Biography

2016-2024     California State Physician and Surgeon License

2016-2018      New York State Medical License

2010-2017      North Carolina State Medical License

2020 American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

2018    American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

2016    Medical Laser Safety Program

2023-current
Medical Staff
Huntington Hospital
Department of Surgery

2022-current
Medical Staff
Physicians Adventist Surgery Center
Department of Surgery

2021-current
Medical Staff
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
Department of Surgery

2019-2020
Medical Staff
Hoag Hospital
Department of Surgery

2018-current
Medical Staff
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Department of Surgery

2018-current
Medical Staff
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Department of Surgery

2018-2024
Medical Staff
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Department of Surgery

2017-2018
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellow
Quatela Center for Plastic Surgery
973 East Avenue
Rochester, NY

2017-2018
Clinical Instructor in School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Department of Otolaryngology

2017-2018
Medical Staff
Rochester Regional Health (Unity Hospital)
Department of Surgery

2017-2018
Medical Staff
Highland Hospital
Department of Surgery

2010-2017
Resident Physician
Post-doctorate Research Fellow
University of North Carolina Hospitals and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

2005-2009
Clinical Researcher
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

2002-2004
Researcher
Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Pittsburgh, PA

2001-2002
Researcher
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biological Sciences, Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Southern California Super Doctors Rising Stars and 2024 Southern California Super Doctor
Super Doctors Southern California Magazine
Los Angeles Times

2019
Top Facial Plastic Surgeon
The Leading Physicians of the World
Waiting Room Magazine

2017
The William W. Shockley, MD Silver Owl Award “Excellence in Teaching”
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

2016
The William W. Shockley, MD Silver Owl Award “Excellence in Teaching”
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

2015
The Drake “Cool Under Pressure” Foreign Body Award
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

2011-2013
National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Award
National Cancer Institute for Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD

2006-2010
Distinction in Research Program
University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ and Camden, NJ

2008
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Distinguished Abstract Award
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Washington, DC

2003
Mellon College of Sciences Research Honors
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

2012
Clinical/Translational Developmental Research
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, NC

2011-2013
National Institute of Health Kirschstein-NRSA T-32 Training Grant Recipient
National Cancer Institute for Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD

2011-2013
National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Award
National Cancer Institute for Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD

May 7-8, 2012
American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Resident Leadership Grant
BOG Spring Meeting and OTO Advocacy Summit
Washington, DC

2001-2002
Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Educational Program
Chevy Chase, MD

Course Director

April 26, 2016
Facial Rejuvenation Technical Skills Course
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Crossing
Chapel Hill, NC

December 15, 2015
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Soft Tissue Skills
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The North Carolina Eye Bank Multidisciplinary Surgical Skills Laboratory
Chapel Hill, NC

March 2018
HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Foundation
National ENT Hospital Bệnh viện Tai Mũi Họng Trung Ương
Volunteer physician on a medical mission to Hanoi, Vietnam where I participated in multiple microtia repair surgeries on children and adults born with congenital deformities.

2012
Soldiers Sinus Relief
Facilitated in the distribution of $2 million worth of NeilMed products to United States military troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other locations in the Middle East in a joint service project with the American Rhinologic Society and the University of North Carolina Department of Otolaryngology.

2008-2010
Urban Health Initiative, Adult and Women’s Health Outreach Project
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ
Volunteer at medical student run-clinics for the uninsured population.  Responsibilities include providing primary medical care and/or women’s healthcare for patients.  Practice patient-centered and evidence-based medicine, educate patients, and advocate for patients.

2008-2010
American Red Cross CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor
Camden, NJ
CPR and First Aid volunteer instructor who certified schoolteachers in the Camden community.

Summer 2007
University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana
Medical volunteer on a project aimed at improving the rural health care, reduction of infectious disease spread, and health education at a teaching hospital and local clinic in a third-world country.  Organized a trip for medical students, supply medical equipment, fund-raising, and rotations through different wards in both hospitals.

2005-2006
Project H.O.M.E.
Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs
Philadelphia, PA
Adult education and workforce development tutor (G.E.D. preparation) for formerly homeless persons recovering from alcoholism and narcotics abuse.