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Our Doctors / George H. Rudkin

George H. Rudkin, MD, FACS

George H. Rudkin, MD, FACS

Position

Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chief of Plastic Surgery, West Los Angeles VAMC

Hospital Affiliation

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

EDUCATION

B.A., Natural Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
M.D., Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, NY
General Surgery Residency, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Plastic Surgery Residency, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

CERTIFICATION

Member, American Society of Plastic SurgeonsDiplomat, American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1999
Diplomat, American Board of Surgery, 1997

ABOUT

George Henry Rudkin, MD completed both his general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at UCLA, and has been a member of the full-time faculty since 1999. He is the Associate Program Director for the resident training program in plastic surgery.

Dr. Rudkin has extensive experience in aesthetic surgery, specializing in rhinoplasty, facelift, body contouring and cosmetic injectables, including Botox, Restylane, Captique and Cosmoplast as well breast surgery. He also has expertise in the treatment of skin cancer and related reconstruction.

Dr. Rudkin has research interests in skin cancer and bone regeneration, having an exceptionally strong background in the molecular biology of intercellular communication. Dr. Rudkin is a recipient of the Veterans Administration Career Development Award (1998-2001), studying the effects of retinoids on skin cancer. He is a co-investigator for the active VA Merit Review Grant: "Molecular Mechanism of Bone Regeneration: Role of BMP-2 (2002-2006). He is a co-investigator for the active VA Merit Review Grant: "Stimulation of Osteogenesis in a Three-Dimensional Cellular Scaffold" (2006-2010).

Dr. Rudkin has numerous publications in peer-reviewed plastic surgery literature, and has authored several textbook chapters.

Born
1964, Wilmington, Delaware

Languages Spoken
English

More information about Dr Rudkin can be found at: www.DrRudkin.com

MEMBERSHIPS

Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Member, Plastic Surgery Research Council
Member, California Society of Plastic Surgeons

PUBLICATIONS (recent articles)