Personal
Born: November 13, 1952 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age - 55
Married - wife, Saralee
Children - Sean, 17 years
Dogs - Vinnie, Lola

Professional
Undergraduate education: U.C.L.A. B.A. 1974
Graduate education: CHICAGO MEDICAL SCHOOL M.D. 1979
Internship:
General Surgery - 1980 Loma Linda University / White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Jerrold Longerbeam, M.D. - chairman of department:
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 1983
Loma Linda University / White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Leland House, M.D. – chief 1980-82
William Hall, M.D. - chief 1982-83
Private practice:
Cosmetic Surgery
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Faculty: Clinical Instructor - Dept. Oto/Head and Neck Surgery
Loma Linda Univ./White Memorial Medical Center 1983-86,
Clinical Instructor – Facial Plastic Surgery – USC School of Medicine (2001 – current)
Licensure: California State
Board Certification: Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Oct. 1983
Diplomate of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery
Feb. 1989
Fellow American College of Surgeons Oct. 1990
Additional: Fluent in Spanish
Re-certified - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (02-04)
Volunteer Medical services - Venice Family Clinic 1983-1995
Chairman - Research Advisory for Surgical Technologies Laboratory, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
Patents:
1. Pocket Protector™ - breast implant device
2. SAF-T-VAC™ - suction device for cautery
SUBSTANCE OF ABUSE – a novel, published Aug. 2001

Hospital Affiliations
1. St. John's Hospital and Health Center
2. Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital Medical Center
3. USC - Hudson & LA County

Societies
American College of Surgeons - FELLOW
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - FELLOW
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery – FELLOW
Board of Trustees – 2003 (current)
Finance Committee – 2002, 2003
Chairman - Membership Committee 1999-2002
Chairman - Continuing Medical Education Committee 1998-99
Nominating Committee 1998, 2000
Editorial review for - American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery – Board of Trustees - 2004 (current)
American Academy of Aesthetic and Restorative Surgery - Charter
Member
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery -
ASSOCIATE MEMBER (inactive)
Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Los Angeles County Medical Association (1983-2004)
California Medical Association (1983-2004)
American Medical Association
American Society of Liposuction Surgery
American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery - Fellow
President (term 5/03 – 5/04)
California Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Board of Trustees since 1998
President (8/99 - 11/01)
Honorary Member – French Society of Aesthetic Surgery – presented May 2006.
Medical Board of California - participated in Liposuction Regulation development as representative of the AACS and CACS

Research, publications, papers or presentations
Resident projects:
"The Neck Mass - Carotid Aneursysm in Patient with Neuro- fibromatosis" - presented to L.A. Society of Oto/Head and Neck Surgery, 4/83 and presented to Annual Meeting of AA)-HNS, Las Vegas, 8/84.
"Relapsing Polychondritis - case report and literature review." with Andrew Ordon, M.D. - presented to L.A. Society of Oto/Head and Neck Surgery, 4/83.
"Chondrosarcoma of the Larynx" with Harrell Robinson, M.D., presented to L.A. Society of Oto/Head and Neck Surgery, 4/81.
Post-graduate projects:
"The Use of Gore-Tex™ e-PTFE Bonded to Silicone Rubber as an Alloplastic Implant Material," (contributing authors - Pearce, WJ and Tinnin, M.) LARYNGOSCOPE, May 1986.
Presented to Western Section of American Triologic Society, Inc., San Francisco, CA 1/11/86.
"Use of Gore-Tex™ Materials in Facial Plastic Surgery,"
presented to West.Sect. AAFPRS, Century City, CA 1/9/87
"Use of Computer Graphics in Rhioplasty: 1 Year Experience,"
presented to West.Sect.Triologic Society, Century City, CA 1/10/87
"Gore-Tex™/Silicone Bonded Implants,"
presented at "Latest Advancements in Cosmetic Surgery of the Face", Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Newport Beach, CA 8/5/87
"The Use of Gore-Tex™ Materials in Cosmetic Surgery,"
presented at the Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Century City, CA 2/7/98
FACULTY - American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery - Scientific Meeting, course instructor on Computer Imaging - 2/88
COSMETIC SURGERY - IN SEARCH OF PERFECTION - contributing author book published 1987.
