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Plastic Surgeons Ranked in Order of
Their Ratings and Reviews (Summary)

All Ratings Above 4 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Plastic Surgeon Total
1 Lavinia K. Chong, MD 3639
2 Timothy R. Miller, MD 1711
3 Larry Nichter, MD 1544
4 Ali Sajjadian, MD 1456
5 Semira Bayati, MD 1352
6 Behrooz Kalantarian, MD 1338
7 Amy Bandy, MD 1265
8 Robert Kessler, MD 1254
9 Joseph T. Cruise, MD 1203
10 Shahrooz . Kelishadi, MD 1171
11 Mark Anton, MD 1167
12 GoRetti Taghva, MD 1152
13 Brian P. Dickinson, MD 928
14 Aaron M. Kosins, MD 922
15 Michael Niccole, MD 875
16 Jed Horowitz, MD 836
17 Richard H. Lee, MD 832
18 Mazin Al-Hakeem, MD 827
19 Eugene D. Elliott, MD 794
20 M. Hugh Bailey, MD 775
21 Juris Bunkis, MD 694
22 Allen M. Doezie, MD 638
23 Dong J. Park, MD 635
24 Michael Jazayeri, MD 576
25 Hisham M. Seify, MD 561
26 Thomas D. Toohey, MD 553
27 GarRett A. Wirth, MD 532
28 Jonathan A. Zelken, MD 516
29 Tenley K. Lawton, MD 472
30 T.Y. Steven Ip, MD 470
31 Andrew D. Smith, MD 462
32 Daniel C. Mills, MD 461
33 Mark D. Gaon, MD 449
34 Luu Q. Doan, MD 433
35 Nirav B. Savalia, MD 430
36 John M. Shamoun, MD 385
37 Michael J. Yoo, MD 357
38 Ashton A. Kaidi, MD 357
39 Robert M. Kachenmeister, MD 290
40 Jon M. Grazer, MD 233
41 Jon B. Strawn, MD 217
42 Donald Altman, MD 206
43 James F. Coleman, MD 203
44 Christopher Nolan, MD 168
45 Avro J. Gaon, MD 154
46 Thanh N. Nguyen, MD 148
47 Katharine C. Nitta, MD 121
48 Donald S. Mowlds Jr., MD 105
49 Nicanor Isse, MD 77
50 Bruce J. Dubin, MD 72
51 Tuan A. Tran, MD 45
52 James R. Wendt, MD 38
53 Christopher L. Ellstrom, MD 5
Some Ratings Between 3-4 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Plastic Surgeon Total
54 Peter Newen, MD 1010
55 Steve T. Vu, MD 649
56 Milind Ambe, MD 578
57 Bradley P. Mudge, MD 533
58 Michael J. Sundine, MD 497
59 Kyle R. Song, MD 439
60 Daniel B. Kim, MD 425
61 Hootan M. Daneshmand, MD 382
62 Justin West, MD 360
63 Malcolm D. Paul, MD 351
64 Burr Von Maur, MD 328
65 Michael K. Lee, MD 320
66 Joyce C. Chen, MD 267
67 Douglas L. Hendricks, MD 250
68 Hyun J. Chun, MD 246
69 Thuan B. Nguyen, MD 218
70 Alan T. Tran, MD 211
71 Val Lambros, MD 179
72 Michael A. Bain, MD 158
73 Melvin K. Akazawa, MD 135
74 Richard Solmer, MD 114
75 James H. Rosing, MD 105
76 Melissa M. Smith, MD 102
77 Gail F. Mattson-Gates, MD 101
78 Keyianoosh Z. Paydar, MD 91
79 Rajiv C. Iyer, MD 78
80 Eliza Jasmine Tran, MD 74
81 S. A. Kane, MD 60
82 Bassam C. Moucharafieh, MD 56
83 Parviz H. Goshtasby, MD 47
84 Mark E. Krugman, MD 45
Some Ratings Below 3 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Plastic Surgeon Total
85 Arian Mowlavi, MD 2005
86 Terry J. Dubrow, MD 355
87 Peter Wang, MD 139
88 David Benvenuti, MD 103
89 Victoria Tran, MD 61
90 Cecil J. Folmar, MD 54
91 Ali M. Soltani, MD 21

