Ron Moy, MD

Ron Moy, MD, founded Moy Fincher Chipps in 1992 and practices there as a dermatologist and facial plastic surgeon. He completed dermatology residency at UCLA, then a facial cosmetic and Mohs micrographic surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Health Services. He has been a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, a former co-chief of the UCLA division of dermatology and a former chief of dermatologic surgery there.

His clinical focus is cosmetic and facial plastic surgery, including face lifts, eye lifts, liposuction, laser skin resurfacing and Mohs micrographic surgery. The website reports more than 30,000 Mohs and facial plastic surgery cases over more than 25 years of practice. It also says he has donated his dermatology time to the Venice Family Clinic for over 25 years. He trained the practice's physicians in Mohs and cosmetic surgery through an American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery fellowship, guided Dr. Lauren Moy's fellowship in Mohs and cosmetic surgery, and has trained more than 20 fellows. According to the site, he has mentored over 250 healthcare workers in dermatology. He worked with Jeffrey So, PA-C, for over 25 years on complex cosmetic and reconstructive cases. He answers frequently asked questions about fractionated CO2 laser resurfacing on the site.

He has held several leadership roles. He was president of the American Academy of Dermatology from 2011 to 2012 and of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery from 2004 to 2005. He is a past president of the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery, was president of the California Division of Medical Quality in 2005, and was a past president of the Bay District of the Los Angeles County Medical Association. He is a former editor-in-chief of Dermatologic Surgery Journal and a member of the American College of Mohs Surgery and the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

The site lists him as a diplomate of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatologic Surgeons and the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery. It says he has published more than 200 scholarly articles on cosmetic and dermatologic surgery and treatments. He received the Samuel J. Stegman, MD Award for Distinguished Service. The website describes him as one of the world's leading cosmetic and facial plastics surgeons and as a leading international lecturer on cosmetic surgery technologies.