Training and board certification
Source for all rows: team page
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Stanford University, chemistry, with honors |
| Medical school | University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine |
| Training | Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian (Columbia and Cornell), Stanford University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
- Board certification as printed: "certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery."
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
- Member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the California Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons, the California Medical Association and the American Medical Association.
- Received the AAO-HNS Humanitarian Travel Award for pro bono cleft lip, cleft palate and microtia surgery in Honduras.
- Former Medical Director of Reviance Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Center in Silicon Valley; co-founder of ZendyHealth.
- Affiliated with Scripps La Jolla and Scripps Encinitas (source).
Eyelid surgery work
- Evaluation. Consultation includes margin reflex distance and levator function; the pre-operative visit includes visual field testing, eyelid measurements and photography. Surgery is done under local anesthesia with sedation, or general anesthesia when combined with other procedures.
- Upper blepharoplasty. The crease is marked so that about 20 mm of skin remains between the brow and lash margin. The incision may be made with a scalpel, CO2 laser or radiofrequency instrument. Excess skin, orbicularis muscle and protruding preaponeurotic and nasal fat are removed.
- Lower blepharoplasty. The incision is placed beneath the lower lash line or inside the lid through a transconjunctival approach. Fat may be removed, redistributed or repositioned to smooth the lid-cheek junction.
- Upper and lower surgery can be done in one session. The page lists functional blepharoplasty for dermatochalasis that obstructs the visual field, and states that the documentation differs from a cosmetic case.
- Brow lift. Endoscopic (small incisions behind the hairline with a camera), coronal (ear to ear across the scalp) and temporal or anterior-hairline approaches, under IV sedation or general anesthesia (brow lift).
Galleries: the eyelid surgery gallery holds 27 cases of upper and lower blepharoplasty, including laser eyelid lift, performed by Dr. Banthia. The brow lift gallery holds eight cases.
The site has no page for ptosis repair, double eyelid surgery, canthoplasty or revision eyelid surgery.
Other procedures
The site centers on deep plane facelift, neck lift and rhinoplasty, and also offers mid facelift, chin augmentation, ear surgery, facial fat grafting, lip lift, fillers and Vampire Facelift (source).
Insurance and cost
The site publishes no prices and makes no statement about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery.
Recovery
- Cold compresses continuously for the first 2 to 3 days; head elevation at 45 to 60 degrees.
- Normal daily activities within 24 to 48 hours.
- Bruising and swelling typically resolve within 10 to 14 days.
- Nonabsorbable sutures removed in about 5 to 7 days; contact lenses after about 1 week.
- Strenuous exercise and heavy lifting avoided for 2 to 4 weeks; eyelid numbness resolves within 2 to 4 months.
- Brow lift: initial wound healing 10 to 14 days, with return to work in that time (brow lift).