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Welcome to my website. If you are reading this introduction, you may likely have little knowledge of me and my practice. I would therefore like to give you an introduction. You might want to know why you should explore this website further or contact my office for an appointment and consultation.
I OFFER EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS.
Since starting my private practice in 1971, I have acquired extensive experience in facial plastic surgical procedures including hair restoration surgery. Like many Internet plastic surgery websites, I emphasize experience, certification, skills and strong reasons why you should see the practitioner who owns that website. I offer experience that few can match in the procedures I perform. I invite you to read information about my extensive education and training, certifications and long list of educational contributions here. When others refer to their expertise, education, and certification, it is because of surgeons like myself who have been the teachers, lecturers and writers of the articles who have given knowledge and training to others. Having a level of book knowledge is important, but hands-on experience of many years of surgery should be of importance to the prospective patient.
I also want to emphasize that we have an in-office accredited surgical facility that is surveyed every three years by an independent accrediting body, presently, the Institute for Medical Quality. What this means to you is that surgery can be performed safely under local anesthesia, conscious sedation (twilight sleep), or deep general anesthesia within our office. Our office surgery center has been at my present location since 1977 and we have an extremely high safety record. It has been shown that rates of infection are much lower in office surgical facilities than in hospitals due to the fact that we operate only on healthy people. The same is true for serious complications. Our most recent survey was completed on January 31, 2011 and will be valid for 3 more years.
What does an accredited office surgery do for you?
- Reasonable facility charges. We annually update our costs in comparison with local outpatient surgical facilities and we can usually deliver procedures with lower total costs.
- The safety of an accredited office compared to a non-accredited facility cannot be compared.
- The convenience of the surgeon and staff being no more than 40 feet away at any time after surgery.
- Privacy and confidentiality are much more likely to be preserved in a small office facility.
Our office facility surgery is probably the longest established one in Northern California and has worked efficiently and effectively for me all these years. The office is in an older building across from Oakland's Summit Alta Bates Medical Center. I take pride in having an unpretentious and efficient office that has a minimum of distracting expensive decorations, but gets to the point of providing safe, effective, and experienced service to our patients.
Educator
I hold the rank of Clinical Professor at the University Of California Medical School in San Francisco.
I have authored numerous scientific and technical papers, textbook chapters and lectured extensively throughout mthe world . I have been interviewed and featured in the media. I have been honored by my clinical appointments and awards given by my peers such as the F. Mark Rafaty Award by the AAFPRS, and the Manfred Lucas Award by the ISHRS (for lifetime achievement.
I take great pride in my teaching experience and of those who I have taught and influenced. Amongst my past fellowship trainees who now are practicing throughout the nation include Randall Swenson MD, John Frodel MD , Richard Shaler MD, Ira Papel MD, Richard Moss MD, Jeffrey Epstein MD, Linda Chiu MD, Michael Macdonald MD, Jason Swerdloff MD, Min Ahn MD, Andrew Denton MD, Brook Seely MD, Alexander Ramirez MD, Douglas Sidle MD, Gary Petrus MD, David lewis MD, Kevin Ende MD ,Sumit Bapna MD Kenneth Yu MD and Kartik Nettar MD. I am also very proud of informal training and influence on Russell Kridel MD and Daniel Rousso MD. Both of who have become presidents of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as has been the record of Dr. Papel.
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