Dr. Korman

Joshua M. Korman, MD

Education

1981 A.B. Cornell University (Music), Ithaca, New York

1985 M.D. Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York (AOA)

Current Medical Practice Positions

1995-present Plastic Surgeon, Plastic Surgeons Institute, Inc, Offices: Mountain View, San Jose, Carmel

2001-present Medical Director and Managing partner Hospital Drive Surgery Center, Mountain View, California (Multispecialty, Medicare certified, AAAASF Ambulatory Surgery Center)

Previous

1991-1995 Plastic Surgeon, The Permanente Medical Group, Santa Clara, California

Academic Appointments

2018-present Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery

2012-2018 Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery

1995-2012 Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

1992-1995 Clinical Instructor in Surgery

Post Doctoral Training

Internship and Residency

1990-1991 Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery, Stanford Medical Center, California

1988-1989 Resident, Plastic Surgery, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California

1986-1988 Resident, Surgery, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California

1985-1986 Intern, Surgery, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California

Clinical Fellowships

1989-1990 Fellow, Plastic Surgery, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1989-1990 Fellow, Aesthetic Surgery, Miami, Florida

1989-1990 Registrar, Plastic Surgery, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland

1989-1990 Fellow, Plastic Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Licensure

1985 California: G59189 current

2018 New York: 9988255 current

1993-2005 Hawaii (teaching)

Board Certification

1993 American Board of Plastic Surgery

ABPS Board Certificate No. 4352 (valid indefinitely)

Current Hospital Affiliations

El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California; Active

Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California; Active

Memberships

American Association of Plastic Surgeons

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

California Society of Plastic Surgeons

Honors and Awards

1. America's Best Plastic Surgeons Newsweek 2023, 2024, 2025

2. Teacher of the Year--Leslie M. Hovey Excellence in Teaching Award, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine 2021

3. Castle and Connolly Top Doctor 2017-2024

4. Readers Choice Award, Best Plastic Surgeon J weekly, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2014, 2008

5. “Compassionate Doctor Award” 2011, Consumer Research Awards

6. “Top Doc” San Jose Magazine 2000-2011

7. Lachesis award for Best Play, Silicon Valley Playwrights Association 2001

8. Gentry Magazine Community Service Award 1998

9. U.S. Presidential Community Service “Points of Light” medal nomination, for Clean Slate tattoo removal program, 1995

10. First Prize, Resident Competition, California Society of Plastic Surgeons 1991

Third Prize, Zedplast Plastic Surgery Award 1987

Alpha Omega Alpha, Cornell University Medical College 1985

Moore Prize, Cornell University Medical College, 1985

College Scholar, Cornell University, 1981

SmithKline Beckman Fellowship Award 1985

Classical piano competition awards

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

1. 2018 Maliniac Fellow

2. 2016-2017 Essentials of Leadership

3. 2015-2019 Practice Innovations Inaugural Co-chair

4. 2018-2020 Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member

5. 2019-2020 Legislative Advocacy Committee Member

6. 2020 Maliniac Lecturer Selection Subcommittee Member

7. 2017-2018 Legislative Advocacy Committee Auditor

8. 2016-2017 Practice Management Committee Member

9. 2016-2017 Committee Chairs Member

10. 2016-2017 Symposia Committee Subcommittee Co-chair

11. 2015-2016 Annual Meeting Educational Program Program Chair

12. 2015-2016 Practice Management Committee Member

13. 2014-2015 Annual Meeting Educational Program Committee IC Chair

14. 2014-2015 Private Practice Task Force Member

15. 2013-2014 Annual Meeting Educational Program Committee IC Chair

16. 2012-2013 Annual meeting Educational Program Committee Member

17. 2011-2012 Annual Meeting Educational Program Committee Member

18. 2010-2011 Annual Meeting Educational Program Committee Member

19. 2019-2010 In-Service Examination Subcommittee Member

20. 2009-2010 Instructional Course Committee Member

21. 2009-2010 Program Committee Member

22. 2008-2009 Instructional Course Committee Member

23. 2008-2009 Program Committee Member

24. 2008 In-Service Examination Subcommittee Member

25. 2008 Program Committee Member

26. 2007 Program Committee Member

27. 2006 Program Committee Member

28. 2004-2005 Marketing Committee Member

29. 2003 Publications Committee Member

30. 1999-2002 Resident Information Committee Member

31. 1997-2000 Young Plastic Surgeons Forum Member

32. 1997-1998 — Tattoo Removal Task Force

33. 1997-1999 Online Communications Committee Member

Other Positions Held

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Light & Energy Based Therapies Committee Member 2016-2019

