Top Plastic Surgeon Reviews

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San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Mateo, and Palo Alto

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

All Ratings Above 4 (Out of 5 Stars)
Rank Plastic Surgeon Total
1 Joel Beck, MD 2025
2 Shahin Fazilat, MD 1228
3 Issa Eshima, MD 1073
4 Thomas S. Satterwhite, MD 881
5 Usha Anne Rajagopal, MD 862
6 Joshua Korman, MD 830
7 Michael Kulick, MD 750
8 Karen M. Horton, MD 746
9 Rahim Nazerali, MD 707
10 Charles K. Lee, MD 633
11 Steven K. Struck, MD 618
12 Ziv M. Peled, MD 604
13 Albert W. Chow, MD 525
14 David A. Sieber, MD 526
15 Lauren Greenberg, MD 502
16 Michael C. Glafkides, MD 450
17 Mats F. Hagstrom, MD 372
18 Dino Elyassnia, MD 355
19 Kenneth Bermudez, MD 342
20 Alexander Q. Ereso, MD 334
21 James Romano, MD 326
22 David Boudreault, MD 323
23 Larry K. Fan, MD 297
24 Jennifer L. Weintraub, MD 284
25 Gabriel M. Kind, MD 283
26 Stephen P. Daane, MD 258
27 Daryl K. Hoffman, MD 233
28 Anne W. Peled, MD 220
29 Angeline Lim, MD 207
30 Michael T. Longaker, MD 206
31 Brian M. ParRett, MD 174
32 Steven Bates, MD 164
33 Samuel Pearl, MD 161
34 Carolyn C. Chang, MD 140
35 Seung K. Kim, MD 122
36 Michael J. Terry, MD 120
37 John R. Griffin, MD 117
38 Scott L. Hansen, MD 110
39 John P. Connolly, MD 110
40 Lorne K. Rosenfield, MD 97
41 Ginger Xu, MD 96
42 David M. Kahn, MD 95
43 Kristoffer N. Chang, MD 87
44 David Young, MD 73
45 Roger P. Friedenthal, MD 72
46 Jason H. Pomerantz, MD 67
47 Andrew J. Watt, MD 65
48 Donald M. Brown, MD 65
49 Rudolf Buntic, MD 63
50 Bauback Safa, MD 60
51 Kyle D. Bickel, MD 59
52 Michael M. Papalian, MD 58
53 Roderick J. Simonds, MD 52
54 Kenton D. Fong, MD 50
55 Robert A. Harvey, MD 41
56 Arash Momeni, MD 40
57 Cindy L. Russell, MD 38
58 Michael Norris, MD 35
59 Clyde Ikeda, MD 35
60 Ali M. Salim, MD 30
61 Winnie M. Tong, MD 27
62 H. Peter Lorenz, MD 25
63 Richard F. Grossman, MD 20
64 Mary H. McGrath, MD 15
65 Johnny Chang, MD 15
66 Walter C. Lin, MD 10
67 Te Ning Chang, MD 10
68 Derek D. Ulvila, MD 5
69 Paige M. Fox, MD 5
70 Jennifer E. Cheesborough, MD 5

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 2025 Joel Beck, MD Foster City 4.8 86 413 4.9 89 436 4.9 240 1176 2025
2 1228 Shahin Fazilat, MD Mountain View 4.6 10 46 4.4 7 31 4.8 48 230 4.9 188 921 1228
3 1073 Issa Eshima, MD San Francisco 4.7 188 884 4.5 22 99 5.0 8 40 4.6 11 51 1073
4 881 Thomas S. Satterwhite, MD San Francisco 4.9 69 338 4.4 69 304 4.6 52 239 881
5 862 Usha Anne Rajagopal, MD San Francisco 4.5 49 221 4.5 22 99 4.8 68 326 4.4 49 216 862
6 830 Joshua Korman, MD Mountain View 4.5 33 149 4.8 54 259 4.8 87 418 5.0 1 5 830