Detailed Ratings and Reviews

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Plastic Surgeons with All Ratings Above 4 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Total score Plastic Surgeon Office Location Vitals Healthgrades Realself Google Grand Total
Score # Total Score # Total Score # Total Score # Total
1 3639 Lavinia K. Chong, MD Newport Beach 4.3 28 120 4.9 650 3185 4.7 71 334 3639
2 1711 Timothy R. Miller, MD Aliso Viejo 4.7 131 616 5.0 69 345 5.0 120 600 5.0 30 150 1711
3 1544 Larry Nichter, MD Newport Beach 4.7 29 136 5.0 53 265 4.9 226 1107 4.4 8 35 1544
4 1456 Ali Sajjadian, MD Newport Beach 4.3 31 133 4.9 270 1323 1456
5 1352 Semira Bayati, MD Newport Beach 4.7 130 611 4.7 113 531 5.0 42 210 1352
6 1338 Behrooz Kalantarian, MD Fountain Valley 4.8 76 365 4.5 25 113 4.7 63 296 5.0 113 565 1338
7 1265 Amy Bandy, MD Newport Beach 4.7 81 381 4.6 45 207 4.8 141 677 1265
8 1254 Robert Kessler, MD Corona Del Mar 4.8 59 283 4.9 44 216 5.0 151 755 1254
9 1203 Joseph T. Cruise, MD Newport Beach 4.5 116 522 4.4 25 110 4.8 119 571 1203
10 1171 Shahrooz . Kelishadi, MD Newport Beach 4.4 13 57 4.9 60 294 5.0 164 820 1171
11 1167 Mark Anton, MD Newport Beach 4.4 20 88 4.7 95 447 4.9 83 407 4.9 46 225 1167
12 1152 GoRetti Taghva, MD Newport Beach 4.1 43 176 4.5 16 72 4.8 152 730 4.7 37 174 1152
13 928 Brian P. Dickinson, MD Newport Beach 4.8 157 754 4.6 38 175 928
14 922 Aaron M. Kosins, MD Newport Beach 4.8 48 230 5.0 45 225 4.8 35 168 4.9 61 299 922
15 875 Michael Niccole, MD Corona Del Mar 4.6 47 216 4.2 37 155 4.7 63 296 4.7 44 207 875
16 836 Jed Horowitz, MD Newport Beach 4.4 8 35 5.0 17 85 5.0 139 695 4.2 5 21 836
17 832 Richard H. Lee, MD Newport Beach 4.9 82 402 5.0 4 20 5.0 43 215 5.0 39 195 832
18 827 Mazin Al-Hakeem, MD Huntington Beach 4.8 94 451 4.8 61 293 4.8 12 58 4.3 6 26 827
19 794 Eugene D. Elliott, MD Newport Beach 4.8 81 389 5.0 69 345 5.0 12 60 794
20 775 M. Hugh Bailey, MD Newport Beach 4.9 73 358 4.9 82 402 5.0 3 15 775
21 694 Juris Bunkis, MD Newport Beach 4.0 43 172 4.5 56 252 4.9 55 270 694
22 638 Allen M. Doezie, MD Ladera Ranch 4.9 24 118 5.0 17 85 5.0 69 345 5.0 18 90 638
23 635 Dong J. Park, MD Newport Beach 4.7 17 80 4.8 26 125 5.0 14 70 4.8 75 360 635
24 576 Michael Jazayeri, MD Santa Ana 4.4 39 172 4.1 9 37 4.7 19 89 4.8 58 278 576
25 561 Hisham M. Seify, MD Newport Beach 4.6 58 267 4.3 41 176 4.9 24 118 561
26 553 Thomas D. Toohey, MD Newport Beach 4.0 30 120 4.2 15 63 4.8 24 115 4.9 52 255 553
27 532 GarRett A. Wirth, MD Newport Beach 4.3 12 52 5.0 29 145 5.0 67 335 532
28 516 Jonathan A. Zelken, MD Newport Beach 4.8 19 91 4.8 49 235 5.0 38 190 516