Peer Reviewer, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2014-2015

Interplast (now ReSurge), Board of Directors 2000-2006

Teaching

Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University 1991- present

Instructional Courses: ASPS and ASAPS 2000-present

Visiting Faculty, Kaiser Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993- 2005

Instructional Course in Body Lifts, California Society of Plastic Surgeons 2006

Instructional Course in Body Lifts, California Society of Plastic Surgeons 1999

Instructor, Canniesburn Flap Course, Glasgow, Scotland 1990

Instructor, Ethicon Microsurgery Course, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1990

Innovation

Founder, Marz Medical, Inc. 2011- present

In residence company of Fogarty Center for Innovation 2015- 2017

Accelerated and improved quality of tissue expander based breast and burn reconstruction

Founder, Reconstructive Technologies, Inc. 1997-2003

Developed in-vitro full thickness autologous skin products for the burn market and in vivo skin enhancing products. Acquired by Integra Life Sciences 2003

Volunteer Service

1. Founder, Clean Slate Program for Tattoo Removal, San Jose, California 1994. https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments/parks-recreation-neighb orhood-services/gang-intervention

2. Stanford teaching trip, Hue, Vietnam, 2024

3. Stanford teaching trip Hue,Vietnam, 2019

4. Hospital de La Familia, Guatemala, 2007

5. Interplast, Puno, Peru, 2006

6. Interplast, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1997

7. Editor, Sanifere Manus (Interplast medical newsletter) 1995-1999

8. Interplast, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1995

9. Interplast, Apia, Western Samoa, 1993

10. Interplast, Nicosia, Cyprus 1992

11. Interplast, Apia, Western Samoa, 1991

12. Interplast, Arequipa, Peru, 1990

13. Interplast, Iquitos, Peru 1988

14. Interplast, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 1988

15. Interplast, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, 1987

16. Interplast, Navajoa, Mexico, 1987

Research

1. Investigator, Neodyne Biosciences Wound Healing Device, Refine Trial 2012.

2. Investigator, Neodyne Biosciences Wound Healing Device, Louvre Trial 2010.

3. Principal Investigator, Neodyne Biosciences Wound Healing Device, Mona Lisa Trial

4. Investigator, Allergan Breast Implant Follow-up study, 2006-2010.

5. Investigator, Inamed Adjunct Clinical Studies Silicone Gel Implants, 1995-2006.

6. Investigator, Mentor Adjunct Clinical Studies Silicone Gel Implants Investigator 1995-2006.

7. Electron microscopic analysis of cranial bone suture Stanford Plastic Surgery 1990.

8. Efficacy of immobilization following non-operative treatment of ganglion cysts-a Prospective study Stanford Hand Surgery 1987-1989.

9. Immunogenic responses in rat dermis allografts Stanford Medical Center 1989-1990.

10. Functional Learning and Processing System for Plastic Surgery using the Macintosh computer Stanford Plastic Surgery 1986-1988.

11. The use of the Biophysical Profile in high risk pregnancy, Cornell University Medical College 1984-1985.

12. A retrospective review of the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms, University Of Hawaii 1983.

13. Developed intonation system for linguistics computer, Cornell University 1979.

Bibliography

Books

1. Korman JM and Furnas HJ, Eds. The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a successful career 2" Edition. Thieme. New York 2020.

2. Korman JM and Furnas HJ. Eds. The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore 2010.

Book Chapters

1. KormanJM and Furnas HJ. Solo Practice, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2" ed. pp.43-60. Thieme, New York 2020.

2. Furnas HJ, Canales F, and Korman JM. The Wonderful World of Marketing, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2" ed. pp.143-155.

3. Franklin, G, Canales, F, Korman, J, and Furnas, H. Upping Your Game with Systems, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2™ ed. pp.171-191 Thieme, New York 2020.

4. Olesen, M. Furnas, H, and Korman, J. All About Reviews, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2"? ed. pp.246-259. Thieme, New York

5. Merrick, G, and Korman, J. Building and Managing Your Own Surgical Suite, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2" ed. pp.276-299.

6. Furnas, H, Korman, J, and Gurtner, G. Publishing for the Profession and for the Public, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2” ed. pp.300-321. Thieme, New York 2020.

7. Korman, J. Medical Inventions: From Idea to Funding, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2" ed. pp.357-371. Thieme, New York

8. Furnas, H, and Korman, J. Taking Control of your life, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career 2" ed. pp.438-452. Thieme, New York

9. Korman, JM. Medical Inventions: From Idea to Funding, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career, by J. Korman and H Furnas, eds. pp. 303-319 World Scientific Publishing, 2010.

10. Korman, JM, and Furnas HJ. Solo Practice, in The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career pp.39-49. World Scientific Publishing, 2010.

