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Southern California Super Doctors
Specialty:
Plastic Surgery
Department Affiliation:
Surgery
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
State License:
A53799
Languages:
Armenian
Phone:
310-794-4126
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About Me

Jaco Festekjian, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor
Quality Officer, Plastic Surgery

After completing his Advanced Aesthetic and Microsurgery Fellowship at The Mayo Clinic, Jaco H. Festekjian, MD, FACS joined the Department of Surgery and was appointed Clinical Professor and Quality Officer in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Festekjian has since established a thriving practice with an impeccable safety record. Cosmetic surgery expertise includes:

  • abdominoplasty
  • breast augmentation
  • breast lift
  • breast reduction
  • body contouring
  • facial cosmetic surgery
  • dermal fillers

Dr. Festekjian is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery as well as the American College of Surgeons. Professional memberships include the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, and the California Society of Plastic Surgery.

Areas of clinical expertise include: reconstructive surgeries requiring microsurgery, such as breast reconstruction, offering immediate and delayed breast reconstruction procedures, including DIEP, SIEA, SGAP, Muscle Sparing TRAM, and Latissimus flaps and breast implant based breast reconstruction.

In addition, Dr. Festekjian has research interests in the clinical arena, specifically in the area of breast reconstruction, breast augmentation, and breast reduction.

Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Society of Plastic Surgery
  • American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • California Society of Plastic Surgeons

Patient Stories

Edna's Story | Revlon UCLA Breast Center (UCLA Breast Center)
DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction Patient Story: Wendy (YouTube)
Flap Reconstruction - UCLA BRA Day 2013 | UCLA Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Links
uclahealth.org/plasticsurgery
surgery.ucla.edu
uclahealth.org/breasthealth
uclahealth.org/encino
Primary Office
Plastic Surgery
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 465
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone
310-794-4126
Fax
(310) 206-4190
Secondary Office
Encino Primary & Specialty Care
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 170
Encino, CA 91436
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Phone
(818) 461-8148
Fax
818-461-8105
Medical Board Certifications
Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 2001
Certification 2
Plastic Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2003
Fellowship
Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 2001-2002
Residency
Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1999-2001
Residency 2
Surgery, Kern Medical Center, 1994-1999
Internship
Surgery, Kern Medical Center, 1993-1994
Degree
American University of the Caribbean School of Med, MD, 1993
Publications
  1. Tom Liu, MD, Peter Ashjian, MD, Jaco Festekjian, MD: Salvage of Congested DIEP Flap with a Reverse Flow Venous Anastamosis: Annals of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 58, No. 6, June 2007.
  2. Wan, D, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH, Da Lio, A, "Inclusion of Mesh in Donor Site Repair of Free TRAM and Muscle-Sparing Free TRAM Yields Comparable Rates of Abdominal Complications to DIEP Reconstruction" PRS, August, 2010
  3. Vyas, R, Dickinson, BP, Watson, JP, Da Lio, AL, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH., "Risk Factors for Abdominal Donor Site Morbidity in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction" Plast Reconstr Surg 121 (5): 1519-26, 2008
  4. Festekjian, JH, Crisera, CA, Mehrara, BJ, Watson, JP, Da Lio, AL. "Vascular Complications and Microvascular Free Flap Salvage at UCLA 1991-2004: The Role of Thrombolytic Agents".
  5. Reinblatt, M, Vaca, L, Festekjian, JH, Da Lio, AL, Watson, JP, Crisera, CA. "Advanced Age as a Risk Factor for Free Tissue Transfer Breast Reconstructions: A Review of 372 Operations".
  6. Carlsen,, BT, Ashjian, P, Dickinson, BP, Da Lio, AL, Watson, JP, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH. "Outcome of Microvascular Complications after Free Flap Breast Reconstruction".
  7. Festekjian, JH, Liu, T, Saran, M, Louie, O, Da Lio, AL, Crisera, CA,. "DIEP, Muscle-Sparing Free TRAM, and Free TRAM flaps Favorably Withstand the Effects of Adjuvant Radiation".
  8. Pavone, L, Roostaein, J, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH, Da Lio, AL. "Immediate Reconstruction with Silicone Gel Implants Using Various Mastectomy Incisions: The UCLA Experience".
  9. Vardanian, A, Crisera, CA, Da Lio, A, Lipa J, Festekjian, JH, "Expander breast reconstruction with and without alloderm". Chang, E, Crisera, CA, Lipa, J, Da Lio, A.
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Patient Experience
  • Breast Reconstruction Blog - BRCA Patient Rachel
Awards
  • Southern California Super Doctors, 2016
  • Southern California Super Doctors, 2015
  • Southern California Super Doctors, 2014
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2013-2014
  • Southern California Super Doctors, 2010-2013
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2007-2008
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2003-2004

Special Award: A patient donated a gift in Dr. Festekjian honor in the sum of $10,000.00 to the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Center, directed by Dr. Janet Pregler.

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