Dr. Steve Laverson

Dr. Steve Laverson practices plastic surgery at Feel Beautiful Plastic Surgery in San Diego, a practice he has run since 1993. He holds MD and FACS credentials and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (certified 1992) and the American Board of Plastic Surgery (certified 1995, recertified 2005). He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and belongs to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. He is a senior plastic surgeon on staff at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where he stays on the monthly emergency room call panel, and he has held a range of clinical and administrative posts at local hospitals. Training started at the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore and covered about ten years of general and plastic surgery as an intern, resident and fellow. He also trained at Johns Hopkins, the University of Pennsylvania, Emory, UCLA, USC and Stanford, served as chief resident in general surgery at Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital in Los Angeles, and trained in plastic surgery with the New York Plastic Surgical Group. His focus is cosmetic improvement of the face, breasts and body, and he also performs reconstructive plastic surgery. Rhinoplasty, including revision rhinoplasty, is a particular focus. He favors the open technique under optical magnification, and roughly ten percent of his rhinoplasties need a revision, usually minor adjustments. He is known for the fitness tummy tuck, which uses an internal four-layer power suture and surface contouring. He has performed over 50,000 procedures in thirty years and has donated more than $8 million in surgery to uninsured and underinsured patients at Palomar, Pomerado and Tri-City Medical Centers. Patient reviews on the practice's page describe him as attentive, patient and detail-oriented.