Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Grossmont District Hospital: Active Staff
Chief of Plastic Surgery 1983 -1988
Vice Chief of Surgery 1988 -1990
Chief of Surgery 1990 -1992
Executive Committee 1985 -1992
Surgery Supervisions Committee 1982 -1995
Credentials Committee 1982 -1986

Society Memberships

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
fellow, American College of Surgeons
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
California Medical Association
San Diego County Medical Society
Association for Academic Surgery
William P. Longmire, Jr. Society

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha (National Medical School Honor Society - graduated 4th in class of 200)
Phi Kappa Phi
Surgical Honors Society at the University of Michigan
Clinical Instructor of the Year 1981 - UCSD Division of Plastic Surgery
Clinical Instructor 15 Year Teaching Award 1996 - UCSD Division of Plastic Surgery
President San Diego Plastic Surgery Society 1991-1992
Member - Board of Directors Interface UCSD - Volunteer Program of surgical reconstruction in foreign lands.
Councilor to the California Society of Plastic Surgery 1997-2002

Additional Information

VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ACTIVITY

University of California San Diego, Field Surgical Program, UCSD, 1980 -present. Three to four trips to Mexico yearly. Frequently Surgeon in charge for team of surgeons and staff.