29 472 Tenley K. Lawton, MD Newport Beach 4.7 50 235 4.8 18 86 4.7 32 150 472
30 470 T.Y. Steven Ip, MD Newport Beach 5.0 20 100 5.0 74 370 470
31 462 Andrew D. Smith, MD Irvine 4.3 19 82 4.6 21 97 5.0 36 180 4.5 23 104 462
32 461 Daniel C. Mills, MD Laguna Beach 4.4 27 119 4.5 15 68 5.0 1 5 4.9 55 270 461
33 449 Mark D. Gaon, MD Newport Beach 4.3 15 65 4.8 17 82 4.8 13 62 5.0 48 240 449
34 433 Luu Q. Doan, MD Huntington Beach 4.0 65 260 4.5 17 77 4.4 22 97 433
35 430 Nirav B. Savalia, MD Newport Beach 4.6 11 51 4.8 29 139 4.9 49 240 430
36 385 John M. Shamoun, MD Newport Beach 4.6 24 110 5.0 2 10 5.0 34 170 5.0 19 95 385
37 357 Michael J. Yoo, MD Irvine 4.8 39 187 5.0 5 25 5.0 29 145 357
38 357 Ashton A. Kaidi, MD Newport Beach 4.8 47 226 4.5 15 68 5.0 5 25 4.9 8 39 357
39 290 Robert M. Kachenmeister, MD Mission Viejo 4.8 8 38 4.7 10 47 5.0 34 170 5.0 7 35 290
40 233 Jon M. Grazer, MD Newport Beach 4.3 14 60 4.4 14 62 4.7 12 56 5.0 11 55 233
41 217 Jon B. Strawn, MD Newport Beach 4.7 10 47 5.0 12 60 5.0 11 55 5.0 11 55 217
42 206 Donald Altman, MD Irvine 4.5 22 99 4.8 16 77 5.0 6 30 206
43 203 James F. Coleman, MD Tustin 4.3 6 26 4.5 16 72 5.0 21 105 203
44 168 Christopher Nolan, MD Mission Viejo 4.2 17 71 4.8 18 86 5.0 2 10 168
45 154 Avro J. Gaon, MD Newport Beach 4.3 31 133 4.2 5 21 154
46 148 Thanh N. Nguyen, MD Westminster 4.7 23 108 5.0 8 40 148
47 121 Katharine C. Nitta, MD Newport Beach 4.7 13 61 5.0 9 45 5.0 3 15 121
48 105 Donald S. Mowlds Jr., MD Newport Beach 5.0 1 5 5.0 20 100 105
49 77 Nicanor Isse, MD Newport Beach 4.1 15 62 5.0 2 10 5.0 1 5 77
50 72 Bruce J. Dubin, MD Newport Beach 4.1 10 41 4.0 4 16 5.0 3 15 72
51 45 Tuan A. Tran, MD Westminster 5.0 9 45 45
52 38 James R. Wendt, MD Newport Beach 4.5 4 18 5.0 4 20 38
53 5 Christopher L. Ellstrom, MD Newport Beach 5.0 1 5 5
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Plastic Surgeons with Some Ratings Between 3-4 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Total score Plastic Surgeon Office Location Vitals Healthgrades Realself Google Grand Total
Score # Total Score # Total Score # Total Score # Total
54 1010 Peter Newen, MD Huntington Beach 4.1 42 172 3.0 29 87 4.5 121 545 4.3 48 206 1010
55 649 Steve T. Vu, MD Huntington Beach 3.6 27 97 4.6 9 41 5.0 55 275 4.9 48 235 649
56 578 Milind Ambe, MD Newport Beach 3.4 49 167 3.4 18 61 4.6 64 294 4.0 14 56 578
57 533 Bradley P. Mudge, MD Newport Beach 4.5 60 270 4.4 47 207 4.5 4 18 3.8 10 38 533
58 497 Michael J. Sundine, MD Irvine 4.9 13 64 3.9 15 59 4.8 22 106 4.9 55 270 497
59 439 Kyle R. Song, MD Irvine 3.7 15 56 5.0 13 65 4.9 65 319 439
60 425 Daniel B. Kim, MD Mission Viejo 4.2 48 202 3.7 19 70 4.4 22 97 4.7 12 56 425
