DR. EDWIN KWON

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Edwin Kwon is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who specializes in Asian Rhinoplasty, DCF Rhinoplasty, Buccal Fat Removal and several body-contouring procedures.

Specialties

Face

• Asian Rhinoplasty
• Rhinoplasty Revision
• DCF Graft
• Asian Upper & Lower Bleph
• Facelift
• Fat Transfer Face
• Buccal Fat Removal

Body

• Breast Augmentation
• Brazilian Butt Lift
• Liposuction
• Labiaplasty

Education

Undergraduate: BA, Pomona College

Medical: MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Residency: General Surgery, University of California

Residency: San Francisco Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Residency: University of California, San Francisco

Fellowship: Aesthetics, University of Southern California

Edwin Kwon, MD, FACS is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. He is a native of Southern California, where his achievements began early as a National Merit Scholar. He attended Pomona College where he won the CRC Chemistry Award and was only one of three students inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society in his junior year.

He was then recruited to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine with a full academic scholarship as a Canby Robinson Scholar. During medical school, he took a sabbatical to work at Massachusetts General Hospital with the renowned Dr. William J. Austen, who is now the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

He went on to complete a combined General Surgery and Plastic Surgery program at the University of San Francisco, California, one of the premiere plastic surgery training programs in the country. During his residency, he received an NIH grant to study a novel pain control pathway which led to a ground breaking paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. He also published numerous scientific articles as well as a book chapter with Dr. Ron Gruber, one of the most prolific and highly recognized rhinoplasty surgeons. Following residency, he completed an Aesthetics Fellowship through the University of Southern California. During this time Dr. Kwon honed his craft and performed countless cosmetic procedures while investigating state of the art techniques and publishing several papers on rhinoplasty, complex breast procedures, and abdominoplasty.

Since beginning practice in Southern California, Dr. Kwon continues to strive for balance and perfection in his work. In his approach to achieving a natural rhinoplasty, he is known to tell patients, “I want people to know you look better, but not quite know why.” Dr. Kwon’s extensive training and experience combined with his unique perspective allow him to provide a customized approach to help you reach your aesthetic goals.

Awards & Features

Dr. Kwon has been featured in several publications/magazines and is periodically working on writing new articles for other textbooks and medical journals on the latest surgical techniques.  

Publications & Presentations

2017 • PUBLICATION

Thomas S, Chen S, Sbitany H, Kwon E, Piper M, Park J, Barberio MT, Pawlowska N, Munster P. Autologous fat grafting as a novel anti-estrogen vehicle for the treatment of breast cancer. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Sep; 140(3):537-544

2015 • PRESENTATION

Kwon E, Ordon M, Calvert J. Costal Cartilage Harvest for Rhinoplasty through Concurrent Breast Augmentation or Implant Replacement Incision Presented at the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Meeting, Montreal, May 2015

2016 • PUBLICATION

Macias LH, Kwon E, Gould DJ, Spring MA, Stevens WG. Decrease in Seroma Rate After Adopting Progressive Tension Sutures Without Drains: A Single Surgery Center Experience of 451 Abdominoplasties Over Years. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Oct; 36(9): 1029-35

2014 • PRESENTATION

Kwon E, Piper M, Sbitany H. Outcomes Analysis of Biologic Mesh Use for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Clean Contaminated and Contaminated Ventral Hernia Repair Presented at the America’s Hernia Society 16th Annual Hernia Repair Meeting, Las Vegas, March 2014

2016 • PUBLICATION

Chopra K, Gowda A, Kwon E, Stevens WG. Implant Malposition after Breast Augmentation: A Review of Techniques for Repair. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Jun; 36(6):660-71

2013 • PRESENTATION

Kwon E, Sbitany H. Outcomes Analysis of Biologic Mesh Use for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Clean Contaminated and Contaminated Ventral Hernia Repair Presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2013

2015 • PUBLICATION

Calvert J, Kwon E. Techniques for diced cartilage with deep temporalis fascia graft. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2015 Feb; 23(1): 73-80

2011 • PRESENTATION

Kwon E, Alemi F, Godfrey C, Chiu J, Corvera CU, The Science of Painless Jaundice: Elucidating the Mechanism of Bile Acid Induced Analgesia. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami, March 2011

2014 • PUBLICATION

Gruber RP, Kwon E. Advanced Suture Techniques in Rhinoplasty. Dallas Rhinoplasty: Nasal Surgery by the Masters, Third Edition. CRC Pres. 2014

2011 • PRESENTATION

Alemi F, Kwon E, Stewart L, Corvera CU, A Comparison of Monopolar to Bipolar Radio Frquency Ablation of Liver Tumors. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami, March 2011

2014 • PUBLICATION

Gruber RP, Kwon E, Berger A, Belek KA. Supratip-plasty: A Completely Cartilaginous Tip Complex to Maintain Nasal Tip Width. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2014 Jan 1: 34(1):34-44.

