Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Alta Bates Summit Hospital, Associate Staff, Oakland, CA
Stanford University Hospital, Teaching Staff, Stanford, CA
University of California, San Francisco, Teaching Staff, San Francisco, CA
The Surgery Center, Oakland, CA
Providence Hospital, Chief of Plastic Surgery, Oakland, CA

Society Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1966.
Psychonomic Society, 1966.
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, 1966.
Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S., 1969.
Royal Society of Medicine, 1970.
Alameda Contra Costa County Medical Association, 1974.
California Medical Association, 1974.
American Medical Association,  1974.
American Physicians Fellowship, Inc., 1974.
American Burn Association,  1974.
International College of Surgeons,  1976.
American College of Surgeons,  1976.
International Academy of Cosmetic Surgery,  1976.
American Association of Hand Surgery,  1977.
American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons,  1977.
New York Academy of Sciences,  1977.
International Society for the Study of Time,  1978.
California Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1979.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,  1979.
Pan Pacific Surgical Association, 1980.
American Astronomical Society, 1982.
Lipolysis Society of North America, 1984.
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons,  1984.
American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1990 (By Invitation).
American Physics Society, 1993.
The Rhinoplasty Society, 1995.
Northwestern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - (Honorary Membership by Invitation), 2000.

Offices Held

American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery:
Scientific Committee, 1983, 1988.
Strategic Planning Committee, 1986.
Chairman, Audiovisual Committee, 1987-1988.
Board of Directors (AdHoc), 1987-1988.
Scholarship Committee, 1984-1987.
Local Arrangements Committee, 1988.
Ethics Committee (Western United States) Representative, 1990- 1993.
Scientific Program Committee, 1994-1995, 1998, 1999.
Technical Exhibits Committee, 1998.
Education Committee, 1999.

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery:
1. Scientific Program Committee, 1981, 1982.
2. Exhibits Committee, 1994, 1995.
3. Scientific Program Committee, 1994-1995, 1998.
4. Scientific Exhibit/Posters Committee, 1996.
5. Technical Exhibits Committee, 1998.

California Society of Plastic Surgery:
1. Insurance Mediation Committee, 1983.
2. Scientific Committee, 1982 (Chairman, 1986, 1987, 1988).
3. Marketing Committee, 1986.
4. Awards Committee, 1996.

Plastic Surgery Education Foundation:
1. Curriculum Committee, 1988.
2. Research Grant Committee, 1988.
3. Instructional Course Committee, 1987, 1988.
4. Silicone Research Committee, 1992.

Rhinoplasty Society:
1. Founding member, 1995.
2. Secretary, 1996.
3. Vice President, 1997.
4. President-elect, 1998.
5. Committees:
Program Committee, 1997.
Time and Place Committee 1998, 1999.
Nominating Committee 2001, 2002.
6. Editor, Newsletter, 1998
7. President 1999
8. Board of Trustees 2000-2004
Chairman of the Board, 2000
9. Historian, 2005

American Association for  Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc.
1. Facility Inspector, 1997 - present.
2. Communications Committee, 1999.
3. Standards Committee, 2001, 2004.
4. Education Committee 2001.

Providence Hospital :
1. Medical Education Committee, 1974-1976.
2. Ambulatory Surgery Committee, 1978-1984.
3. Executive Committee, 1983-1985.
4. Peer Review Committee, 1988.
5. Chief of Plastic Surgery 1978-1984,1988-1990.

Merritt Hospital: Medical Education Committee, 1976-1984.

Alta Bates Hospital: Medical Education Committee, 1974-1975.

Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association:
1. Mediation Committee, 1976-present.
2. Ethics Committee, 1990-1996

American Cancer Society: Board of Directors (ad hoc), 1981-1984.

The Surgery Center (Oakland, California): Board of Directors, 1985-1991.

International College of Surgeons:
1. Regent, Northern California, 1984.
2. Local Host Chairman,1988.
3. Vice President, 1988.

University of California S.F. Administrative Council
Representative for Dept. of Plastic Surgery 2003 - present

Editorial Consultant Positions:
Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1986-present.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1992-present.
Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 1996 - present.
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal (Regional Editor) 2000-present
On-Line Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal (Rhinoplasty Editor) 2001. 

Honors and Awards

1. Eban J. Carey Memorial Award in Anatomy (medical
school ), 1964.
2. Bank of America Giannini Fellowship.  Served at Stanford University Medical Center , Department of Plastic Surgery, 1972-1973.
3. Highest Examination Score (in-service) in the U.S.A. upon completion of Residency in Plastic Surgery,  1974.
4. Award for Exhibit on Closed Caspulotomy on the Breast (Second Place) - American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - San Francisco , 1977.
5. American Cancer Society:  Honor Award , 1978.
6. Walter Scott Brown Award - (Best Video or Film) - American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1983.
7. Listed in "The Best Doctors in America" (Naifeh and Smith), 1996.
8. Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering (A.N. Marquis), 1998.
9. Listed in The National Registry of Who's Who, 1998.
10. Listed in San Francisco Magazine's article of  "The Top Doctors in the Bay Area", 1999.
11. Listed in "The Best Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons", 1999.
12. Listed in Who's Who in the World, 2001.
13. Honorary Thomas Jefferson Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia , 2001.
14. Invited Guest Speaker ASAPS Las Vegas, Nevada, 2002 "Personal Evolution From Closed to Open Rhinoplasty"
15. Invited Guest Speaker Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA 2003.
16. Best Scientific Presentation. Cal Society of Plastic Surgeons. Sacramento, CA 2003.
17. Best Scientific Presentation Cal Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, CA 2004.
18. Best Scientific Presentation (Tiffany Award) American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Van Couver, CA 2004.