Plastic Surgery: Beyond Cosmetics

Thomas Stevenson, M.D., FACS
Professor and Chairman, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
UC Davis Health System

Dr. Stevenson has clinical interests in cosmetic surgery, general plastic and reconstructive surgery, hand surgery and microsurgery. He is a reviewer for several medical journals, widely published author, and frequent presenter at national and international seminars. Dr. Stevenson has conducted research on the protective effect of staurosporine in skeletal muscle after ischemia, contributions of SMAS to blood supply in lateral facelift flap, and is nationally recognized in his work effects on ischemic preconditioning on recovery of skeletal muscle following tourniquet ischemia.