Course instructor for The Learning Annex - Cosmetic Surgery course,
monthly seminars for the general public 1987-88
"Rhinoplasty '89 - Perspectives on form and Function" - lecture presentation to Family Practice Program at Santa Monica Hospital 12/5/88
FACULTY - American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery - Annual Scientific Meeting, Century City, CA - computer imaging 1/89
"The Use of Gore-Tex™ Materials in Facial Plastic Surgery" - presentation for 5th International Symposium of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Toronto, 6/89
"The Use of Gore-Tex Materials in the Practice of Cosmetic Surgery", AM. JOURNAL COSMETIC SURGERY, Vol.6, No.1, 1989
FACULTY - Annual Meeting of Am. Acad. Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - computer imaging instructor, New Orleans, LA - 9/89
"Marketability of Computer Imaging," FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY, Vol.7, No.1, 1990
"New Perspective on Diagnosis and Treatment of the Aging Lower Lids" - presentation Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Century city, 1/90
"Local Anesthesia with Sedation: Safe, Simple and Effective" - presentation Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Century City, 1/90
FACULTY - The Foundation of Facial Plastic Surgery - Annual Meeting, Newport Beach, CA 8/9-11/90 presented the following:
"Diagnosis and Treatment of the Aging Lower Eyelid"
"Out-Patient Surgery Workshop: Local Anesthesia with Sedation"
"Gore-Tex™ Materials in the Practice of Facial Plastic Surgery"
"Gore-Tex™ Materials in Rhinoplasty"
"Diagnosis and Treatment of the Aging Lower Eyelids" - paper presentation, Western Section of AAFPRS, San Francisco 2/2/91
"The Long-term Use of Gore-Tex™ STP in the Practice of Facial Plastic Surgery" - paper presentation - Western Regional Meeting of AAFPRS - Beverly Hills, CA 2/1/92
"The Long-term Use of Gore-Tex™ STP in the Practice of Cosmetic Surgery" - paper presentation - Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Century City, CA 2/13/92
"Gore-Tex™ in Cosmetic Surgery", and "Autologous Fat Transplantation for Correction of Aging Lower Eyelids" - presentations at International Society of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery - Annual meeting, Rome, Italy, 9/2/92
"Long-term Use of Gore-Tex", "New Perspectives in Diagnosis and Treatment of Aging Lower Eyelids", and "Diagnosis and Treatment of the Nasal Labial Fold" - presented at the Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery meeting, Aspen, CO, 3/93
"Gore-Tex™ in Nasal Surgery", presented at The World Congress on Rhinoplasty special tribute to Richard Webster, MD, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Phila.,PA, 5/1/94
FACULTY - "Augmentation Breast Surgery - Personal Technique," American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Newport Beach, CA 6/17/94
"Gore-Tex™ e-PTFE in Nasal Surgery and Review of Long Term Results," AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SURGERY, Vol.11, No.3, 1994
"The Long Double Columellar Strut in Rhinoplasty," Gore- Tex™/Silicone Rubber Custom Nasal Tip Prosthesis," "Gore- Tex™ Material for Lip Enhancement," and Instructional Course presentation on "Gore-Tex™ as an Alloplastic Material in Cosmetic Surgery." Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA 1/20-22/95
FACULTY - Symposium on Cosmetic Breast Surgery - "Prevention of Complications" and "Treatment of Capsule Contracture," American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Baltimore, MD, 5/95
FACULTY - American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery - "Prevention and Management of Complications, "Treatment of Capsule Contracture," and Videotape Presentation, Newport Beach, CA 5/17/96
"The Aging Face: New Perspectives in Diagnosis and Treatment," presentation to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Rancho Mirage, CA 1/17/97
FACULTY - presentations for meeting of American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Aspen, CO - Complications and innovations - 1) Rhinoplasty Skin Necrosis, 2) Gore-Tex™ Lip Enhancement, 3) Abdominoplasty Flap Necrosis, 4) Subglandular Breast Augmentation, 5) Treatment of Breast Capsular Contracture, and 6) Treatment of Capsular Contracture with Seroma and Mal- position of Revised Prosthesis. Aspen, CO, 4/97
FACULTY - presenter at American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 5/16/97
FEATURED SPEAKER - "The Aging Face: Different Perspectives in Diagnosis and Treatment," Total Body Contouring Meeting, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Atlanta, GA, 10/17/97
COSMETIC SURGERY - WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW -
self-published book on cosmetic surgery authored by
Mark Berman, MD, 12/97
FACULTY - presenter at American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 3/13/98
"The Aging Face: Different Perspective in Diagnosis and Treatment," AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SURGERY, Vol.15, No.2, 1998
"Volume Replenishing for Treatment of the Aging Face: Emphasis on the Upper Eyelid," presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA 1/28/99
Invited Faculty - "Autologous Fat Transplantation for the Treatment of the Aging Eyelid", "Gore-Tex : What Works and Where", Symposium on Facial Rejuvenation, Am. Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Hilton Head Island, S.C., 4/23/99.
