Personal Details
Dr. Milind Ambe is originally from Montreal, Canada, but moved to Southern California when he was just two years old. Raised in a family full of scientists and musicians, Dr. Ambe grew to love both fields. He followed in the footsteps of his family members, becoming a musician as well as a doctor. Dr. Ambe performed as a concert pianist as a teenager, before studying medicine.
Due to his upbringing, Dr. Ambe wanted to combine his two passions: art and medicine. This led to his decision to become a cosmetic surgeon. After completing an undergraduate degree, medical school and seven years of surgical training, Dr. Ambe continued his education with intensive training in different cosmetic procedures, truly sharpening his skills. In 1998, Dr Ambe opened Newport Beach Plastic Surgery, where he specializes in cosmetic breast, facial, and body-contouring surgeries. His career and practice made him well known as an Orange County plastic surgeon. He has also found international acclaim by being the surgeon of choice for the women on the hit TV show, The Real Housewives of Orange County for the past three years.
Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Ambe is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as well as the Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons and the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. Besides running his own practice, Dr. Ambe also serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the fully accredited Newport Center Surgical facility, which he co-founded in 2004. Previously, Dr. Ambe taught at U.C. Irvine, where he was an assistant clinical professor of plastic surgery.
When he is not acting as an Orange County plastic surgeon, Dr. Ambe continues to play the piano and also enjoys tennis and skiing
Specialties
- Plastic Surgery
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Hand Surgery
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Breast Surgery
Other
- Gender Male
Education & Experience
- EDUCATION
- High School:
Robert A. Millikan High School, Long Beach, CA
1977 – 1980 - Undergraduate:
University of California, Irvine, CA
July 1980 – June 1984
Major: Biology
Degree: B.S. - Graduate:
University of California, Irvine, CA
July 1984 – 1988
Degree: M.D. - Postgraduate:
Internship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
General Surgery
July 1988 – June 1989 - Residency:
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Orthopaedic Surgery
July 1989 – June 1993 - University of California, Irvine, CA
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
July 1993 – June 1995
- High School:
- SPECIALTY BOARD STATUS
- Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
- ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
- Assistant Clinical Professor
- Division of Plastic Surgery
- University of California, Irvine (1995 – 2005)
- HONORS AND AWARDS
- Valedictorian
Robert A. Millikan High School
Class of 1980 - Hall of Fame Award
Robert A. Millikan High School
Class of 1980 - Most Outstanding Student Award – California Savings and Loan
Robert A. Millikan High School
Class of 1980 - Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Initiate
University of California, Irvine
1982 - Regents Scholarship
University of California, Irvine
1980 - President’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship
University of California, Irvine
1982 - Beta Theta Pi Founder’s Fund Scholarship
University of California, Irvine
1983 - Magna Cum Laude
University of California, Irvine
1984 - Letters of Excellence in Gross Anatomy, Surgery and Medicine
University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine
1984 – 1986 - Lange Medical Publications Clinical Sciences Award
(for outstanding academic achievement)
University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
1986 - Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine
1988 - Merck Manual Award
(for academic achievement in the basic and clinical sciences)
University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
1988 - Stryker Book Award
“The Severely Traumatized Lower Extremity”
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1991
- Valedictorian
- PRESENTATIONS
- “The Effect of 6-OHDA on Tolerance, Ethanol Dependence and Brain Protein Synthesis”
9th Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry
June 26, 1983 - “Gait Analysis in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Comparing Functional Improvement in the Posterior vs. Anterolateral Operative Approach”
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of California Irvine Medical Center
June 1988 - “Heterotopic Ossification as a Complication of the Staged Total Thigh Flap in Spinal Injury Patients”
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Downey, California
January 12, 1991 - “The Severely Traumatized Lower Extremity”
14th Annual Dana M.Street Harbor-UCLA Alumni Day
Torrance California
May 27, 1991 - “Current Management of the Severely Traumatized Lower Extremity”
American College of Surgeons – Southern California Chapter
Newport Beach, California
January 23, 1994 - “Extremity Reconstruction: Plastic Surgery Perspectives”
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center – Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Torrance, California
November 9, 1994 - “Lasers in Plastic Surgery in the 21st Century”
Hyatt Westlake Village
Westlake Village, California
September 19, 1996 - “What’s New in Plastic Surgery”
Long Beach Marriott
Long Beach, California
July 18, 1997 - “Plastic Surgery in the 21st Century”
Long Beach Marriott
Long Beach, California
September 20, 1997 - “The Latest Advances in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery”
Long Beach Marriott
Long Beach, California
February 17, 1998
- “The Effect of 6-OHDA on Tolerance, Ethanol Dependence and Brain Protein Synthesis”
- PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc.
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- California Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons
- California Medical Association
- Orange County Medical Association
- HOSPITAL/SURGICAL CENTER AFFILIATIONS
- Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Medical Center
- Hoag Surgicare
- Newport Center Surgical (Owner, Governor of Board of Directors)
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