Articles

1. Furnas HJ, Korman JM, Canales F, Pence, L., “Reviews—Yelp, Google, and Real Self” Plast Reconstr Surg, Nov 2020.

2. Longaker, Michael T. M.D., M.B.A.; Rohrich, Rod J. M.D.; Greenberg, Lauren M.D.; Furnas, Heather M.D.; Wald, Robert M.D.; Bansal, Vivek M.D.; Seify, Hisham M.D.; Tran, Anthony M.D.; Weston, Jane M.D.; Korman, Joshua M.Korman, M.D., et al., “A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Embrace Advanced Scar Therapy Device to Reduce Incisional Scar Formation” Plast Reconstr Surg, 134(3):536-546, Sep 2014.

3. Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Reinhold H. Dauskardt, Victor W. Wong, Kirit A. Bhatt, Kenneth Wu, Ivan N. Vial, Karine Padois, Joshua M. Korman, and Michael T. Longaker, "Improving Cutaneous Scar by Controlling the Mechanical Environment: Large Animal and Phase | Studies," Annals of Surgery, 254(2):217-225, August 2011.

4. Korman, J. Removal of gang-related tattoos, Western Journal of Medicine, 1992,

5. Korman, J. Pearl, R. and Hentz, V.R., Efficacy of Immobilization Following Aspiration of Carpal and Digital Ganglions. Journal of Hand Surgery Volume 17(6): 1097-1099, November 1992.

6. Korman, J., Review of Encyclopedia of Body Sculpting after Massive Weight Loss by Strauch and Herman, in Plast Reconstr Surg, 129(5):1212, May 2012.

7. Korman, J. “Breast Implants as Artifacts” Plast Reconstr Surg, 87(4):806, April

8. Korman, J. Book Review of “Multidisciplinary Management of Cleft Lip and Palate by Bardach et al.” Annals of Plastic Surgery 27(4):390, October 1991.

9. Korman, J, Aesthetic Medicine (editorial) Asia Pacific Biotech Vol 13, No.12 2009.

10. Korman, J. Dysport vs. Botox: Coke vs Pepsi? AsiaPacific Biotech, Vol 13, No.

11. Hoffman, D.K., Sibley, R.K., Korman, J.M., Press, B.H. Light-Microscopic and Immunohistochemical Features in Serial Biopsies of Epidermal Versus Dermal Allografts, Annals of Plastic Surgery 1994; 33 (3): 295-299

12. Korman, J, Removal of gang-related tattoos, Western Journal of Medicine, 1992,

13. Korman, J. and Schendel, S., “Electron microscopic analysis of human fetal cranial sutures”, in Craniofacial Surgery IV, 1992.

14. Korman, J. “Breast Implants as Artifacts” Plast Reconstr Surg. 87(4):806, April

15. Korman, J., Book Review of “Multidisciplinary Management of Cleft Lip and Palate by Bardach et al.” Annals of Plastic Surgery 27(4):390, October 1991.

16. Korman, J. and Rosen J. “Principles of Wound Management” in Topics in Emergency Medicine II (1) pp.1-5 1989.

17. Kulick, M.I., Korman, J., & Sergott, T. “A 30-year follow-up of wax injection for the Prevention of Androgenic Alopecia.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,

18. Korman, J. “On Call’, Stanford Magazine, March, 1991 pp38-42.

19. Korman, J. “A comparison of health care in the U.K. and the U.S.” The Glasgow Herald, March 30, 1990.

20. Korman, J. “Racing for Life.” The New York Times Magazine, September 20,1987.

21. Korman, J. “A New Heart for Andrew” Reader's Digest, February, 1988.

22. Korman, J. “Second Opinion” Stanford Medicine, Fall,1987.

23. Korman, J. “Are those doctors bad for the viewers' health?” The New York Times, December 15, 1985.

24. Korman, J. “Housecalls in a Hurricane.” Interplast News, 1988.

Presentations

1. April 2025 California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Napa California

2. October 2022 Australian Aesthetic Surgeons National Meeting, Melbourne, Australia “The Business of Plastic Surgery”

3. May, 2021 California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Monterey, CA Non Surgical and Surgical Options for Body Contouring-- panel

4. October 2020 American Society of Plastic Surgeons Virtual Preventing Fraud in Your Practice

5. October 2020 American Society of Plastic Surgeons Virtual

6. 2019 ASPS Thigh Lifts panel

7 2019 ASPS Preventing Fraud in your practice

8. 2019 ASPS Botox Bandits panel

9. ASAPS Cruise 2019 The Business of Plastic Surgery

10. ASAPS xx Medical Inventions x2

11. ASPS Medical inventions x2

12. ASPS Reboot your practice x5

13. CSPS Body Lifts Lecture

14. CSPS Course in Body Lifts

15. ISAPS moderator, ISAPS San Francisco 1992