Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| Medical school | University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio |
| Internship | General Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA |
| Residency | Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University |
| Fellowship | Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, St. Louis University; Washington University St. Louis |
| Fellowship | Vascular Birthmarks, Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas |
- Board certification as printed: "Double Board-certified head, neck, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon." The bio page does not name the boards.
- The practice's "why choose us" page states he was the first facial plastic surgeon recruited by the Medical University of South Carolina and has over 30 years of experience (source).
- Founder and Medical Director, Hemangioma International Treatment Center, which provides pro-bono care for children with vascular anomalies.
- Charleston County Medical Society President, 2018 to 2021; President of Independent Doctors of South Carolina.
- Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto.
Eyelid surgery work
- The practice performs both upper and lower blepharoplasty.
- Upper blepharoplasty targets drooping skin of the upper lid; the page states that for patients with significant upper lid drooping, removing excess skin can restore full peripheral vision.
- Lower blepharoplasty removes puffiness or bagginess beneath the eye by removing excess skin below the eye.
- The procedure removes excess fat and skin and typically takes one to two hours under local anesthesia or IV sedation.
- Endoscopic brow lift. Three to five small incisions are made behind the hairline with no hair or skin removed; the procedure takes about 60 to 90 minutes under IV sedation (browlift).
- Gallery. The before-and-after gallery shows a blepharoplasty case, a deep plane facelift with lower blepharoplasty, and several endoscopic browlift cases alone or combined with facelift or lip lift (source). Cases are not labeled by surgeon.
Other procedures
The center also offers facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty, chin and cheek augmentation, lip augmentation, otoplasty, hair restoration, scar revision and reconstruction, hemangioma treatment, migraine surgery, breast and body procedures, fractional CO2 laser and injectable fillers (source).
Insurance and cost
The site publishes no prices and makes no statement about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery.
Recovery
- After blepharoplasty, patients limit reading for two to three days and return to work in seven to ten days (source).
- Contact lenses may be worn again after two or more weeks.
- Strenuous activity is avoided for three weeks.
- After an endoscopic brow lift, most patients return to work within seven to ten days and resume full activities after two to three weeks (browlift).