Undergraduate Education
Undergraduate University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Degree Bachelor of Science
Honors: University of Utah Class of 1985 Benedictorian
Summa Cum Laude (highest honors)
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Eta Sigma
Medical School
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1984-1988
Degree: Medical Doctor
Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha (highest honor given to medical students)
Elected to Promotions Committee
Elected as Class Representative
National Board Scores:
Part I: 660 (95%)
Part II: 725 (99%)
Part III: 725 (99%)
Given letters of commendation from the departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry
Surgical Residency & Fellowships
Internship: General Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas, 1988-1989
Residency: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston Texas 1989-1993
Fellowship: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto California,
1993-1994
Residency: Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota, 1999-2001
Honors and Awards
Highest score in the United States, Federal Licensure Exam Part I, 1989
National Board of Medical Examiners 99th percentile 1989
Second Place National Student Research Forum, Intern/Resident Division 1991
Annual Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Inservice Examination Scores 99% all four years
(highest scores in the U.S.)
First Place University of Texas Medical Branch Resident Research Award 1991 Second Place Texas Otolaryngology Section 1992 for paper on functional endoscopic sinus
surgery.
First place Southern Medical Association Otolaryngology Section 1992 for paper on intetelligibility
of tracheoesophageal speech.
1994 Recipient of Jack Anderson Award for Scholastic Excellence given by the American Board of
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. (Given to the most outstanding fellow in Facial
Plastic Surgery training in the United States)
Annual Plastic Surgery Inservice Exam 99th percentile both years
Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference: Best Aesthetic Paper Award, 2001
Best overall Scientific Paper and Presentation: Revision Rhinoplasty Surgery on the Multiply
Operated Nose, Combined California-Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery Society Meeting
June 2008
Elected and Appointed Positions
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Alternate to the Board of
Governors 1992-1993
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Committee on Residents and
Fellows 1991-1994
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Legislative Alternate 1991-1994
President Elect Texas Medical Association-Resident Physician Section 1991-1992
President Texas Medical Association-Resident Physician Section 1992-1993
Vice President University of Texas Medical Branch House Staff 1992-1993
Texas Council of Medical Education 1991-1993
University of Texas Medical Branch General Medical Education Council 1992-1993
University of Texas Medical Branch Policy and Procedures Committee 1992-1993
Elected to the Board of Examiners for the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery 2006-current
Elected secretary of the Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery Society (Nevada, Utah, Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and New Mexico) 2007-2008
Elected President-Elect of the Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery Society (Nevada, Utah, Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and New Mexico) 2008-2009
Board Certifications
American Board of Plastic Surgery 2003-Current
American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994-Current
American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1995 -Current
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery 2004 Current
Licensure
Diplomat Federal Licensure Examination 1989 Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners
1990
Texas Medical License 1993-Inactive
California Medical License 1993-Present
Utah Medical License 1994-Present
Minnesota Medical License 1999-Present
Nevada Medical License 2001-Present
Scientific Presentations
Pediatric Cochlear Implantation in Ossified Cochleas. National Student Research forum: January
1991
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in 200 Patients. Poster presentation, AAO-HNS Annual
Meeting: September 1992
Pediatric Cochlear Implantation in Ossified Cochleas. Poster presentation, AAO-HNS Annual
Meeting: September 1992
Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma. Poster presentation, AAO-HNS Annual Meeting,
Otolaryngology Section: September 1992
Intelligibilty of Trachiosophageal Speech. Baylor Phonosurgery Course: October 1992
Intelligibility, Subjective and Acoustical Analysis of Traciosophageal Speech.
Southern Medical Association Annual Meeting, Otolaryngology Section: November 1992
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia Mistaken for Cancer after Mohs surgery.
Sixth international Symposium of Facial Plastic Surgery: June 1993
Early experience with a New Procedure for Improvement of the Ptotic Melolabial Fold. Sixth
International Symposium of Facial Plastic Surgery: June 1993
Pediatric Salivary Gland Disease. 20th Annual What’s New In Otolaryngology; Pediatric Update:
June 21st, 1993
Course Director, Endoscopic Forehead and Facelift Symposium. Stanford University: December
1993
The Transphenodial approach for removal of petrous apex cholesteatomas. Poster Presentation
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Diego 1994
The Deep Plane Facelift. 21st Annual Stanford Alumni Course: Stanford University: June 1994
A Comparison between the Deep Plane Facelift and Traditional SMAS Dissection Meloplasty.
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting: September
1994
Indications, Complications and Technique of Subperiostial Facelifting, Annual Cosmetic Surgery
Symposium, Newport Beach, California: August 2002
Indications and Complications of Turbinate Surgery in 250 consecutive Patients.
Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference: April 2001
Evolution, Theory and Technique of Facelift Surgery; Achieving Natural Results
Winter Facial Plastic Surgery Symposium, Squaw Valley, Nevada 2005
Combining Facial and Body Surgery: Tips Pearls and Safety guidelines,
Winter Facial Plastic Surgery Symposium, Squaw Valley, Nevada 2005
Evolution and Technique for Midfacelifting,
Galveston Texas, June 2005
Bariatric Surgery; Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery,
Scottsdale Arizona, January 2007
Post Bariatric Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls, Annual Rocky Mountain plastic Surgery Society
Meeting, February 2007
Lip Augmentation, Pearls and Pitfalls: 21st Century Annual Cosmetic Surgery Symposium,
Newport Beach Califonia, August 2007
Revision Rhinoplasty on the Difficult Nose: 21st Annual Cosmetic Surgery Symposium, Newport
Beach California, August 2007
Rhinoplasty on the multiply operated Nose: Combined California-Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery
Society Annual Meeting. Dana Point California, June 2008.
Publications
Intraoperative phototherapy and surgical resection in a mouse neuroblastoma: Lasers in
Surgery and Medicine, 1990; 10 (3) 275-279.
Indications, evaluation, complications and results of functional endoscopic sinus surgery in 200
patients. Otolaryngology –Head and Neck Surgery, 1993; 108-688-696.
Pediatric Salivary Gland Disease. Audio Digest Tapes, Otolaryngology –Head and Neck Surgery,
1993; 26 (19)
Adjunctive Procedures to Rhinoplasty; Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 1994;2(4):
537-552.
Nasal Septoplasty and Submucous Resection, in Bailey BJ (ed): Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery-
Otolaryngology, Vol. 1 Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1996.
Nasal Valve Surgery, in Bailey BJ(ed): Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery –Otolaryngology, Vol. 1.
Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1996
A New Procedure for Improvement of the Ptotic Melolabial Fold: Archives of Otolaryngology -
Head and Neck Surgery, 1996; 122 (October): 1088-1093
Marcaine: A dependable Local Anesthetic For Breast Augmentation: Journal of Cosmetic
Surgery, to be published December 2008