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Education:

High School Harvard School North Hollywood, CA Class of 1980
University UC Berkeley AB Physiology Class of 1984
Medical School University of California at Los Angeles Class of 1985
Residencies Harvard / Beth Israel Hospital General Surgery 1988-1993
University of Southern California Plastic Surgery 1993-1995
Awards
University of California Presidential Research Grant 1982
Berkley Honor Student Society 1980-'84
UCLA Volunteer Scholarship Award 1983
Manga Cum Laude Valdedicatorian 1984
Heart Association Research Grant 1985
Licensure
Massachusetts 1989
California 1993
DEA 1993
Board Certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery Recertified 1997
2007
American Board of Surgery 1995
Recertified 2017

Professional Background:

Hospital Appointment: 1995-2006 Santa Monica / UCLA Medical Center
1995-present St. Johns Hospital
2006-present UCLA Center for the Health Sciences
Teaching Responsibilities: 2006-present UCLA resident cosmetic clinic and operating room
Editorial Responsibilities: 2006-present Reviewer, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2002-present Reviewer, Aesthetic Surgery Journal
Academic Appointments: 2006-present Associate Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Professional Society Committee Activities:

American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
President 2016-2017
President Elect 2015-2016
Vice President 2014-2015
Board Member at Large, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) 2013-Present
Chairman, Media Relations Committee ASAPS 2013-Present
Chairman, Evidence Based Medicine Task Force 2012-Present
ASERF (Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Fund) 2010-Present
Emerging Trends Task Force and Innovative Procedures Committee 2005-Present
Practice Relations Committee 2004-2009
Electronic Communications Committee 2003-2009
ASPS/ASAPS Breast Implant Task Force Exhibits Committee 2004
Government Relations 2001-2003
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Performance Metrics Task Force 2007-2011
Pathways to Leadership 2004 and 2007
Exhibits Committee 2004-2006
Legislative Committee 2002-2004
California Medical Association
Alternative Delegate 2004-2005
California Society of Plastic Surgery
President 2015-2016
2014-2015
Vice President 2009-2011
Treasurer
Co-Chair, Legislative Committee 2003-2009
Ethics Committee 2000-Present
Executive Council 2006-Present
Co-Chair, Exhibits Committee 2001-2004
Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgery
Board of Directors 2005-2006
Secretary 2005-2006

Society Memberships:

Regional Los Angeles Society Plastic Surgery Bay Surgical Society California Society of Plastic Surgeons
National American College of Surgeons American Society of Plastic Surgeons American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
International International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

Current Areas of Research Interest:

  1. Non-invasive body contouring with focused ultrasonic energy
  2. New generation form stable breast implants

Past Research:

  1. Silimed- Continued Access Gel-filled Mammary Implant Study
  2. Mentor CPG-Continued Access Study Contour Profile Gel Breast Implant
  3. Inamed adjunct-Silicone filled Breast Implant Adjunct Clinical study
  4. Mentor adjunct-Silicone gel filled Mammary Prosthesis Adjunct study
  5. UltraShape- Non invasive ultrasound lipolysis device
  6. Mcghan 410-Silicone Filled Breast Implant Clinical Study
  7. Mcghan 410 CARE-Silicone Filled Breast Implant Continued Access Reconstruction / Revision Expansion (CARE) Clinical Study
  8. Kythera ATX-101 fat dissolution study

Current Research:

  1. Motiva Breast Implant Core Study

Research:

1986 Division of Vascular Surgery
U.C.L.A. School of Medicine
1985 Division of Plastic Surgery
U.C.L.A. School of Medicine
1981-1984 Department of Anatomy
University of California, Berkeley
1981-1983 Brain Research Institute
U.C.L.A. School of Medicine

Public Presentations:

