Aesthetic procedures to rejuvinate your appearance

About Dr. Berkowitz

Doctor Berkowitz has been practicing plastic surgery since 1979 and is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery鈥攖he only board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties to certify plastic surgeons. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine. He served a residency in both general surgery and plastic surgery at the University of Michigan. Doctor Berkowitz served as assistant professor at Stanford University from 1979 鈥?1982 at which time he was director of the Burn Unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Since 1982, Doctor Berkowitz has been in private practice in the Los Gatos/Campbell area where he currently resides.

What is a plastic surgeon?

Many fields of medicine allow physicians to do cosmetic surgery. Plastic surgeons, however, follow a unique and rigorous path of study representing from five to eight years of post graduate training in surgery, plastic surgery and fellowships for further in-depth knowledge. Traditionally, plastic surgery has taken on some of the most difficult problems in medicine, from burn treatment, cleft lip and palate, tissue rafting and microsurgery, to name a few. It is upon these reconstructive techniques that our unique talents in aesthetic surgery have been built.

It sometimes happens that patients refer to us as artists. We are not artists, but rather more like architects. Unlike the artist who holds full reign over his canvas or stone, the plastic surgeon is more a craftsman, a body architect, if you will, bound by the laws of nature and the principles of the ethics of medicine. We try to achieve for each of our patients a sense of well-being and nourishment of his or her own self-image.

Critically, it is important that, above all, the plastic surgeon is a good physician鈥攑aying attention to he whole patient and his or her physical and psychological needs.

In addition to his work here, Doctor Berkowitz has traveled extensively throughout Latin America with the Interplast organization treating children and adults in impoverished areas with difficult plastic and reconstructive surgery problems.

Doctor Berkowitz is past chairman of the Division of Plastic Surgery at The Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose and is a member of many regional and national medical societies, including the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is an associate member of the prestigious Rhinoplasty Society.

Doctor Berkowitz has extensive experience in performing the aesthetic procedures explained on this web site and is happy to answer all of your questions. If you should decide to proceed with surgery, you can be assured that he and his staff will provide you with the highest quality medical care.

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Aesthetic procedures to rejuvinate your appearance.

The aging process is universal, of course, but the appearance of aging is not the same for all of us. How we look is affected by heredity, combined exposure to the elements, diet, stress, smoking and alcohol, to name a few. Combinations of these affects our skin to varying degrees.

Not all people are ready to surrender to the ravages of time if the inner self isn鈥檛 ready. Given the choice, most of use would prefer to look as young as we feel. In most cases, Dr. Berkowitz has the experience and skills to improve your appearance, rejuvenate your features, refresh your attitude and reveal your "joie de vivre."