FACULTY - presenter at American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 5/14/99
Invited Speaker - "Volume Restoration to Improve the Aging Face - Emphasis on the Upper Eyelid." presented at the 12th International Congress on Aesthetic Medicine, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 11/6/99.
Guest Speaker - Face-Lifting/Aging Face Treatment - UCLA Maxillo/Facial Dept. - Monthly Cosmetic Surgery Meeting, 12/15/99.
Invited Faculty - American Board of Cosmetic Surgery - Review Course - Facial Cosmetic Surgery, 3/4/00.
Invited Speaker - 1) Volume Restoration for the Aging Face, 2) The Double Columellar Strut for Improving the Rhinoplasty Tip, 3) Preventing Complications in Breast Augmentation - 2nd Annual Advances in Cosmetic Surgery - Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery - Aspen, CO, 3/15-18/00.
Examiner - Oral Exams, American Board of Cosmetic Surgery Annual Board Examination, April 15, 2000.
Invited Speaker - 1) Fat Augmentation to the Brow and Periorbital Area, 2) Anatomy and Management of the Aging Neck, 3) Live Surgical Demonstration of Volume Restoration with Fat Grafting - Jules Stein Eye Institute - New Techniques in Facial Rejuvenation, etc., Los Angeles, CA, May 12 - 13, 2000.
FACULTY - presenter at American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 5/19/00.
"Volume Restoration to Correct the Aging Eyelid," presented to the 2nd Annual Education Seminar of the California Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Palm Springs, CA 11/12/2000.
"Rejuvenation of the Upper Eyelid Complex with Autologous Fat Transplantation," The American Journal of Dermatologic Surgery, 26:12: December 2000.
FACULTY - presented: "The Emperor's New Clothes" - A Different Perspective on the Diagnosis of the Aging Face; Volume Restoration of the Aging Face; Third Annual Symposium on the Latest Advances in Cosmetic Surgery, Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Aspen, CO, 2/28-3/3-01.
Examiner - Oral Exams, American Board of Cosmetic Surgery Annual Board Examination, April 21, 2001.
FACULTY - presentor at American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 4/27-30/01
Invited Speaker - "Lipoaugmentation in treating facial atrophy" and "Emphasis on repairing iatrogenic defects", 3rd Pan-Am Congress on Aesthetic Medicine/ 8th Brazilian Congress on Aesthetic Medicine, 6/29-30/01.
Invited Speaker - "Fat Transfer - Exploring the Space Lift" - UCLA/AACS Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship Lecture Series, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 7/18/01.
FACULTY - presented: "Upper Eyelid Restoration with Volume Restoration" and "The Space Lift"; Annual Meeting of the Foundation for Facial Surgery, Newport Beach, Ca 8/9-10/01
Featured Speaker, "What's Gravity Got to do With It - Exploring the Space Lift", American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, New Orleans, LA, 10/12/01 (meeting canceled/ NYC bombing)
Invited Speaker - "Exploring the Space Lift", 3rd Annual Education Seminar for the California Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Palm Springs, CA 11/4/01
Invited Speaker - Stanford University Head and Neck Surgery Dept, Grand Rounds, "Exploring the Space Lift" - Jan. 17, 2002.
FACULTY - UCLA Eyelid Rejuvenation Meeting and Live Surgery Demonstration, my office, Jan. 23, 2002.
Examiner - Oral Exams, American Board of Cosmetic Surgery Annual Board Examination, April 13, 2002.
Faculty – The Space Lift – Repairing Iatrogenic Defects, The 16th
Annual Symposium on the Latest Advances in Cosmetic Surgery of the Face, Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Newport Beach, CA, 8/9/02.
Invited Speaker – Exploring the Space Lift, Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Surgery of the Face, UCLA Medical School, Big Island, Hawaii, 8/31/02.
Faculty – Reliable Small Volume Fat Grafting – Instruction Course for
Fall Meeting of the Am Acad. of Facial Plastic and Recon Surgery, San Diego, CA, 9/21/02.
Invited Speaker – Exploring the Space Lift – St. John’s Hospital
Head and Neck Surgery Monthly Meeting, October 23, 2002.
Speaker – Space Lift – Repairing Iatrogenic Defects, Annual Meeting
Of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Rancho Mirage, CA, 1/24/03.
