Training and board certification
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| B.A., Biology (minor, Biophysics) | Trinity University |
| Medical degree | University of Texas Health Science Center (elected to Alpha Omega Alpha) |
| Internship | Georgetown University |
| Residency | University of Colorado |
| Fellowship | ASOPRS fellowship (2 years), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota |
- Board certified, American Board of Ophthalmology.
- Has performed over 20,000 eyelid, orbit and lacrimal surgeries, per the site.
- Professor of Ophthalmology, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin; Manager of TOC Eye and Face.
- Director, ASOPRS Fellowship, and Preceptor, AACS Facial Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship, at TOC Eye and Face.
- Site states over 400 invited national/international lectures and over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, chapters and abstracts; served as editor/reviewer for 18 scholarly publications.
- 2011 Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology; former Program Chair, ASOPRS.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. Removes excess skin and tissue for a more youthful, less tired appearance; often combined with fractional CO2 laser resurfacing. Also addresses ptosis when visual obstruction makes it medically necessary (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Reduces under-eye bags and puffiness; techniques include fat transposition, per the gallery captions (source).
- Brow lift. Offered as endoscopic, temporal, or direct techniques, tailored to the patient (source).
- Ptosis repair. Corrects congenital or acquired drooping of the eyelid from muscle, nerve, age, or trauma-related causes; the gallery shows a "Ptosis Repair, Scar-Less Right Eyelid" case (source).
- Ectropion/entropion repair. Listed among the practice's functional/reconstructive eyelid procedures (source).
Other procedures
Deep plane facelift and neck lift, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, facial fat grafting, chin/midface/temporal facial implants, CO2 laser skin resurfacing, TCA peel, scar revision, forehead reduction/hairline lowering, neck liposuction, genioplasty, buccal fat removal, Botox/Dysport, Restylane, Sculptra, orbital tumor and thyroid eye disease (Graves') treatment, maxillofacial trauma repair, and MOHS skin cancer resection (source, source).
Insurance and cost
"If there is a significant degree of visual obstruction, a blepharoplasty may be considered medically necessary and covered by insurance" (source). The practice's accepted-insurance list includes Medicare Part B, Medicaid, Tricare Prime, Aetna, Cigna, BCBS of Texas, Humana, and dozens of other commercial and workers'-compensation plans (source).
A dedicated cost-transparency page publishes starting prices: upper blepharoplasty from $5,000, lower blepharoplasty from $6,500, and cosmetic brow lift from $5,000, each excluding facility and anesthesia fees and described as "starting estimates, not final quotes" (source).
Recovery
- Final result. Typical recovery after eyelid lift surgery with the practice's fractional CO2 laser technique is 1-2 weeks (source).
- Bruising. For most patients, recovery from blepharoplasty or ptosis surgery is brief with minimal bruising (same page).