Posting live Snapchat video during surgery is either a brilliant promotional strategy and patient education resource or an ethical quagmire, depending on who you ask. One plastic surgeon in New York claims a million viewers, and “Dr. Miami” has reportedly leveraged the idea into a reality TV show. When I performed the world’s first live… Read More »

Does learning Argentine Tango (AT) really have anything to do making me a better plastic surgeon? I thought a lot about that question on my recent trip to Buenos Aires (my second tango pilgrimage.) Superficially, parallels between AT and plastic surgery are not hard to find. For one, AT above other partner dances has been… Read More »

How To Know if Your Physician is Qualified It goes without saying that we expect our doctor to have expertise in their particular specialty. That’s the whole point of accredited residency training and board certification, continuing medical education, peer-review, and all of the other things that go into developing and maintaining proficiency. And nowhere is… Read More »

What does it mean to be named “Western Washington’s Favorite Plastic Surgeon” in Seattle-based KING-5 TV’s annual Evening Magazine viewers’ poll? I have to admit, it felt great, and being nominated for several years running is pretty good too. It reflects not just on me but my staff and our philosophy of how we care for our… Read More »

Seattle Plastic Surgeon’s Art Background Compliments Surgical Technique   To watch this video, please click here. Thank you and enjoy!