Dr. Ghada Afifi, MD is a plastic surgery specialist in Newport Beach, CA and has been practicing for 20 years. She graduated from Albany Medical College in 1990 and specializes in plastic surgery, facial plastic & reconstructive surgery, and more.Read her story
Ghada Y. Afifi, MD, FACS
1101 Dove St
Newport Beach, CA 92660
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- Cigna
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Dr. Afifi's Experience
Dr. Afifi's experience matches your search based on the following criteria:
- Based on total number of patients treated over the last 12 months
- Specializes in Plastic Surgery
- Board certified in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery
- No malpractice claims found
- No sanctions found
- No board actions found
Dr. Afifi's bio
This content was provided by Dr. Afifi "Dr. Afifi has trained in many areas of plastic & reconstructive surgery, having wished to become a plastic surgeon since the age of 12, when she watched a documentary about plastic surgeons who traveled to third world countries to perform reconstructive surgery on children and adults alike with birth and traumatic injuries. She committed herself to that goal and has been privileged to have been able to do what her dream was years ago. She was accepted to an accelerated biomedical program at the age of 17, which allowed her to graduate from college Summa Cum Laude, and earn her medical degree soon after at the age of 23. She has completed 12 years of medical and surgical training. This has included a full general surgery residency at Yale after which she became Board Certified in General Surgery. She then completed a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery residency at University of Pennsylvania, her second Ivy League school, after which she became Board Certified in Plastic Surgery. In her quest to perform cleft lip and palate reconstruction in patients in third world countries, she then went on to have further training in Craniofacial Surgery at her third university, but now in southern California at Loma Linda University Medical Center. She has always committed herself to her surgical background and to every one of her patients. Although she is primarily in private practice, she continues her university affiliation as Clinical Assistant Professor at Loma Linda University and as Volunteer Clinical Assistant Clinical Professor at University of San Diego. Dr. Afifi is a member of Operation Good Samaritan and Rotaplast International. Both organizations volunteer their time to change the lives of many adults and children in underdeveloped countries. With her specialized training in facial reconstruction, Dr. Afifi feels it is important for her to utilize her training for helping those who have deformities or abnormalities received at birth or through traumatic injuries. She has been a featured speaker at conferences in such areas as the Middle East and Asia, has made presentations at universities around the country and has had a variety of medical art, illustrations and research papers published in newspapers, university medical publications and plastic surgery educational literature. Dr. Afifi is honored to help patients achieve their personal goals of self improvement through both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery."
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5 Specialties
- Plastic Surgery
- Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Craniofacial Plastic Surgery
- Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Facial Plastic Surgery
2 Board Certifications
- General SurgeryAccredited by: American Board of Surgery*
- Plastic SurgeryAccredited by: American Board of Plastic Surgery*
23 Conditions Treated
- Aging Face
- Benign Tumor
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Abscess
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Infections
- Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
- Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome
- Enlarged Turbinates
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Giant Pigmented Nevus
- Lipodystrophy
- Lipomas
- Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
- Nevus of Ota
- Nevus Sebaceous of Jadassohn
- Premature Aging
- Pulmonary Disease
- Skin Aging
- Skin Cancer
- Skin Diseases
- Skin Laxity
- Vascular Disease
101 Procedures
- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Abdominoplasty
- Arm Reduction Surgery
- Asian Eyelid Surgery
- Benelli Lift
- Botox® for Blepharospasm
- Botox® for Chronic Migraine
- Botox® for Severe Underarm Sweating when Antiperspirants Fail
- Botox® Injection
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Lift Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction
- Breast Surgical Procedure
- Brow Lift
- Buttock Lift
- Chemical Peel
- Chin Implant
- Complex Revision Rhinoplasty
- Cosmetic Botox® Injection
- Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
- Cosmetic Facial Surgery
- Cosmetic Surgical Procedure
- Cosmetic Xeomin® Injection
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Dysport Injection
- Ear Plastic Surgery (Otoplasty)
- Ear Procedure
- Ear Reconstruction
- Ear Surgery
- Earlobe Repair
- Endoscopic Brow Lift
- Excision of Lipoma
- Excision of Neck Mass
- Excision of Skin Lesion
- Exilis Skin Tightening Therapy
- Eye Surgery
- Eyelid Surgery
- Eyelid Tumor Reconstruction
- Facelift
- Facial Bone Fracture Repair
- Facial Contour Alteration
- Facial Implant Surgery
- Facial Peel
- Facial Prosthetic
- Facial Reconstruction
- Facial Rejuvenation
- Facial Rejuvenation, Advanced, Laser
- Facial Surgery
- Fat Grafting to the Body
- Fat Grafting to the Breast
- Fat Grafting to the Buttock
- Fat Grafting to the Face
- Fat Reduction Procedure
- Fractional Ablative Laser Treatment
- Fractional Eyelift
- Fractional Non-Ablative Laser Treatment
- Full Face Lift
- Gynecomastia Repair
- Hair Removal
- Hernia Repair
- Juvéderm® Injection
- Juvéderm® Ultra Plus XC Injection
- Juvéderm® Voluma® Injection
- Labiaplasty
- Laser Hair Removal
- Laser Surgery
- Laser Tattoo Removal
- Lip Augmentation
- Lip Surgery
- Lip, Excision or Resection
- Liposuction
- Mini Tummy Tuck
- Neck Lift
- Neck Liposuction
- Non-Cosmetic Botox® Injection
- Nose Plastic Surgery (Rhinoplasty)
- Pellevé® RF Skin Tightening
- Primary Cosmetic Rhinoplasty
- Ptosis (Eyelids) Surgery
- Radiesse® Injections
- Reconstructive Eyelid Surgery
- Repair of Brow Ptosis and Blepharoptosis
- Restylane® Injections
- Sculptra™ Injection
- Skin Cancer Removal
- Skin Cancer Surgery With Reconstruction
- Skin Cancer Tumor Treatment
- Skin Lesion Biopsy
- Skin Lesion Removal
- Skin Procedures
- Skin Resurfacing
- Skin Surgery
- Skin Tightening
- Stomach Surgery
- ThermiTight™ Subdermal Skin Tightening Treatment
- Thread Lift
- Titan Skin Tightening
- Venous Sclerotherapy
- Wound Repair
- Xeomin® for Blepharospasm
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Background Check
0 Malpractice Claims
No malpractice history found for California.
0 Sanctions
No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
0 Board Actions
No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
Education
- RensselaerUndergraduate School | Graduated 1988
- Albany Medical CollegeMedical School | Graduated 1990
- Yale UniversityInternship Hospital | Completed 1991
- Yale UniversityResidency Hospital | Completed 1995
- Loma Linda UniversityFellowship Hospital | Completed 1998
- University PennFellowship Hospital | Completed 1997
Awards & Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Healthgrades Honor Roll
Media & Publications
Dr. Afifi has no media or publications listed.
Languages Spoken
- English
- Arabic
- Spanish
Memberships & Professional Affiliations
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