7 750 Michael Kulick, MD San Francisco 4.3 34 146 4.6 47 216 4.5 30 135 4.6 55 253 750
8 746 Karen M. Horton, MD San Francisco 4.4 28 123 4.1 33 135 4.2 44 185 4.8 63 302 746
9 707 Rahim Nazerali, MD Palo Alto 4.8 70 336 4.9 55 270 5.0 2 10 4.8 19 91 707
10 633 Charles K. Lee, MD San Francisco 5.0 5 25 4.9 64 314 4.6 64 294 633
11 618 Steven K. Struck, MD Atherton 4.0 37 148 4.6 18 83 4.7 59 277 5.0 22 110 618
12 604 Ziv M. Peled, MD San Francisco 4.6 99 455 4.7 24 113 4.5 8 36 604
13 525 Albert W. Chow, MD San Francisco 4.8 57 274 4.9 34 167 5.0 12 60 5.0 5 25 525
14 526 David A. Sieber, MD San Francisco 4.8 4 19 5.0 1 5 4.9 87 426 5.0 15 75 526
15 502 Lauren Greenberg, MD Palo Alto 4.9 31 152 4.8 23 110 4.9 22 108 4.9 27 132 502
16 450 Michael C. Glafkides, MD San Mateo 5.0 4 20 4.8 23 110 5.0 14 70 5.0 50 250 450
17 372 Mats F. Hagstrom, MD San Francisco 4.6 32 147 4.3 12 52 4.8 36 173 372
18 355 Dino Elyassnia, MD San Francisco 4.8 24 115 5.0 17 85 5.0 20 100 5.0 11 55 355
19 342 Kenneth Bermudez, MD San Francisco 4.7 14 66 4.5 8 36 4.9 27 132 4.9 22 108 342
20 334 Alexander Q. Ereso, MD Mountain View 4.7 10 47 5.0 10 50 4.8 31 149 4.4 20 88 334
21 326 James Romano, MD San Francisco 4.5 10 45 5.0 19 95 4.5 25 113 4.6 16 74 326
22 323 David Boudreault, MD Palo Alto 5.0 1 5 5.0 10 50 4.7 29 136 4.4 30 132 323
23 297 Larry K. Fan, MD San Francisco 4.2 12 50 4.0 8 32 4.4 25 110 5.0 21 105 297
24 284 Jennifer L. Weintraub, MD Palo Alto 4.6 22 101 4.4 21 92 5.0 18 90 284
25 283 Gabriel M. Kind, MD San Francisco 4.3 25 108 4.5 20 90 5.0 17 85 283
26 258 Stephen P. Daane, MD San Francisco 4.8 29 139 4.7 20 94 5.0 5 25 258
27 233 Daryl K. Hoffman, MD Palo Alto 4.0 16 64 5.0 3 15 4.6 27 124 5.0 6 30 233
28 220 Anne W. Peled, MD San Francisco 4.4 16 70 4.9 12 59 4.6 11 51 5.0 8 40 220
29 207 Angeline Lim, MD Palo Alto 5.0 2 10 4.3 11 47 5.0 30 150 207
30 206 Michael T. Longaker, MD Stanford 4.2 49 206 206
31 174 Brian M. ParRett, MD San Francisco 4.7 22 103 4.4 7 31 5.0 8 40 174
32 164 Steven Bates, MD Palo Alto 4.2 16 67 4.4 5 22 5.0 5 25 5.0 10 50 164
33 161 Samuel Pearl, MD Mountain View 4.2 5 21 5.0 28 140 161
34 140 Carolyn C. Chang, MD San Francisco 4.3 10 43 4.2 5 21 4.3 8 34 4.6 9 41 140
35 122 Seung K. Kim, MD Palo Alto 5.0 8 40 5.0 1 5 5.0 11 55 4.4 5 22 122
36 120 Michael J. Terry, MD San Francisco 4.7 16 75 5.0 8 40 5.0 1 5 120
37 117 John R. Griffin, MD San Mateo 5.0 6 30 4.1 11 45 5.0 3 15 4.5 6 27 117
38 110 Scott L. Hansen, MD San Francisco 4.5 12 54 4.7 12 56 110
39 110 John P. Connolly, MD Mountain View 4.1 11 45 5.0 8 40 5.0 3 15 5.0 2 10 110