FDA Testimony to FDA Advisory Panel on Breast Implants April 13, 2005
Medical Board Testimony to Medical Board of California's Division of Licensing Quarterly Meeting November 4 2005 on the issue of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery
Testimony to the Medical Board of California's Division of Licensing Quarterly Meeting February 18, 2005 on the issue of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery

Invited Presentations:

  1. Cohesive Silicone Gel Breast Implants at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, California May 29, 2004.
  2. Short Scar Mastopexy Augmentation at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, CA May 29, 2004.
  3. Clinical Experience with the Style 410 and CPG at the Inamed Academy San Francisco, CA August 21, 2004.
  4. History of the Hot Topics Course: What's Still Hot, What's Not, at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, October 6, 2004.
  5. Clinical Experience with the Style 410 and CPG at The Inamed Academy, New York October 23, 2004.
  6. Clinical Experience with the Style 410 and CPG at The Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Boca Raton, FL, November 20, 2004.
  7. Case Presentation Panel. Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of the Northwestern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Maui, HI February 13, 2005.
  8. The United States Experience with Cohesive Gel Implants at the biennial Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea Meeting, Eilat, Israel, March 10, 2005.
  9. 410 Clinical Evaluation Panel at the Inamed Academy at Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea. Eilat, Israel March 12, 2005.
  10. History of the Hot Topics Course: What's Still Hot, What's Not at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New Orleans, LA, April 29, 2005.
  11. Improving Outcomes in Breast Augmentation: Better Results from New Faces at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New Orleans, LA May 1, 2005.
  12. Plastic Surgery Management of the Suicide Bombing Patient: The Israeli Perspective. To the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons. Los Angeles, CA. May 18, 2005.
  13. Clinical Experience with the Style 410 and CPG at The Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Sonoma, CA, June 2, 2005.
  14. Implant Investigations: How they Can Improve Results Today at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, June 5, 2005.
  15. Round v. Anatomic, Textured v. Smooth at the III International Matrix Course, Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2005.
  16. 410 Matrix: The US Perspective and the Importance of the Internet at the III International Matrix Course, Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2005.
  17. Moderator Live Surgery Session at III International Matrix Course, Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2005.
  18. Round V. Anatomic, Soft v. Cohesive Gel, and the Style 410 Implant: The Mexican Society of Plastic Surgeons, Tijuana Mexico, August 6, 2005
  19. What's Hot in the Media 2005 at the Hot Topics Course at the Annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, September 5, 2005.
  20. Breast Augmentation: Reducing Reoperations and Deformities to the UCLA Department of Plastic Surgery, Grand Rounds, September 13, 2005.
  21. Breast Augmentation: Reducing Reoperations, Preventing Uncorrectable Deformities to the Las Vegas Society of Plastic Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV, September 14, 2005.
  22. Ultrashape: A New, Non-Invasive Alternative to Liposuction for Body Contouring at The British Association for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (BAAPS), London, UK September 23, 2005.
  23. Rationale of Form Stable v. Non-Form Stable Breast Implants. The Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Plastic Surgeons, Chicago, IL. Sept. 24, 2005.
  24. Moderator Interactive Panel: Breast Surgery Complications with Saline, Responsive Gel, and Form Stable Gel. The Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Plastic Surgeons, Chicago, IL. September 24, 2005.
  25. What's Hot in the Plastic Surgery Media 2005 at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, Philadelphia PA, September 24, 2005.
  26. Cohesive v. Non-Cohesive and Round v. Anatomic Silicone Gel Breast Implants to the Department of Plastic Surgery, Cornell University, New York, NY November 16, 2005.
  27. The Rationale for Cohesive Implants and the Five Critical Decisions to Reduce Reoperations to the Division of Plastic Surgery, USC School of Medicine. November 28, 2005.
  28. Breast Augmentation: Reducing Reoperations, Preventing Uncorrectable Deformities to the UCLA Department of Plastic Surgery January 6, 2006.
  29. The Advantages of Anatomically Shaped Implants: Comparison between Round and Anatomical Implants at the Inamed Academy Master Class, Marrakech, Morocco, March 9 2006.
