Current Practice

2009- Present

Solo Private Practice Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Beverly Hills, California

 

Education

2006-2009		Duke University Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, Fellow in Plastic Surgery
2007-2008		Christine Kleinert Hand and Microsurgery Institute Louisville, Kentucky, Fellow in Hand Surgery
2005-2006		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery Los Angeles, California, Chief Resident in General Surgery
2004-2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery Los Angeles, California, Senior Resident in General Surgery
2003-2004		UCLA School of Medicine. Department of Surgery. Division of Plastic Surgery Los Angeles, California Research Fellowship
2000-2003		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery Los Angeles, California Junior Resident in General Surgery
1999-2000		Mount Sinai Medical Center. Department of Surgery New York, New York Internship in General Surgery
1995-1999		New York University School of Medicine New York, New York Doctor of Medicine. May 1999
1991-1995		University of California at Los Angeles. Bachelor of Science. Phi Beta Kappa

 

Examinations

June 1997		USMLE Step I (92nd percentile)
March 1999		USMLE Step II
April 2001		USMLE Step III
August 2006		American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination (95th percentile)
October 2006		American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination (Passed)
March 2009		ASPS Plastic Surgery Education Foundation In-Service Examination (95th percentile)

 

Hospital Staff Privileges

August 2009		Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (West Hollywood, California)
June 2012		Saint John’s Medical Center (Santa Monica, California)
August 2012		Encino Medical Center (Encino, California)

 

Licensure

November 2001		California Medical License. # A77142
June 2006		North Carolina Medical License. # 134557
October 2007		Kentucky Medical License. # TP571
October 2007		Indiana Medical License # 135673

 

Board Certification

October 2006		Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
November 2011		Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery

 

Honors & Awards

June 2006		Chief Resident of the Year. UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Department of Surgery
March 2006		Highest score in residency on American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (96th Percentile)
March 2006		First Place in Surgical Jeopardy. UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Department of Surgery
March 2005		First Place in Surgical Jeopardy. UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Department of Surgery
June 2004		Second Place. Annual UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery Research Symposium
April 1998		Honors in Surgery. NYU School of Medicine
June 1996		Academic Scholarship. NYU School of Medicine
June 1995		Cum Laude. University of California at Los Angeles
May 1995		Phi Beta Kappa. University of California at Los Angeles
May 1994		Biology Honor Society. University of California at Los Angeles
April 1993		Golden Key National Honor Society. University of California at Los Angeles

 

