Education and Background
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EDUCATION:
1983-87 - B.S., University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences
1985 - Cambridge University, England Political Science
1987-91 - M.D., University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
1991-95 - Internship/General Surgery Residency University of California,
Irvine, College of Medicine
1995-97 - Plastic Surgery Residency University of California, San
Diego, School of Medicine
1996 - Post-graduate Fellowship, Aesthetic Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Bruce F. Connell Plastic Surgery Clinic, Orange County, California
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:
1997-Present - Clinical Instructor, Division of Plastic Surgery,
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
2000 American Board of Plastic Surgery, Board Certified, 09/09/2000
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
1992 State of California G076289, EXP 02/28/01
2000-97 State of Nevada 8594, EXP 6/30/01
ORGANIZATIONS:
Member, California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
San Diego International Plastic Surgery Society
Scripps Quality Council (2000)
SDCMS, Bioethics Committee (2000)
CMA, AMA
HONORS:
1991 The J. Gordon Hatfield Award for Excellence in Surgery
1991 Orange County Medical Association Auxiliary Research Award
1986-91 Awarded over $34,000 in research grants
1990 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress-Student Representative
1990-91 California Medical Association - Representative to Advisory
Panels of General and Plastic Surgery
1987 Excellence in Research Award, UCI School of Biological Sciences
1986-87 Dean's Award for Research
1986-87 Presidential Research Fellowship
1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Award
1983-1987 UCI Varsity NCAA Tennis Team
COURSE FACULTY:
1998 Mission Ambulatory Surgery Center-Q&M Committee
1998-99 Aesthetic Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, La Jolla, CA (live surgery)
1998 Symposium on Aesthetic Surgery, San Francisco, CA (live surgery)
1988 Global Summit on Aesthetic Surgery (ASAPS Meeting) Los Angeles,
CA
1995 UCSD Endoscopic Plastic Surgery Course, Newport Beach, CA
1995-2000 UCSD Wound Management Workshop, San Diego, CA
SERVICE TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
1990-1991 American Heart Association, Heart at Work Speakers Bureau
1995-2000 INTERFACE International Volunteer Surgical Program
1995-1998 Hospital Physician -Manuscript Review Board Member
1996 Mercy Outreach Surgical Team