61 382 Hootan M. Daneshmand, MD Foothill Ranch 3.8 48 182 3.9 40 156 4.4 10 44 382
62 360 Justin West, MD Newport Beach 3.9 29 113 4.8 17 82 5.0 33 165 360
63 351 Malcolm D. Paul, MD Newport Beach 3.9 46 179 4.6 11 51 4.6 13 60 4.7 13 61 351
64 328 Burr Von Maur, MD Corona Del Mar 4.9 15 74 3.7 15 56 4.7 26 122 4.5 17 77 328
65 320 Michael K. Lee, MD Mission Viejo 3.6 54 194 4.9 7 34 4.8 19 91 320
66 267 Joyce C. Chen, MD Irvine 3.5 20 70 4.3 6 26 4.9 35 172 267
67 250 Douglas L. Hendricks, MD Newport Beach 3.0 4 12 3.9 22 86 4.9 31 152 250
68 246 Hyun J. Chun, MD Newport Beach 4.5 30 135 3.7 3 11 5.0 20 100 246
69 218 Thuan B. Nguyen, MD Fountain Valley 3.9 32 125 4.4 20 88 5.0 1 5 218
70 211 Alan T. Tran, MD Westminster 3.8 35 133 4.1 9 37 5.0 2 10 4.4 7 31 211
71 179 Val Lambros, MD Corona Del Mar 4.2 21 88 3.7 6 22 4.9 14 69 179
72 158 Michael A. Bain, MD Newport Beach 4.3 24 103 3.3 12 40 5.0 3 15 158
73 135 Melvin K. Akazawa, MD Mission Viejo 3.6 19 68 4.6 9 41 5.0 3 15 5.0 2 10 135
74 114 Richard Solmer, MD Newport Beach 3.7 16 59 3.9 14 55 114
75 105 James H. Rosing, MD Newport Beach 4.3 10 43 3.0 2 6 4.7 12 56 105
76 102 Melissa M. Smith, MD Newport Beach 4.1 12 49 3.1 17 53 102
77 101 Gail F. Mattson-Gates, MD Irvine 3.5 20 70 3.7 7 26 5.0 1 5 101
78 91 Keyianoosh Z. Paydar, MD Newport Beach 3.6 14 50 4.0 9 36 5.0 1 5 91
79 78 Rajiv C. Iyer, MD Irvine 3.8 5 19 3.8 13 49 5.0 2 10 78
80 74 Eliza Jasmine Tran, MD Newport Beach 4.2 5 21 3.3 7 23 5.0 3 15 5.0 3 15 74
81 60 S. A. Kane, MD San Juan Capistrano 4.5 2 9 4.2 5 21 3.8 8 30 60
82 56 Bassam C. Moucharafieh, MD Newport Beach 3.9 7 27 5.0 4 20 4.5 2 9 56
83 47 Parviz H. Goshtasby, MD Newport Beach 3.3 3 10 4.2 5 21 3.7 3 11 5.0 1 5 47
84 45 Mark E. Krugman, MD Irvine 3.3 9 30 5.0 2 10 5.0 1 5 45
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Plastic Surgeons with Some Ratings Below 3 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Total score Plastic Surgeon Office Location Vitals Healthgrades Realself Google Grand Total
Score # Total Score # Total Score # Total Score # Total
85 2005 Arian Mowlavi, MD Newport Beach 4.0 69 276 3.9 72 281 4.8 295 1416 2.5 13 33 2005
86 355 Terry J. Dubrow, MD Newport Beach 2.1 22 46 3.2 10 32 4.2 66 277 355
87 139 Peter Wang, MD Newport Beach 3.6 25 90 2.7 18 49 139
88 103 David Benvenuti, MD Newport Beach 4.4 13 57 3.7 9 33 1.0 1 1 3.7 3 11 103
89 61 Victoria Tran, MD Huntington Beach 4.8 8 38 3.7 3 11 1.0 1 1 5.0 2 10 61
90 54 Cecil J. Folmar, MD Westminster 4.0 6 24 1.9 16 30 54
91 21 Ali M. Soltani, MD Irvine 5.0 4 20 1.0 1 1 21
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How to Read the Tables