2010 • PRESENTATION

Alemi F, Godfrey C, Cevikbas F, Poole D, Kwon E, Spreadbury I, Vanner S, Steinhoff M, Bunnett N, Corvera CU. A Novel Cell Surface Receptor Responsive to Bile Acids Mediates Itch. Presented at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, Washington D.C, October 2010

2013 • PUBLICATION

Sbitany H, Kwon E, Chern H, Finlayson E, Varma MG, Hansen SL. Outcomes Analysis of Biologic Mesh Use for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Clean-Contaminated and Contaminated Ventral Hernia Repair. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2013 Dec 5

2010 • PRESENTATION

Alemi F, Kwon E, Garrett R, Steart L, Corvera CU. Hepatic Surgery at a VA Tertiary Medical Center: Lessons Learned. Presented at the Association of VA Surgeons Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, May 2010

2013 • PUBLICATION

Kwon E, Alemi F, Poole DP, Lyo V, Cattaruzza F, Cevikbas F, Steinhoff M, Nassini R, Materazzi S, Guerrero-Alba R, Valdez-Morales E, Cottrell GS, Schoonjans K, Geppetti P, Corvera CU, Bunnett NW. The TGR5 Receptor Mediates Bile Acid-Induced Itch and Analgesia. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2013 Apr 1; 123 (4) 1513-30

2010 • PRESENTATION

Kwon E, Godfrey C, Cattaruzza F, Alemi F, Bunnett NW, Corvera CU. The Science of Painless Jaundice: Elucidating the Mechanism of Bile Acid Induced Analgesia. Presented at the UCSF Department of Surgery Residents Research Symposium, San Francisco, March 2010

2013 • PUBLICATION

Gruber RP, Kwon E, Berger A. Commentary on: The lower nasal base: an anatomical study. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2013 Feb 1; 33(2):233-6

2006 • PRESENTATION

McCormack MC, Eberlin K, Kwon E, Maricevich R, Randolph M, Austen WG. Sequential Ischemia Offers Remote Postconditioning-Like Protection Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Murine Skeletal Muscle. Presented at the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 23rd Annual Meeting, Boston, November 2006

2011 • PUBLICATION

Alemi F, Kwon E, Chiu J, Aoki H, Stewart L, Corvera CU. Laparoscopic Treatment of Liver Tumors Using a Two-Needle Probe Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation Device. HPB (Oxford). 2011 Sep;13(9):656-64

2005 • PRESENTATION

Kwon E, McCormack MC, Randolph MA, Austen WG. A Histological Method of Assessing Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Skeletal Muscle. Presented at the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 22nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2005

2010 • PUBLICATION

Alemi F, Kwon E, Freise C, Kang SM, Hirose R, Stewart L, Corvera CU. Hepatic Surgery at a VA Tertiary Medical Center: Lessons Learned. American Journal of Surgery. 2010 Nov;2010(5):591-5.

2004 • PRESENTATION

Mulloy MR, Kwon E, Drinkwater DC, Gallagher H, Hu Y. Inhibition of p38 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Mediated Endothelial Cell Survival During Cardiac Transplantation. Presented at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, March 2004

2006 • PUBLICATION

Chan RK, Ibrahim SI, Takahashi K, Kwon E, McCormack MC, Ezekowitz A, Moore Jr FD, Austen WG. Jr. The Differing Roles of the Classical and Mannose-binding Lectin Complement Pathways in Events Following Skeletal Muscle Ischemia-reperfusion. Journal of Immunology. 2006 Dec 1; 177(11): 8080-85

2004 • PUBLICATION

Lim M, McKenzie K, Floyd AD, Kwon E, Zeitlin PL. Modulation of delta508 cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator trafficking and function with 4-phenylbutyrate and flavonoids. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2004. Sep; 31(3): 351-7