Presentations

June 1998		NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Department of Orthopedic Surgery. “Orthopedic Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.”
April 2000		Mount Sinai Medical Center. New York.. Department of Surgery. “ Management of Sigmoid Volvulus”
May 2000		Mount Sinai Medical Center. New York. Department of Surgery. Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. “ Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts”
October 2003		Grand Rounds. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. UCLA School of Medicine. Department of Surgery “The Basic Science of Wound Healing”
April 2004		American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Annual Meeting. Peter Fodor MD, James Watson MD and Amir Tahernia MD “ The Physics of Lipoplasty”
October 2004		American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. Joubin Gabbay MD, Anad Kumar MD, Amir Tahernia MD, James Bradley MD. “Improved outcomes in Cleft patients with severe maxillary deficiency after Lefort I Internal Distraction”
October 2004		International Fat Applied Technology Society (IFATS), Pittsburgh, PA Gabbay J.S., Tahernia, A., O’Hara, C.M., Zuk, P., Bradley, J.P., Microdistraction of precursor cells (MSCs) leads to proliferation while oscillation leads to differentiation..
June 2004		Plastic Surgery Reseach Council. Annual Meeting. University of Michigan. “Using a microdistraction model to study the proliferation and differentiation of Preosteoblasts”
June 2004		UCLA School of Medicine. Division of Plastic Surgery Annual Research “Proliferation & Differentiation of Preosteoblasts in Model of Distraction”
June 2004		Plastic Surgery Reseach Council. Annual Meeting. University of Michigan. Catherine O’Hara, BA, Morad Asakri MD, Amir Tahernia MD “Improved closure of alveolar cleft defects with stem cells in a collagen matrix.”
October 2004		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Trauma Surgery. “ Intestinal Bacteriology”
November 2004		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Trauma Surgery. “ Management of Ischemic Bowel”
November 2004		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Trauma Surgery. “Delayed Splenic Rupture”
November 2004		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Combined Coneference: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery “Management of the Pregnant Trauma Patient”
September 2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Surgical Oncology. “What is the Optimal Treatment of Breast Cancer in the Elderly. ”
October 2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Surgical Oncology. “Immediate Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy”
October 2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Surgical Oncology. “Postmastectomy Radiation: A Current Perspective”
November 2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Surgical Oncology. “Frozen Section Analysis of Margins in Breast Conservation Surgery”
November 2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Surgical Oncology. “ Breast Cancer in the Pregnant Patient”
December 2005		UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Division of Surgical Oncology. “The Role of Modified Radical Neck Dissection in Papillary Thyroid Cancer”
March 2007		Duke University School of Medicine. Department of Surgery. Division of Plastic Surgery. Grand Rounds Presentation. “ Posterior Trunk Reconstruction: Congenital and Acquired Defects”
October 2007		American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Annual Meeting. Baltimore Raj Vyas MD, Kristy Wason BA, Joubin Gabbay MD, Amir Tahernia MD, James Bradley MD. “ Management of Neonatal Upper Airway Obstruction: Decreased Morbidity by Utilizing a Decision Tree Model with Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis
June 2008		Duke University School of Medicine. Department of Surgery. Division of Plastic Surgery. Grand Rounds Presentation. “ Auricular Reconstruction: Management of Microtia and the Prominent Ear”
June 2008		Southeastern Society of Reconstructuve Plastic Surgery. Annual Meeting Boca Raton, Florida. Amir Tahernia MD, , S. Mukundan MD, J. Grimes BS, K. Follmar MD, D. Erdmann MD, J. Marcus MD. “Contrasting aspects of orbital floor fractures in the setting of zygomaticomaxillary complex injuries versus isolated orbital injury”
June 2008		Advanced Digital Technology in Head and Neck Surgery: Cardiff, Wales. Amir Tahernia MD, , S. Mukundan MD, J. Grimes BS, K. Follmar MD, D. Erdmann MD, J. Marcus MD. “Contrasting aspects of orbital floor fractures in the setting of zygomaticomaxillary complex injuries versus isolated orbital injury”
June 2008		Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery: Barcelona, Spain Amir Tahernia MD, , S. Mukundan MD, J. Grimes BS, K. Follmar MD, D. Erdmann MD, J. Marcus MD. “Contrasting aspects of orbital floor fractures in the setting of zygomaticomaxillary complex injuries versus isolated orbital injury”
September 2008		North Carolina Society of Plastic Surgery: Chapel Hill, NC. Amir Tahernia MD, , S. Mukundan MD, J. Grimes BS, K. Follmar MD, D. Erdmann MD, J. Marcus MD. “Clinical Implications of Orbital Volume Change in the Management of Isolated and Zygomaticomaxillary Complex Associated Orbital Floor Injuries”
February 2012		“Facial Fractures 101″. Grand Rounds Presentation. Department of Surgery. UCLA- Harbor Medical Center. UCLA School of Medicine.

 