Faculty - presentor at American Society of Cosmetic Breast
Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 5/30-6/1/03.
Invited Speaker – Exploring the Space Lift; Introducing the Liposuction Trauma Factor; Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Lake Tahoe, CA, March 5-8, 2003.
Invited Speaker – The Space Lift – Repairing Iatrogenic Defects;
Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Newport Beach, CA
8/6/03.
Faculty – The Space Lift – Repairing Iatrogenic Defects; Introducing
The Pocket Protector – A New Breast Implant Device; American
Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Fall Symposium on Body
Contouring, 10/10/03.
Speaker – Introduction to the Pocket Protector – A New Breast
Implant Device; Anterior Face Lift and Space Lift, Annual
Scientific Meeting American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery,
Hollywood, FL, 1/29/2004.
Faculty – Anterior Face Lift and Space Lift, Double Columellar Strut,
Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Tahoe, CA, 2/25/04.
Faculty - presentor at American Society of Cosmetic Breast
Surgery, Annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA 6/1-3/04.
“The Pocket Protector: A New Breast Implant Device,” Am J Cosmetic Surgery, Vol.21, No.3 27-41, 2004. (original article).
Invited Speaker – The Space Lift: The Art of Fat Grafting, Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Newport Beach, CA, 8/8/04.
Program Chairman, 2004 World Congress of Liposuction, American
Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, 10/1-3/04.
Faculty; Present – “Space Lift: State of the Art of Fat Grafting;
Taught Instructional course on Fat Transfer.
Speaker – The Pocket Protector: 100 Cases; Annual Scientific Meeting, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, San Diego, CA
1/29/0
Faculty – Space Lift: The Art of Fat Grafting, Foundation for Facial
Plastic Surgery, Lake Tahoe, CA, 3/4/05.
Speaker – The Pocket Protector: 130 Cases; Space Lift –
Blepharoplasty; French Aesthetic Surgery Society, Paris,
France, May 20-21/05.
Faculty – Personal Preferences in Cosmetic Breast Surgery, American
Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Newport Beach, 6/3/05.
Faculty speaker – Blepharoplasty Doesn’t Mean You Have to Cut,
Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, Newport Beach, CA 8/4/05
Guest speaker – The Pocket Protector: 145 Cases – keynote speaker
Invited to Mentor Corp. Conference, Dallas, TX, 8/6/05.
Faculty – Intense Learning Session – Autologous Fat Grafting fo Facial
Rejuvenation – present 1) Volume and the Aging Face, and
2) Periorbital Rejuvenation Using Fat; Fall Meeting – American
Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Los
Angeles, CA 9/23/05. Faculty speaker – 1. New Technologies Session: The Pocket Protector
(one hour presentation); 2. Space Lift (Fat Graft) Blepharoplasty; 3. The Pocket Protector: A New Paradigm in Breast Augmentation – 157 Cases, 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Orlando, Florida, 1/26 – 1/29/06.
Examiner - Oral Exams, American Board of Cosmetic Surgery Annual Board Examination, Chicago, IL, April 22, 2006.
Faculty – Personal Preferences for Breast Augmentation; Treatment of Capsular Contracture – The Pocket Protector, American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, May 5, 2006.
Invited Speaker – Facial Fat Grafting (Space Lift) video presentation; Combination Space Lift and Anterior Face Lift; Double Columellar Strut, French Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Paris, France, May 19-20, 2006. Faculty speaker – Facial Fat Grafting, video presentation American Society of Liposuction Surgery in conjunction with Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Phoenix, AZ, January 24, 2007.
Faculty speaker – Facial Fat Grafting – two hour seminar (with Dr. Suzan Obagi) presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the AACS, Phoenix, AZ, January 27, 2007.
Examiner – Annual Oral Examination for American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, Chicago, IL, April 20, 2007.
Faculty – Varied Choices in Breast Augmentation, American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Newport Beach, CA, May 4, 2007.
Faculty – Video Presentation – The Space Lift (Autologous Fat Transfer); Annual Meeting of the French Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Paris, France, May 11-13, 2007.
Faculty speaker – Facial Fat Grafting – Repairing Iatrogenic Defects, American Society of Liposuction Surgery at AACS Annual Meeting; What’s New in Breast Augmentation, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; Treating Rippling Associated with Breast Augmentation, presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Orlando, FL, January 17 – 20, 2008.
Faculty speaker – The Art of Autologous Fat Transplantation – two hour seminar presented with Dr. Suzan Obagi at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the AACS, Orlando, FL Jan. 17, 2008.