SCORE: The "score" column for each review site lists the average score assigned to that doctor by the people who posted ratings on that review website. Each site uses a scale from 1-5, with 5 being the highest rating possible.

BOX COLOR REFLECTS THE AVERAGE SCORE:
  • Green Boxes: Average Score is between 4-5
  • Yellow Boxes: Average Score is between 3.0-3.9
  • Red Boxes: Average Score is between 1.0-2.9
  • Clear Boxes: When there is no score to report for this doctor on this review site, the box remains blank

#: The "#" column lists the number of reviewers who posted ratings and reviews for each doctor on each review site.

TOTAL: The "Total" column is the product of the score and the number of reviewers.

GRAND TOTAL: The "Grand Total" column is the sum of the "Total" scores from each review site. Plastic surgeons are listed in order of their Grand Total Scores, from highest to lowest, within each section.

GRAND TOTAL BOX COLOR:
  • GREEN Grand Total Boxes: Grand Total Boxes are colored GREEN when the doctor received average scores of 4.0 or higher from each of the ratings sites that reported ratings for the doctor.
  • YELLOW Grand Total Boxes: Grand Total Boxes are colored YELLOW when the doctor received an average score of 3.0-3.9 from at least one of the ratings sites.
  • RED Grand Total Boxes: Grand Total Boxes are colored RED when the doctor received an average score of 1.0 to 2.9 from at least one of the ratings sites.

SECTIONS: Plastic surgeons were divided into three sections, based upon their Grand Total Box color:

  • GREEN Section: The plastic surgeons who received average ratings of 4.0 or higher from all source sites appear in the green section and are ranked from highest to lowest Grand Total within that section.
  • YELLOW Section: The plastic surgeons who received one or more average score of 3.0-3.9 appear in the yellow section and are ranked from highest to lowest Grand Total within that section.
  • RED Section: The plastic surgeons who received one or more average score below 3.0 appear in the red section and are ranked from highest to lowest Grand Total within that section.

EMPTY BOXES: Empty white boxes indicate that we were unable to find ratings for that doctor on that ratings site. There could be many reasons for this including that the ratings site used a different spelling or location for the doctor than the ones that the American Board of Plastic Surgery used; it could mean things, none of which would suggest that there is something wrong with the doctor. As such, empty boxes neither count for nor against a doctors' score on Top Plastic Surgeon Reviews.

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Things to Make Note of as You Review the Tables

Plastic Surgeons on this Site: This website includes plastic surgeons who are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Doctors who perform plastic surgery but who are not certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery are not included on this site. Top Plastic Surgeon Reviews uses ABPS's website to determine which plastic surgeons are certified by ABPS (vs certified by another board) and which plastic surgeons are active (vs retired). With regard to the latter, ABPS' website is not infallible, so we sometimes include plastic surgeons who are retired, but who are still listed as active by ABPS. Evidently, retiring plastic surgeons routinely fail to notify the ABPS (as well as the ratings websites) that they have retired, so their inclusion on this site is inevitable unless we are informed otherwise. If you are aware that any of the plastic surgeons listed above have retired, then please let us know so that we may update our database.

Ratings Sites: There are sites beyond those listed here which provide physician reviews, but not all review sites could be included for practical reasons. The plastic surgery review sites which, in the opinion of TopPlasticSurgeonReviews.com, are the most popular and most pertinent were selected for this website. We have observed that the ratings and reviews for most plastic surgeons tend to be consistent across all ratings sites, so inclusion of additional sites would not likely change the ratings for most plastic surgeons in a significant way.

Few Ratings: Keep in mind that if a doctor has few ratings, this does not mean that the doctor is not a competent plastic surgeon. It may mean that the doctor does not perform as much surgery as the other doctors, or that the doctor has not been in practice as long, or that the doctor patients do not typically write online reviews, or a variety of other reasons.

Low Ratings: If a doctor has received ratings that placed the doctor in the yellow or red section, this also does not mean that s/he is not a good plastic surgeon. All it means is that they have one or more unfavorable ratings. And there are many reasons why good doctors can sometimes have unfavorable ratings including the following: 1) A complication or bad result (all plastic surgeons have them) which caused a patient to write one or more bad reviews. This may not mean that the doctor did anything wrong, even though the patient thought so. In other words, the same complications could have occurred no matter which plastic surgeon operated on the patient who wrote the unfavorable review(s). 2) Bad reviews placed fraudulently by someone wishing to damage the plastic surgeon's reputation (yes, this happens). In these cases, the plastic surgeon typically has little recourse with the ratings site, and they cannot do anything about it. 3) Misplaced ratings: There are cases in which a patient unintentionally rated the wrong doctor due to commonality of one doctor's name with another's. These situations are most obvious when the patient includes details of care indicating that the care was in a specialty different than that of the doctor who received the rating. 4) Occasionally, a doctor receives a glowing review and only one out of five stars from the patient who wrote the review. In these cases, the patient might have been thinking "#1" for "first place," but no one will ever know. In these situations the doctor's average score is pulled down by the rating, even though it should have been raised by receiving a high rating. There are many reasons why a low score does not necessarily correlate with the care that a doctor delivers. This is why visitors to this site should not attempt to read anything into a low score. Visitors should instead use this site as a gateway to the source sites (Vitals.com, Healthgrades.com, Realself.com, and Google.com) to see the ratings and read all of the reviews themselves. By visiting the source sites, a visitor will much more easily be able to interpret the validity of all scores.

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