Journal Publications

1.	“Suction-assisted lipoplasty: Physics, optimization, and clinical verification”. CME article. William Cimino PhD, Peter Fodor MD, Amir Tahernia MD, James Watson MD. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. May 2005. 234-246″
2.	“Craniosynostosis and mechanical stress inhibit cranial suture expression of noggin”. Justin B. Heller BS, Joubin S. Gabbay MD, Scott C. Mitchell MD, Amir Tahernia MD, Patricia A. Zuk PhD, Clarice Law DDS, Prosper Benhaim MD and James P. Bradley MD. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. September 2005″
3.	“Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality after Gastrointestinal surgery” Matthew Lin MD, Amir Tahernia MD, Christian Devirgilio MD, Jason Haukoos MD. American Surgeon. October 2005.833-836″
4.	“Favorable morphologic change of preosteoblasts in a three-dimensional matrix with in vitro microdistraction. “ Amir Tahernia MD, Morad Askari MD, Joubin Gabbay MD, James Bradley MD. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. February 2006. 449-457″
5.	“In Vitro Microdistraction of Preosteoblasts: Distraction Promotes Proliferation and Oscillation Promotes Differentiation.” Amir Tahernia MD, Joubin Gabbay MD, Patricia Zuk PhD, Morad Askari, James Bradley, MD. Tissue Engineering November 2006: 3055-3065″
6.	“Clinical Implications of Orbital Volume Change in the Management of Isolated and Zygomaticomaxillary Complex Associated Orbital Floor Injuries ”. Amir Tahernia MD, Keith Follmar MD, Detlev Erdmann MD, Srini Mukundan MD PhD, Jeffrey Marcus MD. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. March 2009. 640-649.”
7.	“The Tibialis Anterior Vascularized Triple Flap In Single Stage Reconstruction of the Mutiltated Hand with Thumb Loss” Yixin Zhang MD, Amir Tahernia MD, Scott Levin MD. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. January 2009. 134-141.”
8.	“Immunosuppression Agents Inhibit Cell Proliferation In Vitro” Wael Talaat Taha, MSc, MB BCh, , BS, Kurtis E. Moyer, MD,Amir Tahernia, MD, Detlev Erdmann, MD, L. Scott Levin, MD and Bruce Klitzman, PhD. Submitted. Tissue Engineering.”
9.	“Management of neonatal upper airway obstruction: Decreased morbidity by utilizing a decision tree model with mandibular distraction osteogenesis” Raj Vyas MD, Kristy Wason BA, Joubin Gabbay MD, Amir Tahernia MD, James Bradley MD. Journal of Neonatal- Perinatal Medicine. 1 (1) 2008: 21-29.”
10.	“Contrasting Aspects of Orbital Floor Fractures in the Setting of Zygomaticomaxillary Comlex Fractures versus Isolated Orbital Injury”. Amir Tahernia MD, Keith Follmar MD, Detlev Erdmann MD, Srini Mukundan MD PhD, Jeffrey Marcus MD. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. In press.”

 

Book Chapters

1.	“Current Concepts in Lower Extremity Reconstruction”. Amir Tahernia MD, Scott Levin MD. Current Concepts in Reconstructive Surgery. Serletti et al. 2012″
2.	“ Reconstructive Breast Surgery”. Amir Tahernia MD, Detlev Erdmann MD, Michael Zenn MD. Management of Breast Diseases. Jatoi et al. 2009″
3.	“Reconstruction of the Lower Extremity”. Amir Tahernia MD, Scott Levin MD. General Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. Evans et al. 2008″

 

Conferences / Meetings Attended

October 2003	American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Annual Meeting. San Diego, California
June 2004	Plastic Surgery Research Council. Annual Meeting Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 2006	Duke University Annual Flap Dissection Course. Durham, North Carolina
November 2006	Manhattan Eye & Ear Annual Aesthetic Surgery Symposium. New York, New York
August 2007	Duke University Annual Flap Dissection Course. Durham, North Carolina
November 2007	Kleinert Hand Surgery Institute. Course in Wrist Arthroscopy. Louisville, Kentucky
November 2007	Kleinert Hand Surgery Institute. Course in Microsurgery. Louisville, Kentucky
January 2008	American Society Of Reconstructive Microsurgery. Beverly Hills, California
August 2008	Duke University Annual Flap Dissection Course. Durham, North Carolina
October 2008	American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois
January 2009	Senior Resident’s Conference. Annual Meeting. Austin, Texas.

 

Extracurricular Activities

Summer 1993	Camp counselor at UNICAMP for children from underserved areas. UCLA
Fall 1993	Persian Fraternity Co-Founder. UCLA
Fall 1996	Introduction to physical examination for first year students. NYU School of Medicine
Fall 2003	Introduction to the vascular physical examination for medical students. UCLA
Spring 2004	Clinical elective in plastic surgery. UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery
Spring 2005	Residency recruitment committee. UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery
Spring 2006	Residency recruitment committee. UCLA School of Medicine. UCLA-Harbor Medical Center. Department of Surgery
Spring 2007	Duke University Flap Course for Smith & Nephew. Instructor

 

Personal

Married with two children. Wife, Azzy. Children, Sienna and Pasha.

Working knowledge of French. Fluent in Farsi.

Hobbies include playing tennis, basketball, traveling, reading, music, and electronics.