  30. Panel Member Postoperative Management and Surgical Technique. Inamed Academy Master Class, Marrakech, Morocco, March 9 2006.
  31. Panel Member "What to do in these difficult cases?" Inamed Academy Master Class, Marrakech, Morocco, March 9 2006.
  32. "Office Management and the Importance of the Internet." Inamed Academy Master Class, Marrakech, Morocco, March 10 2006.
  33. "Breast Implant - My Approach" to the VIIth Simposio Internacional de Cirugia Plastica, Sao Paolo, Brazil March 23, 2006.
  34. Live Surgery Demonstration of Augmentation with a Style 410 implant at the VIIth Simposio Internacional de Cirugia Plastica, Sao Paolo Brazil, March 25, 2006.
  35. Cohesive versus Non-Cohesive, Round versus Anatomic: A Selection Rationale a the 23rd Plastic Surgery Day, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA April 8, 2006.
  36. Silicone or Saline: Understanding the Differences at The Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Orlando, FL, April 20, 2006.
  37. Panel Member, What's Hot in the Plastic Surgery Media. The Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Orlando, FL, April 21, 2006.
  38. Panelist, Managing the Difficult Augmentation Patient at the annual meeting of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Orlando, FL, April 21, 2006.
  39. Abstract Presentation: Non-Invasive Body Contouring with the UltraShape Contour I Device: The US Clinical Experience at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Plastic Surgery, Orlando FL, April 23, 2006.
  40. Teaching Course Optimizing Outcomes in Breast Augmentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Orlando, FL, April 23 2006.
  41. Silicone v. Saline: Understanding the Differences at the Inamed Academy at the Joint Meeting of Rock Rocky Mountain Society of Plastic Surgeons and California Society of Plastic Surgeons June 1, 2006, Las Vegas, NV.
  42. Breast Augmentation Panel, How I Do It at the Joint Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Society of Plastic Surgeons and the California Society of Plastic Surgeons Las Vegas, NV, June 2, 2006.
  43. Body Contouring with High Energy Focused Ultrasound at the Joint Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Society of Plastic Surgeons and the California Society of Plastic Surgeons Las Vegas, NV, June 3, 2006.
  44. The Incisive® Absorbable Subcuticular Stapler at the Joint Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Society of Plastic Surgeons and the California Society of Plastic Surgeons Las Vegas, NV, June 3, 2006.
  45. What's New in Breast Augmentation: Investigations. At the annual meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Sonoma, CA, June 5, 2006.
  46. Pre-operative Planning Principles to Inamed Academy Latin America, Mexico City, MX, August 26, 2006.
  47. Clinical Experience Using Different Anatomical Shaped Implants to Inamed Academy Latin America, Mexico City, MX, August 26, 2006.
  48. Panel: Old v. New in Plastic Surgery at Annual Meeting of the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons September 16, 2006.
  49. Selecting Breast Implants to the Annual Meeting of the Hawaii Society of Plastic Surgeons, September 29, 2006.
  50. Cohesive Breast Implants at the Inamed Academy at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Plastic Surgery October 6, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  51. Name that Facelift at Hot Topics at the Annual meeting of American Society of Plastic Surgery October 6, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  52. The Insorb™ Subcuticular Stapler at Hot Topics at the Annual meeting of American Society of Plastic Surgery October 6, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  53. Moderator, Allergan Silicone Certification Program, Los Angeles, CA November 29, 2006.
  54. Controversy and Confusion with the new Directions for Use (DFU) of Silicone Gel Implants, UCLA Grand Rounds, January 9, 2007.
  55. Silicone Gel Approval: What it Really Means at Hot Topics at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, NY, April 20, 2007.
  56. Teaching Course Optimizing Outcomes in Breast Augmentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, NY, April 22, 2007.
  57. UltraShape ™ Contour I: Non-Invasive Alternative to Liposuction for Body Contouring using Focused Ultrasound at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, NY, April 24, 2007.
  58. Silicone Breast Implants at the Allergan Academy at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgery, San Francisco CA, May 24, 2007.
  59. Mastopexy Augmenation: Can it be Rehabilitated? at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgery, San Francisco CA, May 25, 2007.
  60. "The NeoSubpectoral Pocket" at the American Alpine Workshop in Plastic Surgery, Beaver Creek CO, January 28, 2008.
