Training and board certification
- Board certification: "certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and by the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada."
- Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons; American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; American Association of Plastic Surgeons.
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
- Medical staff, Advent Health Shawnee Mission Hospital.
- In 1998 he opened a state-licensed ambulatory surgery center specializing in cosmetic surgery. The site states he has practiced only cosmetic surgery of the face, body and breasts for over 30 years (source).
- Author of over 240 peer-reviewed publications and two textbooks on evidence-based cosmetic breast surgery and body contouring.
- The site does not list his medical school, residency or fellowship.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper lids may be treated alone or with the lower lids; usually all four lids are treated together.
- Upper lid. The incision sits in the lowest crease, typically less than a centimeter from the lid margin. The page states he no longer trims muscle from the upper lids and removes fat conservatively.
- Lower lid. Either a transcutaneous incision just below the lashes or a transconjunctival incision inside the lid. He prefers the transconjunctival approach for patients under 40 with bags but little skin laxity.
- Tear troughs and dark circles. He trims lower lid fat pads and transfers fat harvested elsewhere, usually the abdomen, into the tear troughs, instead of transposing the lid fat pads.
- Lower lid tightening. The page states he avoids routine canthoplasty because shortening the lower lid makes the eye look smaller.
- Anesthesia. Upper lids alone are usually done awake under local anesthesia in 30 minutes or less; lower lids usually under intravenous sedation.
- Laser. CO2 or erbium resurfacing around the eyes, usually one CO2 pass.
- Brow. Endoscopic forehead lift through three small incisions behind the hairline, first performed by him in 1995 (source).
Galleries: the eyelid surgery page shows captioned before-and-after cases, including upper and lower blepharoplasties, lower blepharoplasties with tear trough fat injection and laser resurfacing, and transconjunctival blepharoplasties. The forehead lift page shows endoscopic forehead lift cases with upper blepharoplasties.
Other procedures
The site lists facelift, rhinoplasty, ear surgery, chin and jawline enhancement, buccal fat pad resection, submental lipectomy and facial fat injection; breast augmentation, lift and reduction and gender-affirming top surgery; tummy tuck, liposuction and body contouring; and Botox, Juvederm and laser treatments (source).
Insurance and cost
The site states nothing about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery and publishes no prices. The financing page lists Cherry payment plans and CareCredit (financing).
Recovery
- Back to work: for most patients, 10 days off work is reasonable; some return sooner.
- Bruising: clears in about 10 days in most patients.
- Swelling: a few months to subside completely.
- Sutures: the first office visit is 3 to 5 days after surgery, when upper lid sutures are removed.
- Contact lenses: some patients can wear them a week after surgery.
- Eye care: drops by day and ointment at night until full eyelid closure returns; ice packs and head elevation in the first 24 hours.