomy for mild-to-moderate ptosis, and open ptosis repair (levator advancement) for more severe cases. Multilevel fat grafting, brow lift and fractionated CO2 laser resurfacing are described as adjunctive procedures combined with blepharoplasty (blepharoplasty page).
The practice's page displays before-and-after sections for both Blepharoplasty and Browlift (source).
Other procedures
The site's Surgical menu also covers Face (including deep plane facelift), Neck, Nose and Facial Nerve procedures; Non-Surgical offerings include Botox, fillers and non-surgical facial rejuvenation (source).
Insurance and cost
Recovery, per the blepharoplasty page: in the first 10 days, swelling and bruising are most noticeable but begin to subside, with daily activities and work resuming toward the end of this period. From days 10 to 30, most patients look presentable and return to work and social events, though some incision redness may remain; normal exercise resumes at three weeks, and contact lenses can typically be worn again around four weeks. Most soft tissue healing occurs by 6 months, and incisions fully heal within 12-18 months into thin, nearly invisible scars (blepharoplasty page).