Dr. Ghavami, a fellowship-trained surgeon, is widely known not only as a superb plastic surgery professional, but also as an assistant clinical professor, author and lecturer. In addition to teaching at UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Ghavami has published numerous scientific articles and textbook chapters, and has been Co-Chair of the Hawaii Plastic Surgery Symposium. In addition, he has served as an invited faculty member for the renowned Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium, Dallas Cosmetic Surgery Symposium and other national and international plastic surgery conferences.