40 97 Lorne K. Rosenfield, MD Burlingame 4.5 10 45 4.1 9 37 5.0 2 10 5.0 1 5 97
41 96 Ginger Xu, MD San Francisco 4.2 5 21 5.0 2 10 5.0 13 65 96
42 95 David M. Kahn, MD Palo Alto 4.0 14 56 5.0 2 10 5.0 5 25 4.0 1 4 95
43 87 Kristoffer N. Chang, MD San Francisco 4.3 7 30 4.3 11 47 5.0 2 10 87
44 73 David Young, MD San Francisco 4.0 9 36 4.0 8 32 5.0 1 5 73
45 72 Roger P. Friedenthal, MD San Francisco 4.6 11 51 4.0 4 16 5.0 1 5 72
46 67 Jason H. Pomerantz, MD San Francisco 4.3 11 47 5.0 4 20 67
47 65 Andrew J. Watt, MD San Francisco 5.0 4 20 5.0 9 45 65
48 65 Donald M. Brown, MD San Francisco 5.0 5 25 5.0 8 40 65
49 63 Rudolf Buntic, MD San Francisco 4.7 6 28 5.0 6 30 5.0 1 5 63
50 60 Bauback Safa, MD San Francisco 5.0 6 30 5.0 6 30 60
51 59 Kyle D. Bickel, MD San Francisco 4.8 6 29 5.0 5 25 5.0 1 5 59
52 58 Michael M. Papalian, MD Redwood City 5.0 6 30 4.0 3 12 4.0 4 16 58
53 52 Roderick J. Simonds, MD San Francisco 4.0 9 36 4.0 4 16 52
54 50 Kenton D. Fong, MD San Mateo 5.0 10 50 50
55 41 Robert A. Harvey, MD San Francisco 5.0 4 20 5.0 1 5 4.0 4 16 41
56 40 Arash Momeni, MD Palo Alto 5.0 5 25 5.0 1 5 5.0 2 10 40
57 38 Cindy L. Russell, MD Mountain View 4.8 8 38 38
58 35 Michael Norris, MD San Mateo 5.0 1 5 5.0 6 30 35
59 35 Clyde Ikeda, MD South San Francisco 5.0 6 30 5.0 1 5 35
60 30 Ali M. Salim, MD San Francisco 5.0 2 10 5.0 4 20 30
61 27 Winnie M. Tong, MD San Francisco 4.5 6 27 27
62 25 H. Peter Lorenz, MD Palo Alto 4.2 6 25 25
63 20 Richard F. Grossman, MD San Francisco 4.0 5 20 20
64 15 Mary H. McGrath, MD San Francisco 5.0 1 5 5.0 2 10 15
65 15 Johnny Chang, MD Palo Alto 5.0 1 5 5.0 2 10 15
66 10 Walter C. Lin, MD San Francisco 5.0 2 10 10
67 10 Te Ning Chang, MD San Francisco 5.0 2 10 10
68 5 Derek D. Ulvila, MD Redwood City 5.0 1 5 5
69 5 Paige M. Fox, MD Redwood City 5.0 1 5 5
70 5 Jennifer E. Cheesborough, MD Stanford 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
71 841 Leonard W. Gray, MD San Francisco 4.5 32 144 3.0 4 12 4.4 63 277 4.8 85 408 841
72 732 Timothy J. Marten, MD San Francisco 4.4 98 431 3.9 44 172 4.5 20 90 4.3 9 39 732
73 464 Edward P. Miranda, MD San Francisco 3.4 12 41 3.8 15 57 4.7 12 56 5.0 62 310 464
74 418 Jason R. Dudas, MD San Francisco 4.0 10 40 3.7 9 33 5.0 7 35 5.0 62 310 418
75 317 Victor Liu, MD Burlingame 4.7 18 85 4.9 11 54 4.7 32 150 3.5 8 28 317
76 279 James P. Anthony, MD San Francisco 3.7 19 70 3.9 15 59 3.9 14 55 4.8 20 96 279
77 279 Jonathan Kaplan, MD San Francisco 3.7 27 100 5.0 1 5 4.7 37 174 279
78 235 Shahin Javaheri, MD San Francisco 3.5 15 53 4.4 21 92 4.3 21 90 235
79 236 Bryant A. Toth, MD San Francisco 4.3 27 116 3.5 19 67 5.0 1 5 4.0 12 48 236