  61. "Why The Submuscular Plane is Superior, and I will Prove it" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, San Diego, CA, May 6, 2008.
  62. Teaching Course: "Optimizing Outcomes In Breast Augmentation" at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, San Diego, CA, May 4, 2008
  63. "Breast Augmentation: New Paradigms" at the 25th Bernard G. Sarnat MD Plastic Surgery Day for Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, June 25, 2008
  64. "Anatomic Cohesive Gel Implants" at the Breast Surgery & Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 14, 2008.
  65. "The NeuSubpectoral Pocket: A powerful tool for treating breast augmentation deformities" at the Thirtieth Annual meeting of the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, Los Angeles CA, September 13 2008.
  66. "Cellulite – the Bane of the Plastic Surgeon" at the Hot Topics session of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, Baltimore, MD, November 1, 2008.
  67. "The NeuoSubpectoral Pocket: A Powerful Technique for Correcting Breast Augmentation Deformities" at the Ameriecan-Brazilian Aesthetic Surgery Meeting Park City, UT February 21, 2009.
  68. "Treating Late Capsular Contracture" at the Allergan Academy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Las Vegas NV, May 3 2009.
  69. Teaching Course: "Optimizing Outcomes In Breast Augmentation" at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Las Vegas NV, May 5 2009.
  70. Discussant, "How to Mark Breast Lift," at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Las Vegas NV, May 5 2009.
  71. "Use of Strattice in Difficult Secondary Breast Augmentation Deformities" for LifeCell Corporation, Beverly Hills, CA, May 8, 2009.
  72. "Comparing Form Stable and Standard Implants" at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgery, Lake Tahoe, NV, May 29, 2008.
  73. "Choosing between different anatomical high-cohesive gel implants – do the results differ?" at the Akademiliniken's Beauty Through Science International Aesthetic Meeting, Stockholm Sweden, June 11, 2009.
  74. ‘Secondary Breast Augmentation – Implant Selection, Site change Alternatives, Surgical Techniques" at the Akademiliniken's Beauty Through Science International Aesthetic Meeting, Stockholm Sweden, June 11, 2009.
  75. Teaching Course: "Complications in Breast Surgery and How to Solve Them" at Akademikliniken's Beauty Through Science International Aesthetic Meeting, Stockholm Sweden, June 12, 2009.
  76. New Techniques in Secondary Augmentation: Strattice™ to the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgery, August 19, 2009..
  77. "A Classification Scheme for Post-Augmentation Deformities" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 28, 2009.
  78. "Achieving Excellence in Breast Augmentation Surgery: Putting Core Principles to Practice" at the Allergan Academy at the Breast And Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 27, 2009.
  79. "Treating Capsular Contracture" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 26, 2009.
  80. "Round, Smooth Implants" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 26, 2009.
  81. Discussant, "Surface Texturing of Breast Implants Panel" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 26, 2009.
  82. Discussant, "Improving Your Results Panel" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 26, 2009.
  83. Discussant, "Practice Management Panel" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 26, 2009.
  84. Instructor, MOCS-PS Breast Augmentation Course at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 26, 2009.
  85. "A Classification Scheme for Post-Augmentation Deformities" at the Breast and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, August 27, 2009.
  86. "The Power of Marketing" at the Hot Topics Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, October 24, 2009
  87. "Accusculpt/Acculift" at the Hot Topics Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, October 24, 2009
  88. "Non-Surgical Fat Dissolution with Kythera ATX-101" at the Hot Topics Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, October 24, 2009
  89. "Non-Surgical Fat Dissolution with Ultrashape and Kythera ATX-101" at the Non-Invasive Body Contouring Panel at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, October 26, 2009
  90. "A Fresh Look at the Ideal Breast Augmentation Scar for Asian Women" at the Annual Meeting of the Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, November 6, 2009
  91. "Understanding the Dual Plane Approach in Breast Augmentation" at the Annual Meeting of the Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, November 7, 2009
  92. "The NeoSubpectoral Pocket for Symmastia and other Secondary Deformities" at the Annual Meeting of the Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, November 7, 2009