Media appearances:
Channel 9 News - L.A. - "Computer Imaging" - March 1986
Channel 52 Mundo Latino - "Computer Imaging and Cosmetic Surgery" - interview in Spanish - March 1986
ABC Home Show - "Computer Imaging and Cosmetic Surgery" - live patient demonstration (surgery subsequently performed after interview) - March 1988
Hour Magazine with Gary Collins - "Fat Grafting and Computer Imaging Demonstration" - November 1988
ABC Home Show - "Fat Grafting in Cosmetic Surgery" - pre-taped surgical demonstration with follow-up in studio interview - March 1989
Cara a Cara - Spanish television show - channel 52 - invited guest speaker to demonstrate and speak about liposuction and cellulite - 10/90
Channel 9 News - L.A. - 2/91 cosmetic surgery interview
ABC Home Show - live demonstration of face-lift, blepharoplasty, facial fat grafting, and chemical peel with in-studio follow-up interview with patient - 3/13, 3/16, and 3/31/92.
The Vicki Show - demonstration of liposuction surgery (taped) with in studio interview, discussion, and questions from audience - October 20, 1994
The Marilyn Kagan Show - psychology of appearance - interview, discussion, questions from audience - (taped 5/95)
aired July 12, 1995
Leeza - demonstration of Gore-Tex™ implants for lip enhancement with interview and panel discussions - taped 5/31/96
The Bradshaw Difference - discussed the silicone breast implant controversy 11/8/96
Good Day, L.A. - demonstrated Gore-Tex™ implant for lip enhancement, live, 11/24/96
Channel 34 - Spanish News Program - discussion of liposuction 3/97 Spanish interview (several interviews in 97 and 98)
Home and Family - computer imaging demonstration and discussion of facial aging, corrections with fat transplants and Gore- Tex™, 3/25/97
Caryl and Marilyn Show - guest discussing liposuction surgery - 5/2/97
Good Day L.A. - channel 11 - discussed breast augmentation and performed live breast augmentation operation at office via remote satellite feed, 8/7/97
Inside Edition - interview re: teen cosmetic surgery - 9/12/97
Hard Copy - interview re: body lifting procedures - TBA
The Live Show - KTLA interview re: aging face, fat grafting - 1/98
The Live Show - KTLA interview re: cosmetic surgery, 3/98
The Live Show - interview re: liposuction performed on Stephanie Edwards, show's host, 6/5/98 by me. On 6/8/98 in-studio interview to discuss the procedure.
National Enquirer - Nov. 98 - ran a positive article about the virtues of fat injections to reverse the appearance of the aging face.
Leeza - discussed aspects of breast surgery - 2/3/99.
Jenny Jones Show - performed and discussed liposuction as part of a cosmetic make-over show - 4/29/99.
Fox News - feature on volume restoration (via fat grafting) of the aging face, 11/30/99.
National Enquirer TV Show - discussing liposuction safety
KABC Radio - Stephanie Miller Show - discussing cosmetic surgery 2/10/00
In Style - small article re: volume restoration for aging face, 6/00.
Cosmetic Surgery magazine - featured in article - "Restoring Youth - Fat Grafting" by Jodi Thiessen, Aug, 2001.
KCOP - television interview about Breast Surgery, Appearance and Psychology, May 2002.
KCOP/Fox News – interview regarding Space Lift (volume restoration
for aging face – Novemeber 2002.
KMIR Palm Desert Channel 4 (NBC affiliate) – Live News interview
Regarding the Pocket Protector; 9/30/03.
Several News programs around US featuring the Pocket Protector, Feb and March 2004.
The Wellness Hour – Half-hour discussions about the Pocket Protector and breast surgery (filmed in 3/03, and 7/04).
Fox News at 10, “Discussing Facial Fat Grafting,” Oct. 25, 2004
KTLA News, Interview with Marta Waller re: The Pocket Protector
3/05.
W Magazine – featured in article about breast surgery – April 2005
Cosmetic Surgery Times – Featured in two articles – New Technologies In Cosmetic Surgery; Pocket Protector, April 2006
Cosmetic Surgery Times – Featured in one article – Blepharoplasty Performed by Fat Grafting (the Space Lift), May 2006
Invited Speaker – Association of Health Care Journalists, Studio City, CA, March 17, 2007.

prepared February 2008

Sarah, my wife's grandmother, used to say she still felt like she was 18. When she thought of herself in her dreams, or in general, she always had the best image of herself, which was 18 for her. She lived a full, happy and purposeful life. She was the most successful person I ever knew.