Dr. Semira Bayati wants patients to have confidence that their plastic surgeon is fully qualified and highly experienced before deciding to undergo any type of enhancement or reconstruction procedure. She believes in open, honest communication with patients and is happy to address any and all of your questions or concerns. The following links should give you an idea as to the skills and experience of our cosmetic plastic surgeon serving the Orange County and Newport Beach, California region.

General Surgery
Integrated General/Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield, IL 1992-1995

Plastic Surgery
Integrated General/Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield, IL 1995-1998 Chairman: Elvin G. Zook, MD

Fellowship Program
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA 1998-1999 Chairman: Virchel E. Wood, MD

Program: 
Six-Year BA/MD Program

Degree:
Doctor of Medicine on May 17, 1992

Memberships:
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Medical Association
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity

Honors:
Gross Anatomy, Biochemistry, Psychiatry, Liver Transplant Subinternship, Pediatric Clerkship, Plastic Surgery Elective, Ophthalmology, Surgical Oncology Subinternship, Burn Surgery Boston University
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Program:
Combined Six-Year BA/MD Program

Degree:
Bachelor of Arts

Minors:
Art History / Mathematics

Awards:
Distinguished Sophomore Award for maintaining one of the highest Grade Point Averages in the Six-Year BA/MD

Program:
Dean’s List for all semesters of undergraduate education

Memberships:
Golden Key National Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa

Activities:
Shotokan Karate Team at Boston University
Playing and Teaching Classical Piano

Playing and teaching classical piano, weight training and Nautilus, painting (oil on canvas), skin diving

“Delayed Healing in a Denervated Wound Model”
Hyperbaric Research and Development Grant
Memorial Medical Center/SIU School of Medicine
($4,250) 1997

“The Inframammary Ligament”
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
Annual Meeting Philadelphia, PA May 1993

“The Inframammary Ligament”
American College of Surgeons
Illinois Chapter Annual Meeting
Springfield, IL May 1993

“Improving Survival in a Prefabricated Flap Using Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor”
American Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
St. Louis, MO May 1994

“Improving Survival in a Prefabricated Flap Using Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor”
(First Place-Resident Research Award)
Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Peoria, IL May 1994

“Synergism of Angiogenic Agents in Improving Survival of a Prefabricated Flap Model”
Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting
New York, NY May 1995

“Synergism of Angiogenic Agents in Improving Survival of a Prefabricated Flap Model”
Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Iowa City, IA June 1995

“Synergism of Angiogenic Agents in Improving Survival of a Prefabricated Flap Model”
(First Place-Residents’ Competition)
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Palm Beach, FL June 1995

“Synergism of Angiogenic Agents in Improving Survival of a Prefabricated Flap Model”
American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress
New Orleans, LA October 1995

“Improving Survival in Fasciocutaneous Flaps Using Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor”
Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Milwaukee, WI June 1996

“Improving Survival in Fasciocutaneous Flaps Using Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor”
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Residents and Fellows Conference
Nashville, TN September 1996

“Fasciocutaneous Flaps Revisited”
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting
Boca Raton, FL January 1997

“Delayed Healing in a Denervated Wound Model”
Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting
Galveston, TX February 1997

“Delayed Healing in a Denervated Wound Model”
Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
St. Louis, MO May 1997

“TGF-* Levels in Denervated Wounds”
Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
St. Louis, MO May 1997

“Delayed Healing in a Denervated Wound Model”
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Cancun, Mexico June 1997

“Improving Outcome in Adriamycin Extravasation Injury Using Oral Dapsone Therapy”
Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference
Birmingham, AL April 1998

“Improving Outcome in Adriamycin Extravasation Injury Using OralDapsone Therapy”
Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting
Loma Linda, CA April 1998

“Improving Outcome in Adriamycin Extravasation Injury Using Oral Dapsone Therapy”
American Association of Plastic Surgeons 77th Annual Meeting
Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 1998

“Improving Outcome in Adriamycin Extravasation Injury Using Oral Dapsone Therapy”
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Seattle, WA May 1998

“Improving Outcome in Adriamycin Extravasation Injury Using OralDapsone Therapy”
Chicago Society of Plastic Surgery Senior Residents’ Night
Chicago, IL June 1998

“Biceps rerouting for correction of the supination deformity of the forearm”
American Association of Hand Surgery
South Beach, FLA January 2000

1. “Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Induced Angiogenesis Increases Survival of a Prefabricated Flap” (co-author) American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada October 1995
2. “Biomechanical Analysis of the Intrinsic muscles of the Hand and Claw Deformity  American Association of Hand Surgery South Beach, FLA January 2000

Journal Articles:

1. Sommer NZ, Bayati S, Newmeister MW, Brown RE. Dapsone for the Treatment of Doxorubicin Extravasion injury – An Animal Study- Jour Pla Reconstr Surg 2002 May 109(6):2000-2005
2. Bayati S, Seckel BR. Inframammary crease ligament. Plast Reconstr Surg 95(3):501-508, 1995.
3. Lille S, Bayati S, Wechselberger G, Schoeller T. Letter & Correspondence: “Durability of prefabricated versus normal random flaps against a bacterial challenge.” Plast Reconstr Surg 101(3):863, 1998.
4. Bayati S, Russell RC, Roth AC. Stimulation of angiogenesis to improve the viability of prefabricated flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 101(5):1290-1295, 1998.

Abstracts:

1. Bayati S, Russell RC, Roth AC. Synergism of angiogenic agents in improving survival of prefabricated flaps. (Abstract) Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 22 (Supl):50, 1995.
2. Bayati S, Parungao AJ, Kucan JO, Roth AC, Mathur A. Delayed healing in a denervated wound model. (Abstract) Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, 1997.
3. Bayati S, Zook N, Naffziger R, Brown RE, Neumeister MW, Suchy H, Mathur A. Improving outcome in adriamycin extravasation injury using oral Dapsone therapy. (Abstract) Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, 1998.

Book Reviews:

1. Bayati S. Manual of Medical Therapeutics Twenty-seventh Edition by Michele Woodley and Alison Whelan. Plast Reconstr Surg 91(6)1167-1168, 1993.

Bayati S. Essentials of Plastic Surgery. (Book Review – Plast Reconstr Surg)