  93. "A Classification Scheme for Secondary Breast Deformities" at the Annual Meeting of the Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, November 7, 2009
  94. Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix during Combined Mastopexy/Augmentation at a LifeCell Educational Symposium, March 5, 2010, Key Biscayne Florida.
  95. Introduction to ADM in the Cosmetic Surgery Patient at the Annual Sales Meeting for the Lifecell Corporation, Fort Myers Florida, January 16, 2010
  96. Strattice for the Treatment of Coverage Issues at the Annual Sales Meeting for the Lifecell Corporation, Fort Myers Florida, January 16, 2010
  97. Optimizing Outcomes using Form Stable Breast Implants at the Annual Kaiser Plastic Surgery Symposium, Newport Beach, California February 27 2010.
  98. Use of ADM in Difficult Secondary Augmentation Revisions and Cadaver lab instruction at a LifeCell Educational Symposium, Las Vegas Nevada, March 20, 2010
  99. "A Classification Scheme for Post-Augmentation Deformities" while visiting professor at the annual Meeting of the Missouri Society of Plastic Surgeons, St Louis, Missouri, March 26, 2010
  100. "Understanding the Dual Plane Approach in Breast Augmentation" while visiting professor at the annual Meeting of the Missouri Society of Plastic Surgeons, St Louis, Missouri, March 26, 2010
  101. "Treating Capsular Contracture" while visiting professor at the annual Meeting of the Missouri Society of Plastic Surgeons, St Louis, Missouri, March 26, 2010
  102. "The NeoSubpectoral Pocket for Symmastia and other Secondary Deformities" while visiting professor at the annual Meeting of the Missouri Society of Plastic Surgeons, St Louis, Missouri, March 26, 2010
  103. What's New In Liposuction: Have we No Shame? American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery via Webinar, April 1 2010.
  104. Improving Results in Primary Breast Augmentation while guest speaker at the San Diego Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego California, April 14, 2010
  105. Use of ADM in Difficult Secondary Augmentation Revisions and Cadaver lab instruction at a LifeCell Educational Symposium, Washington DC, April 22, 2010.
  106. Updates on Hot Topics Presentations at the Hot Topics Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Washington DC, April 23, 2010.
  107. Update on ATX-101: Deoxycholate for Fat Reeduction at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Washington DC, April 23, 2010.
  108. Updates on Hot Topics Presentations at the Best of Hot Topics during the General Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Washington DC, April 23, 2010.
  109. Teaching Course: "Optimizing Outcomes In Breast Augmentation" at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Washington DC April 25, 2010.
  110. The Revision Patient: Strategies for Success at a Local Allergan Academy Roundtable, San Diego California, August 16, 2010.
  111. Using Strattice to Solve Secondary Augmentation Challenges at the Lifecell Educational Forum, Orlando Florida September 13, 2010
  112. Strattice™ for Fold Malposition and Wrinkling at the Lifecell Live Webinar September 28, 2010
  113. New Airway Management Devices for the OR: Video Laryngoscopy at the Hot Topics Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Plastic Surgery, Toronto Canada, October 1, 2010
  114. Managing Combined Capsular Contracture and Ptosis at the Allergan Academy at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Plastic Surgery, Toronto Canada, October 2, 2010
  115. Strattice™ Tissue Matris for Wrinkling, Rippling, and Malposition: Emphasizing the Reconstructive Technique at the Lifecell Surgeon Forum, Las Vegas Nevada, October 16, 2010
  116. Instructor Lifecell Bioskills Cadaver Lab, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 6, 2010
  117. Capsular Contracture, Mastopexy Augmentation, Cohesive Gel Implants, Neosubpectoral Pocket, and ADM Lectures to Russian surgeons visiting the Allergan Manufacturing Facility, San Jose, Costa Rica, November 10, 2010
  118. The Revision Patient: Strategies for Success at a Local Allergan Academy Roundtable, San Francisco, California November, 12 2010.
  119. The Revision Patient: Strategies for Success at a Local Allergan Academy Roundtable, Palo Alto, California, November 13 2010.
  120. Two Stage Mastopexy-Augmentation at the Allergan Academy during the Cutting Edge Meeting, New York City, December 3, 2010
  121. The New Media: What You Need to Know About Social Networking and Internet Marketing at the Cutting Edge Plastic Surgery Symposium, Manhattan New York, December 4, 2010
  122. Plastic Surgery Innovations: Fads, Gimmicks, and Realities at the Cutting Edge Plastic Surgery Symposium, Manhattan New York, December 4, 2010
  123. Lifecell breast symposium in Colorado mountains January 6 and 7
  124. Sizing Breast Implants at the USC Plastic Surgery Aesthetic Meeting, Los Angeles California, January 26 2011
