Training and board certification
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| MD | University of California, Irvine |
| MBA | Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine; health care focus; site states first place in the school's Business Plan Competition |
| Residency | Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California (USC) and Los Angeles County Hospital |
| Fellowship | Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, under Drs. Steven Pearlman and Milton Waner; site states he was one of 46 surgeons nationwide selected for the fellowship |
Source for all rows: source
- Board certified, American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. The bio page separately describes him as "double board-certified in Facial Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery" and elsewhere as board-eligible for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; the site is not consistent on this point.
- Member, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
- Worked at Pearlman Aesthetic Surgery in New York for four years after fellowship before relocating to Las Vegas.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. Incision hidden in the natural upper-eyelid crease; excess skin and fat removed; outpatient under local anesthesia, about an hour (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Transconjunctival incision (inside the lower eyelid) to remove or reposition fat pockets, or a transcutaneous incision near the lash line to tighten skin and reposition fat (source).
- Quad eyelid lift. Combined upper and lower blepharoplasty in one procedure (source).
Other procedures
Brow lift (temporal/lateral, hybrid and direct techniques, via endoscopic and open approaches), facelift, revision facelift, neck lift, lip lift, chin augmentation, cheek lift, submental liposuction, facial fat grafting, otoplasty, buccal fat removal, skin resurfacing, rhinoplasty (including revision, ethnic, male and functional rhinoplasty and non-surgical rhinoplasty), and non-surgical BOTOX/Dysport and dermal fillers (source, site navigation).
Recovery
- Back to work. Upper blepharoplasty: most patients return to daily activities after a day or two and to work within a week; bruising and swelling should resolve within a week (source).
- Back to work. Lower blepharoplasty: patients will likely return to work after a week; swelling and bruising should be mostly reduced by the end of the second week (source).
- Sutures out / bruising. Brow lift: sutures removed in week one; bruising and swelling usually subside after two weeks; most patients return to work with limited activity after one week (source).