80 216 Orna Fisher, MD Palo Alto 3.3 7 23 3.7 6 22 4.6 20 92 4.9 16 78 216
81 174 Randall B. Weil, MD San Francisco 4.3 19 82 3.9 8 31 4.2 6 25 4.5 8 36 174
82 171 Scott W. Mosser, MD San Francisco 4.0 8 32 3.0 2 6 3.9 11 43 4.3 21 90 171
83 146 William Y. Hoffman, MD San Francisco 3.8 12 46 4.3 12 52 4.0 1 4 4.5 10 45 146
84 144 Peter K. Davis, MD Palo Alto 3.8 13 49 5.0 5 25 5.0 1 5 5.0 13 65 144
85 139 James L. Pertsch, MD San Mateo 5.0 12 60 3.0 6 18 5.0 7 35 4.3 6 26 139
86 128 Jordan Deschamps-Braly, MD San Francisco 3.7 3 11 4.2 21 88 3.7 6 22 3.0 2 6 128
87 115 Esther A. Kim, MD San Francisco 3.5 14 49 3.0 6 18 4.0 12 48 115
88 100 Subhro K. Sen, MD Palo Alto 4.6 17 78 3.7 6 22 100
89 97 Robert D. Foster, MD San Francisco 3.4 12 41 3.2 11 35 4.5 2 9 4.0 3 12 97
90 92 David S. Chang, MD San Francisco 4.0 2 8 3.5 8 28 5.0 7 35 4.2 5 21 92
91 92 Jane Weston, MD Menlo Park 3.7 9 33 3.9 7 27 4.0 4 16 5.0 3 15 92
92 88 Frank Piro, MD San Mateo 4.8 11 53 3.3 6 20 5.0 3 15 88
93 67 Jeffrey E. DeWeese, MD San Francisco 3.8 9 34 3.0 6 18 5.0 3 15 67
94 56 Stephen A. Schendel, MD Palo Alto 3.7 9 33 3.7 3 11 3.7 3 11 56
95 53 Samuel D. Kao, MD San Francisco 3.6 8 29 3.2 6 19 5.0 1 5 53
96 46 James Chang, MD Palo Alto 3.6 10 36 5.0 2 10 46
97 42 Catherine M. Curtin, MD Redwood City 3.7 3 11 4.0 4 16 5.0 3 15 42
98 40 Richard C. Sherwood, MD Daly City 4.8 4 19 3.5 6 21 40
99 36 Sean Moloney, MD Daly City 5.0 2 10 5.0 2 10 5.0 1 5 3.7 3 11 36
100 34 Rosa L. Dell'Oca, MD Mountain View 4.6 5 23 3.7 3 11 34
101 24 Derrick C. Wan, MD Palo Alto 3.0 6 18 3.0 2 6 24
102 21 Geoffrey Gurtner, MD Stanford 4.5 4 18 3.0 1 3 21
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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
103 529 Robert M. Lowen, MD Mountain View 2.6 14 36 5.0 3 15 4.9 79 387 5.0 18 90 529
104 325 Dean Vistnes, MD Palo Alto 2.8 8 22 2.8 9 25 4.7 59 277 325
105 245 Roy Kim, MD San Francisco 2.8 20 56 3.7 3 11 4.8 17 82 4.6 21 97 245
106 131 Roy W. Hong, MD Palo Alto 2.7 14 38 3.9 15 59 5.0 4 20 5.0 3 15 131
107 76 Gregory Buncke, MD San Francisco 5.0 2 10 5.0 9 45 1.0 1 1 5.0 4 20 76
108 75 John R. Talley, MD Palo Alto 4.4 7 31 3.7 9 33 1.0 1 1 5.0 2 10 75
109 70 Anthony H. Nguyen, MD Mountain View 1.4 10 14 3.6 14 50 3.0 2 6 70
110 61 Gordon K. Lee, MD Palo Alto 5.0 3 15 4.6 9 41 2.5 2 5 61
111 18 Rohit K. Khosla, MD Palo Alto 3.7 3 11 2.3 3 7 18
112 6 Patrick O. Lang, MD San Francisco 2.0 3 6 6
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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.

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.