page_title: Steven Hoefflin
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Steven Hoefflin / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: The new UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, from the south-west looking across Westwood Bl.
context_page_description: Steven M. Hoefflin is an American plastic surgeon, known for providing plastic surgery to celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Rivers, Ivana Trump, Phyllis Diller and Michael Jackson. Hoefflin has written several books and published numerous articles in books and medical journals. He has been in private practice since 1977.
context_section_description: In 1972, Hoefflin graduated first in his class from the UCLA Medical School where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He was the recipient of the UCLA Student Scholastic Achievement Award.
  He continued his education in general surgery and completed a plastic surgery residency training program at the UCLA Medical Center. He was the recipient of the coveted Surgical Medal Award. Hoefflin is Board-Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Hoefflin became Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at UCLA Medical Center in 1979. In 1989, he was promoted to Associate Clinical Professor.
  Hoefflin was a member of numerous professional organizations where he regularly taught and lectured including The American Society for Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a Fellow of The International College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, President of the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons and was President of the UCLA Plastic Surgery Society for 7 years and was awarded the UCLA Plastic Surgery Clinical Attending Teacher Award twice (1985, 1986).
  Hoefflin was Chief of Plastic Surgery at Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital Medical Center (1982-1989), Chief of Plastic Surgery at Brotman Medical Center (1980-1985), was on the Medical School Admission Committee- UCLA School of Medicine (1980-1989).
caption: UCLA Medical Center
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