280 is borderline impossible.
What did you get on the step 2's?
nothing is impossible,,for the average
doctor maybe,,but my father was a doctor,,and his father,so i was born into it..
CURRENT : PRIVATE PRACTICE [January 2005 - present] Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS and RECOGNITION
America’s Top Plastic Surgeons, Consumer Research Council of America, 2006
Celebrate Life Foundation, Physician Recognition Award, Received for helping Breast Cancer Survivors Live Life Beyond Cancer, June 2007
America’s Top Plastic Surgeons, Consumer Research Council of America, 2006 and 2007
Cambridge, Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals in Healthcare, “Honors Edition” of the Registry, 2007/2008
EDUCATION
FELLOWSHIP IN ADVANCED COSMETIC SURGERY [July 2004 – December 2004]
Beverly Hills, CA
PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENCY [1999-2004]
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Externships:
Aesthetic Surgery[2003]
James M. Stuzin, Thomas & Tracy Baker, Miami, FL
Microsurgery / Cancer Reconstruction[2003]
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
MEDICAL SCHOOL [1993 - 1999]
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
Degree: Doctorate of Medicine (MD)
Clinical Research Fellow Department of Surgery [1997-1999]
Night School [1997-1999]
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION [1989-1993]
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Degree: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Bio-Medical Engineering
Honors: Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Honors College, 1989-1993.
Deans Honor Roll, 1989-1993.
Honors College Honor Roll, 1990-1993.
Honors Scholar Award, 1991, 1992, 1993.
Joseph J. Galassini Memorial Award, 1993.
Honors Research Fellow, 1991, 1992, 1993
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AFFILIATION
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honors Society, 1991-present.
American Medical Association, 2002-present
AMA Political Action Committee, 2002-present
Texas Medical Association, 1999-2004
TMA Resident and Fellow Section
Committee on Continuing Education, Representative
Plastic Surgery Research Council, 2000-present
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Candidate 2005-present
Committee on Education, ASMS, 2002-present
American College of Surgeons
Candidate and Associate Society, 2000-present
Issues Committee, Member Elect, 2002-present
Advisory Council for Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery
Candidate and Associate Society Representative, 2002-present
Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2005 – present
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,
Candidate, 2005-present.
PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS / SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism: Impact of the 1995 ACCP Consensus Statement on Clinical Practice, Investigators’ Meeting, New York, NY, August 23-25, 1997.
Business of Health Care Conference, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, IL, November 4-5, 1997.
Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism Trial, Investigators’ Meeting, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, May 15-17, 1998.
International Congress of Vascular Medicine, Graz, Austria, June 25-27, 1998.
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Outcomes Management Conference, Evanston, IL,
September 25-26, 1998.
American College of Surgeons, 84th Annual Congress, Orlando, FL, October 25-30, 1998.
American College of Surgeons, 85th Annual Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 10-15, 1999.
American College of Phlebology, 13th Annual Congress, Scottsdale, AZ, November 10-13, 1999.
American Burn Association, 32nd Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 14-17, 2000.
Texas Medical Association Fall Summit, Austin, TX, September 15-16.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 14-18, 2000.
American Federation for Medical Research – Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1-4, 2001.
American Burn Association, 33rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 18-21, 2001.
Microsurgery Training, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, July 2001.
American Burn Association, 34th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 25-28, 2002.
Singleton Surgical Society 49th Annual Scientific Program, Galveston, TX, June 7 – 8, 2002.
11th Quadrennial Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries, Seattle, WA, August 11 - 17, 2002.
Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons: 2002 Annual Scientific Meeting. Houston, TX, September 20-22, 2002.
American College of Surgeons, 88th Annual Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 6-10, 2002.
American Association for Hand Surgery. Kauai, HI, January 8-11, 2003.
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. Kauai, HI, January 11-14, 2003.
American Society for Peripheral Nerve. Kauai, HI, January 14-15, 2003.
American Burn Association, 35th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, April 1-4, 2003.
The Plastic Surgery Research Council, 48th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, April 23-26, 2003.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 58th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, September 18-20, 2003.
American College of Surgeons, 89th Annual Congress, Chicago, IL, October 19-23, 2003.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2003.
Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, 26th Annual Symposium. Beverly Hills, CA, September 12, 2004.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 38th Anniversary Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 28-May 3, 2005.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 74th Annual Scientific Meeting. Chicago, IL, October 24-28, 2005.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 39th Anniversary Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 20 – 26, 2006.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 75th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Francisco, CA,
October 6-11, 2006.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The Aesthetic Meeting 2007 - 40th Anniversary Meeting, New York, NY April 19-24, 2007.
Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, 29th Annual Symposium. Beverly Hills, CA,
September 15, 2007