  125. A Classification Scheme for Secondary Breast Augmentation at the Meeting of the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, Los Angeles, California, February 16, 2011
  126. Optimizing Outcomes in Breast Augmentation Maintenance of Certification Course at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts May 9, 2011
  127. Panel Moderator: Lipoplasty: It's the Man and Not the Machine at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts May 10, 2011
  128. Diagnosing Problems in the Augmentation Patient at the UCLA Aesthetic Surgery Conference, Los Angeles, California, September 13, 2011
  129. High Lateral Tension Abdominoplasty: Conventional Abdominoplasty and Lipoabdominoplasty: The Safety of Liposuction in Association with Abdominoplasty at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, Denver Colardo, September 26, 2011
  130. Secondary Augmentations and Their Lessons for Better Primary Augmentations at the Annual Advances in Multi-Specialty Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Symposium, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles California, November 5, 2011
  131. Perioperative Antibiotics And Deep Vein Thrombosis: Prevention In Aesthetic Surgery Patients At the Cutting Edge Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Manhattan New York, December 2, 2011
  132. Panel Discussion: Managing the Most Difficult Body Contouring Areas At the Cutting Edge Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Manhattan New York, December 2, 2011
  133. Public Relations, Marketing, Internet Sties, Blogs: Have they Gone Over the Top? At the Cutting Edge Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Manhattan New York, December 3, 2011
  134. The Troubled Relationship Between Industry and Plastic Surgeons: Billion-Dollar Companies Profit When We Inject, But Not When We Operate: Do They Create An Anti-Surgery Momentum? At the Cutting Edge Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Manhattan New York, December 3, 2011
  135. Breast Augmentation at the Annual Meeting of the New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons, Manhattan New York December 10, 2012
  136. OR Moderator at the 28th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium of the Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Atlanta Georgia, January 13, 2012
  137. Potential Effects of High Projection Implants on Breast Tissue at the28th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium of the Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Atlanta Georgia, January 14, 2012
  138. A Fresh Look at the Periareolar Incision: Should it Be Abandoned? at the28th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium of the Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Atlanta Georgia, January 15, 2012
  139. Predictors of Revision Dissatisfaction with Shaped Highly Cohesive Implants at the 29 th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium , Atlanta Georgia, January 11, 2013
  140. When and How to Use the NeoSubpectoral Pocket at the 29 th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium, Atlanta Georgia, January 11, 2013
  141. Mastering Shaped Breast Implants Part 1: Unique Topics in Patient Consultation and Preoperative Planning at the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Jersey, April 27, 2013
  142. Mastering Shaped Breast Implants Part 2: Specific Surgical Techniques to Maximize Benefits of Shaped Implants at the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Jersey, April 27, 2013
  143. Repositioning the IMF: Does the Implant Matter? at the Plastic Surgery Meeting of San Diego, San Diego, California, October 12, 2013
  144. Uses of Shaped Implants in Augmentation: Primary vs. Secondary at the SESPRS 30 th Annual Atlanta Breast Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31, 1014
  145. Current Controversies with Breast Implants at the Plastic Surgery Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 16, 2015
  146. UCI Residence Conference March 7, 2016
  147. CSPS May 27, 2016
  148. ASAPS Strategic Planning August 19, 2016
  149. ASPS September 23, 2016
  150. CSPS Visiting Professor at Stanford University, Stanford, California, October 7, 2016
  151. Nashville Mtg. November 4, 2016
  152. Satisfying the Unhappy Breast Surgery Patient at the Cedar-Sinai Dept. of Surgery Multi Specialty Plastic Surgery Symposium, Los Angeles, California, November 15, 2016
  153. Fads, Gimmicks and Hype in Plastic Surgery at the Cedar-Sinai Dept. of Surgery Multi Specialty Plastic Surgery Symposium, Los Angeles, California, November 15, 2016
  154. Costa Rica December 2, 2016
  155. Costa Rica February 24, 2017
  156. ASAPS San Diego May 1, 2017
  157. Italy September 7, 2017
  158. Cutting Edge New York, New York December 1, 2017
  159. Atlanta Breast Symposium January 19, 2018
  160. Panama March 16, 2018

