Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

* Assistant Professor of Surgery (Acting)
UCLA School of Medicine, 1969 -1970
* Assistant Professor of Surgery and Plastic Surgery
UCSD School of Medicine, 1972 -1973
* Assistant Professor of Surgery and Plastic Surgery
UCLA School of Medicine, 1973 -1976
* Associate Professor of Surgery and Plastic Surgery
UCLA School of Medicine, 1976 -1981
* Chief and Co-Director, Combined Hand Surgery Service
UCLA School of Medicine, 1981-1990
* Professor of Surgery (Level VI)
UCLA School of Medicine, 1981- Present
* Acting Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
UCLA School of Medicine, 1988 -1989
* Chief, Plastic Surgery
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 1973 - Present
* Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
UCLA Medical Center, 2002 - Present

Society Memberships

American Association of Hand Surgery
American Association of Plastic Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
California Medical Association
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
Plastic Surgery Research Council

Offices Held

UCLA
Academic Senate Representative, Department of Surgery, 1974 -1976
Executive Committee, Department of Surgery, 1978 -1979
Operating Room Committee, 1978 -1981
Basic Surgery Training Committee, 1979 -1981
Curriculum Committee, Medical School Alumni Program, 1981-1982
Admissions Policy Committee, 1984 -1985
Chairmans Committee, 1985 -1986
Quality Assurance Committee, 1986 -1988
Animal Research Committee, 1989 -1993
Strategic Planning Action Committee, Subcommittee on Finance, 1990 -1995
Operating Room Committee, 1991-1994
Surgery Center Policy Committee, 1991-1995

WEST LOS ANGELES VA MEDICAL CENTER
Veterans Administration Plastic Surgery Advisory Committee, 1977
Problem Oriented Medical Record, 1979
Regional Animal Research Facility, 1979 -1980
Search Committee, Chairman of Surgery Service, 1982

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HAND SURGERY
Program Chairman, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Ca. 1977
Research Committee, Chairman, 1987-1990
Director, 1988 -1989
Executive Secretary, 1989 -1990

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGERY
Ethics Committee, 1996 -1997
Ethics Committee, 2000 -2001

AMERICAN BOARD OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
Guest Examiner, 1981-1990
Certifying Oral Examination Committee, 1990 -Present
Certifying Oral Examination Evaluator, 1995 - Present
Director, Board of Directors, 1991-1997

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
Motion Picture Committee, 1988 -1991

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY
Chairman, Educational Commission, 1987-1990
Program Chairman, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1988
Program Chairman, Annual Meeting, Orlando, 1989
Program Chairman, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1990
Director, Board of Directors, 1989 -1991
Historian, Director, 1991-1993
Member at Large, Director, 1993 -1995

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS
Chairman, Ethics Committee, 1992 -1993

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
In-Service Exam Committee, 1975 -1977
Professional Liability Committee, 1977
Annual Chiefs Residents Meeting, 1978
Speakers Bureau, 1978 -1980
Speaker’s Bureau, 1988 -1989
Program Committee, 1982
Program Committee, 1987-1989
Public Information Committee, 1982 -1983
Ethics Committee, 1986
Nominating Committee, 1987
Western State Representative, Judicial Council, 1989 -1991
Judicial Council, Chairman, 1989 -1991
Program Chairman, Annual Meeting, (Aesthetic), 1993
Program Chairman, Annual Meeting, (Aesthetic), 1994
Chairman, Local Hosts Committee, Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles, 2000

JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Reviewer, Journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1981-1986
Associate Editor, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1987-1994
Editorial Board Nominating Committee, 1991-1992
Co-editor, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1994-Present

CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
Professional Standards Committee, 1980
Program Committee, 1981
Ethics Committee, 1982 -1984
Symposium Chairman, 1987
Program Committee, 1988
Program Committee, Chairman, Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1989
BMQA Committee, State of California, 1989
Parliamentarian, 1989 -1990

PLASTIC SURGERY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
In-Service Examination Committee, 1975 -1976
Symposium Chairman, UCLA Extension, 1981
Symposium Chairman, Tucson, Arizona, 1987
Symposium Committee, 1988 -1989
Director, Board of Directors, 1991-1993
Nominating Committee, 1992-1994

APPOINTMENTS
Board of Medical Quality Assurance - Governor Appointee, 1986 -1990
State of California - Los Angeles District
Special Site Visitor, Residency Review Committee, 1985 - Present
Consultant, Plastic Surgery, St. Johns Hospital, 1989 - Present
Trustee, Childrens Institute International, 1995 -1998
Consultant, Medical Board of California, 1995 - Present

VISITING PROFESSOR
University of Missouri, 1981
Peter Brent Brigham Hospital, 1981
Beijing University, Peoples Republic of China, 1983
Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy, 1986
University of California, San Francisco, 1988
University of Missouri, 1991
Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery Society, 1996
University of Guadalajara, Mexico,1998.
Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, 2000
Canadian Atlantic Provinces, St. John, New Brunswick 2000

OTHER
Leadership Council, West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1987 -1988
Coach, West Los Angeles Little League, 1993
Coach, AYSO, 1994 -1995
Coach, Division II, West Los Angeles Basketball League, 1996 -1997

Honors and Awards

* The Bronze Star Medal U.S. Army, Republic of Vietnam, 1966
* Thomas Symington Award Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine, 1971
* Best Research Paper in Plastic Surgery The Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - The Am. Soc. Of Maxillofacial Surgeons, 1991
* Ralph Goldman Research Award, 1996 "Passage-Dependent Loss of Osteoblast Function but not Proliferation Markers in MC3T3-E1 Cells"
* Ralph Goldman Research Award, 1999 "Effect of Retinoid on Connexin 43 Expression in Squamous Cell Carcinoma"