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For over two decades, Dr. Ordon has been an acclaimed surgeon in the area of aesthetic plastic and reconstructive surgery with a private practice in New York City and now in Beverly Hills and Rancho Mirage. He has built a reputation through his commitment to the enhancement of individualized natural beauty.

Dr. Ordon is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California where he earned his undergraduate degree with Honors in Biological Sciences. He then received his medical degree from the USC School of Medicine with Honors in Medicine. His General Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery training were completed at USC, UCLA and Loma Linda respectively. He then completed his training program in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the prestigious Lenox Hill Hospital /Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary Program in New York City. Affiliated with Cornell University and NYU, this program is recognized as one of the oldest and most renowned centers for Aesthetics and Reconstructive Surgery in the world.

Our Rhinoplasty Expert | Dr. Russel W. H. Kridel

Russell Kridel, MD is a respected plastic surgeon in Houston, Texas who has developed three rhinoplasty techniques: the lateral and medial crural overlay procedure, the lateral crural steal and the tongue and groove procedure. These surgical techniques are now standard for rhinoplasty or plastic surgery involving the nose.

“Aristotle said that beauty exists when all facial features are in harmony and no particular feature sticks out. Studies show that the more attractive we are, the likely others will promote us, pay higher salaries, feel that we are more successful and give us preferential treatment. Our fickle society discriminates against older people. Looking good can have a positive psychological effect on a patient. A plastic surgeon has to be a physician, surgeon, artist, artisan, nurse, psychiatrist, detective, scribe and physicist. The patient has to want to have the surgery for the right reason. If the patient is undergoing stress or has an emotional problem, it is the doctor’s duty to refuse to operate. Sometimes male patients want to have nose surgery to separate themselves from their father’s image. Ethics play an important role in a successful rhinoplasty,” said Russell Kridel MD.

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Board Certifications: American Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery American Board of Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)

Dr. David Broadway has been practicing plastic surgery in the Denver area for nearly 20 years, and is one of the few in his field who is triple board certified. He has received extensive, specialized training and certifications which set him apart from other Denver plastic surgeons. His kindness, skill and attention to detail in every surgery he performs have earned him the reputation as one of the best plastic surgeons in Colorado.

Dr. Broadway’s specialized training began with a residency in Otolaryngology (Ear, nose and throat) at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine located in Norfolk, Virginia. He continued with an intensive facial plastic surgery fellowship at the University of Illinois, Chicago and with Wake Forest University School of Medicine located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Broadway moved to Colorado in 1989 and established his facial plastic surgery practice in Centennial. Four years later he elected to return to academia to pursue his second residency in general plastic surgery and attended Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Missouri School of Medicine. He once again returned to Colorado and successfully established Broadway Center for Plastic Surgery offering the highest quality care in facial and full body plastic surgery, specifically specializing in breast augmentation and body contouring.

Our African American Surgery Expert Dr. Pearlman Hicks

Southern California’s leading African American plastic surgeon, Dr. Pearlman D. Hicks has a very simple golden rule; to treat patients as he would want to be treated.

Dr. Hicks is a legend in firsts… he was the first African American plastic surgeon on the West Coast and he is the first doctor in Southern California to use the VASER System for Hyperhidrosis, abnormally increased perspiration, an ailment his son has suffered from since childhood. Hicks was born in Hamilton, Ohio, a small town of 50 thousand people, to a working class family that knew the meaning of commitment and education. Hicks always knew he would be a doctor and was interested in becoming a psychiatrist after a family friend told him of the horror stories while in an institution. Young Hicks vowed that he would never let anyone suffer at the hands of medical practioners again.

After high school, Hicks was accepted to Harvard University in Cambridge. While studying for his a B.A. degree in Biological Sciences, to follow his dream of being a psychiatrist, he was also a fullback on the Crimson football team. It was during his sophomore year, when Hicks severely injured his ankle thus ending his football career, that he changed his medical focus. While recuperating, Hicks worked part time as a lab tech for an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and became interested in that field which eventually led him to his career in plastic surgery.

Dr. Bruce Chau has made it his mission to find the balance between Eastern and Western medicines in the area of Plastic Surgery. But his rise to prominence is marked by struggle and perseverance rarely seen in today’s top cosmetic doctors. He is truly an American success story.

July 24, 1975 was a watershed day for 16-year-old Bruce Chau. It was the first day that he was officially in America.

Bruce was born and raised in South Vietnam to Chinese parents. When he was just 15-years-old, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. The Chau’s had a cousin who worked for the US Embassy and he made it possible for Bruce to be one of the children allowed out before all borders were closed. During the trip, young Bruce met up with another solitary traveler, an 82-year-old woman who had relatives on the West Coast.

These two unlikely immigrants were first sent to a refugee camp on Wake Island for several months until arrangements could be make for them to get to America. In refugee camp he saw how beauty could be created from life’s ugliness.

Payman Simoni, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University in and his M.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He then served as general surgical resident at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital and completed his Facial Plastic Surgery and Head & Neck surgery training at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. Dr Simoni has two board certification in Facial Plastic Surgery by American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery (www.abfprs.org) and American Board of Head and Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology.

Early through his training, Dr. Simoni realized that the field of facial plastic surgery is vast, diversified, and continuously changing. Following completion of his training, Dr. Simoni sought an experience that most plastic surgeons dream of but never achieve. He decided to travel through the country to study under and spend time with some of the top leaders in the field of facial plastic surgery to benefit from their techniques and experiences.

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