Curriculum Vitae – Dr. Richard Chaffoo, Md, Facs, Fics

Residencies:

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Naval Regional Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA. 1980-1984

Division of Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgery
Department of Surgery Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU)
Portland, OR.       1999-2001

Fellowships:

Facial Plastic Surgery
Division of Facial Plastic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA.  1986-1987

Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 1986-1987

Burn Surgery.
San Diego County Regional Burn Center
Department of Surgery
USCD Medical Center
San Diego, CA 1998-1999

Undergraduate Education:

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Wake Forest University, Bowman-Gray School
of Medicine
Winston, Salem, NC. 1975-1979

Postgraduate Education:

Surgical Internship
Department of Surgery
Naval Regional Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA. 1979-1980

Boards:

American Board of Plastic Surgery
American Board of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Professional Associations:

San Diego Plastic Surgery Society (Member) – Past President
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (Member)
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Member)
American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Fellow)
American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
American Head and Neck Surgery Society (Fellow)
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Fellow)
California Society of Plastic Surgeons (Member)

Practice Experience:

Chairman
Department Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
U.S. Naval Hospital, Groton, Conn.

Clinical Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA.

Vice Chairman
Department Otolaryngology, Head and Neck
U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA. 1987 – 1990

Private Practice
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery
La Jolla, CA.

Academic Affiliations:

Clinical Instructor:
Department Surgery
USUHS F. Herbert School of Medicine
Bethesda, MD

Clinical Instructor:
Department Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA.

Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, CA.

Hospital Affiliations:

Scripps Memorial Hospitals
Department Plastic Surgery,
Former Chief of Plastic Surgery (Encinitas)
La Jolla and Encinitas, Ca

Industry Consultancy:

Medical Advisor
Stemson Therapeutics
La Jolla, Ca

Presentations/Lectureships:

CLINCAL PRECEPTORSHIP & TRAINING FOR HAIR RESTORATION PHYSICIANS
July 28-29, 2022
Ximed Medical Center
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, Ca

NON- SURGICAL SYMPOSIUM 2022
AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: “HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY IN 2022”

June 3-5, 2022

Aesthetic Innovations Summit
2022 Annual Meeting
Panel Discussion Current Trends and Technology in Hair Restoration
April 20, 2022
San Diego, Ca

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Annual Meeting
Hair Transplantation Teaching Course
San Diego Ca.
April 20-24, 2022

CLINCAL PRECEPTORSHIP & TRAINING FOR HAIR RESTORATION PHYSICIANS
February 24-25, 2022
Ximed Medical Center
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, Ca

MASTER ARTAS NETWORK & EDUCATION EVENT
Co-Chair
The Montage
Laguna Niguel, Ca
February 4-6, 2022

MASTER CLASS FOR ADVANCED ROBOTIC HAIR RESTORATION
April 29, 2021
Ximed Medical Center
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, Ca

CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP & TRAINING FOR HAIR RESTORATION PHYSICIANS
June 11-12, 2021
Ximed Medical Center
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, Ca

UPDATE ON REGENERATIVE MEDICINE MODEL FOR HAIR RESTORATON
ANNUAL MEETING, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS

VIENNA, AUSTRIA
SEPTEMBER 2021

CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP & TRAINING FOR HAIR RESTORATION PHYSICIANS
XIMED MEDICAL CENTER
SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2021

CURRENT TRENDS IN HAIR RESTORATION: A PLASTIC SURGEON’S PERSPECTIVE
Annual Meeting, 2020
Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

A NOVEL REGENERATIVE MEDICINE APPROACH TO HAIR RESTORATION
Annual Meeting, 2020
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
Vienna, Austria

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN HAIR RESTORATION
Annual Meeting, 2020
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
San Francisco, Ca

HAIR RESTORATION IN AN MURINE ANIMAL MODEL
Global Hair Loss Summit 2020

PRELIMINARY RESEARCH FINDINGS IN AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR HAIR RESTORATION
ISHRS, Annual Meeting 2020

Hair Restoration Using a Regenerative Animal Model
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Annual Meeting, 2018
Los Angeles, Ca

CONCHAL CARTILAGE TECHNIQUE FOR BILATERAL CLEFT LIP, RHINOPLASTY
**Award: Best resident presentation
Annual meeting Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, Kaui, Hawaii

Modifications in Goldman Tip Rhinoplasty
Annual meeting, American Academy of Facial
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
San Francisco, CA.

Alar Cartilage Division Techniques in Rhinoplasty
Spring Meeting. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Palm Springs, CA.

Laser Applications in Facial Plastic Surgery
World Congress International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ISPRS)
Yokohama, Japan

Tip Rhinoplasty Techniques World Congress of Surgery, Hong Kong

Research Grants:

Cynosure Laser Corporation $100,000 Donation
Cynosure Laser to UCSD Regional Burn Center for research study of Post Burn Hypertrophic Scar Prevention and Treatment

Publications:

Chaffoo RAK: Complications in Facelift Surgery: Avoidance and Management Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2013 Nov; 21 (4):551-8.

Chaffoo RAK and Stuart SM: Hair Loss Solutions: The Ultimate Guide to Restoring Your Hairline. 2019

Chaffoo RAK, Ozaki W, Vu KC, Markowitz BL: Comprehensive Rhinoplasty Technique to Correct the Bilateral Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity Using Conchal Composite Grafts. J Craniomaxillofacial Surgery 34(3), 150-155 – April 2006.

Chaffoo RAK, Hansen JE: Pediatric Tumors. Mathes Plastic Surgery, Saunders Elsevier, 2006.

Chaffoo RAK, Goode RL: Irradiated Homologous Cartilage in Augmentation Rhinoplasty. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1991, BC Decker.

Chaffoo RAK, Lynch JR, Hansen JE, Seyfer AE: The Lower Trapezius Musculocutaneous Flap Revisited for Complicated Wound to the Posterior Cervical and Occipital Regions Based on the Deep Branch of the Transverse Cervical Artery. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 109(2):444-450, February 2002.

Chaffoo RAK, Gold SR: Fat Myringoplasty in the Guinea Pig. Laryngoscope. Jan 1991, Vol 101, Issue 1, pp. 1-5.

Chaffoo RAK, Fee WE: Early Re-Exploration of the Parotid Wound Following Parotidectomy. Am J Otolaryngology, 1989;10:38-41.

Chaffoo RAK, Luetzow AM, Young H.: Percutaneous Gastrostomy, The Stanford Experience Laryngoscope Laryngoscope. 1988; 98: 1035-1039.

Chaffoo RAK, Goode RL: Modification of the Deltopectoral Flap for Pharyngoesophageal Reconstruction. Laryngoscope. April 1988, Vol 98,#4, 46-462.

Chaffoo RAK, Byrd JP: Metastatic Carcinoma Masquerading as a Retropharyngeal Abscess. US Navy Medicine

Chaffoo, RAK: Complications of Facelift Surgery. Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics. 2013 Nov; 21 (4$: 551-8. International Press

Chaffoo, RAK: Alar Cartilage Division Techniques in Rhinoplasty, Proceedings of the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Society.

Chaffoo, RAK: KTP Laser Treatment of Cutaneous Vascular Lesions. Proceedings of the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Society.