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  13. Teitelbaum SA. "Where's the Data?' Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 127(2):1003-1004, February 2011.
  14. Teitelbaum SA. "Review of Augmentation Mammaplasty: Redefining the Patient and Surgeon Experience by John B Tebbetts" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 127(5):2117-2119, May 2011.
  15. Spear, Seruya, Clemens, Teitelbaum, Nahabedian. "Acellular Dermal Matrix for the Treatment of Breast Implant Deformities." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 127(3):1047-1058, March 2011

Book Chapters:

  1. Teitelbaum, Steven. "The Inframammary Approach to Breast Augmentation." In Clinics of Plastic Surgery, edited by Scott Spear. 33-43. Vol. 36 - Number 1, January 2009.
  2. Teitelbaum, Steven. "Secondary Augmentation." In Aesthetic Breast Surgery, edited by Bucky, L Mottura, A. Codner. Saunders Elsevier. 93-127. 2009.
  3. Teitelbaum, Steven. "The Dual Plane Approach to Breast Augmentation." In Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, edited by Aston Steinbrech, D. Walden. 675-689. Saunders Elsevier 2009.
  4. Teitelbaum, Steven. "High Lateral Tension Abdominoplasty." In Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, edited by Aston, S, Steinbrech, D, Walden. 823-837. Saunders Elsevier 2009.
  5. Teitelbaum, Steven. "Hyperanimation Deformities." In Breast Augmentation: An Operative Atlas edited by William P Adams. McGraw-Hill.
  6. Teitelbaum, Steven. "Symmastia." In Breast Augmentation: An Operative Atlas edited by William P Adams. McGraw-Hill.
  7. Teitelbaum, Steven. "Breast Augmentation." In Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery, 7thEd. edited by Scott Spear. Lippincott - Williams and Wilkins.
  8. Teitelbaum, Steven. "High Lateral Tension Abdominoplasty" In Body Contouring and Liposuction, editd by J Peter Rubin, Mark Jewell, Dirk Richter, and Carlos Uebel

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