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Dr. Jay Calvert, Beverly Hills, CA
Plastic Surgeon

As the ASPS meeting gets underway in Chicago, I am reminded of the journey that I traveled to learn plastic surgery in such a way that I am able to help my patients effectively.  The take-home message on that reflection is: GET GREAT MENTORS!  There is no way to learn plastic surgery in a vacuum and there is no way to know what this specialty is about without having the guidance and direction of those who have been there and done that.

Through the years, I have worked with mentors from many specialties, but the list of the core mentors  makes feel honored to have been guided by such great surgeons.  Here is the short list:

Bruce Brener, MD
Bubba Singleton, PhD
Gerald Stubbs, PhD
Andy Weiland, MD
Louis Drusin, MD
Phil Barie, MD
Lloyd Hoffman, MD
John Bostwick, MD
J. William Futrell, MD
Ken Shestak, MD
Ernie Manders, MD

Jim Russavage, MD
Guy Stofman, MD
Jack Friedland, MD
Dennis Hurwitz, MD
Lee Weiss, PhD
Pradeep Khosla, PhD
Rollin Daniel, MD
Greg Evans, MD
Tim Miller, MD
Grant Stevens, MD
Andrew Ordon, MD
Terry Dubrow, MD
Randy Sherman, MD

There are others, but these are the people who materially influenced the way that I treat patients and think about improving the outcomes for my patients.  Mentors are key!  I thank my mentors for guiding me and helping me because really they have helped my patients and that is the only goal of all I do as a surgeon.

Feel free to contact me through at http://www.drcalvert.com.
Office is 310-777-8800

Dr. Jay Calvert Yelp Profile

http://www.yelp.com/biz/dr-jay-calvert-md-plastic-surgeon-rhinoplasty-surgeon-beverly-hills

Now this profile is interesting since many reviews get filtered and even though I do pay to advertise on this site, there is still no way to control who writes the reviews and if they write bad ones.  The folks at yelp do make it clear there is nothing they can do if someone posts a bad review - and if I am paying to advertise, then I am advertising bad reviews.  Seems unfair...  In the future, mdinsider.com

Profile for Dr. Jay W. Calvert | Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, CA

Profile for Dr. Jay W. Calvert | Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, CA



This is the place to write unverified, unconfirmed, anonymous reviews.  In the future, there will be a more powerful way to get reviews from real patients who take responsibility for their reviews...#mdinsider.com

Dr. Jay W. Calvert 118 Patient Reviews and Ratings, Plastic Surgeon, Beverly Hills, CA

Dr. Jay W. Calvert 118 Patient Reviews and Ratings, Plastic Surgeon, Beverly Hills, CA



This page on Vitals is interesting in that the reviews seem to be written by patients, yet there was really no verification process.  There is no data to confirm that these operations happened, that they went well (or not well), or that the outcome rating is the same that others would use.  That is to say, if a a patient says, the outcome was not good - well, what does that mean?  It wasn't good why?  Is it because the operation took too long?  It was too expensive?  Things don't look right to the patient, but maybe everyone around them likes what they see?  Who knows?



There has to be a way to level the playing field with data...I think this is coming soon.  Stay tuned.

David Andrusia article about Rhinoplasty and Dr. Jay Calvert

The following article excerpt appeared on-line regarding rhinoplasty performed by Dr. Jay Calvert.  It was written in the context of where to find plastic surgeons who are delievering top results.  I am pleased that David found my work worthy to put it in his magazine.  Please visit the full article at :

http://www.edgelosangeles.com/index.php?ch=style&sc=grooming&sc3=&id=96419&pg=n 2

Bad cosmetic surgery.... gone good!
                by David Andrusia

Nose News is Good News

Internationally known for his reconstructive nose work, Dr. Jay Calvert (based in Beverly Hills and Newport Beach) devotes about half of his rhinoplasty practice to revising previous rhinoplasty.

"Up until the mid-80s, really, ’old school plastic surgery’ was deconstructive in nature," Dr. Calvert says. "A typical nose job consisted of rasping the hump, if there was one, taking out too much cartilage and, usually, breaking the bone.

"This was fine for an exceedingly large nose, but if smaller refinements were required, things often went badly," Dr. Calvert continues. "At the same time, there were several doctors, especially known in New York, who did the exact [same] nose on all patients, regardless of the shape of their face and the nose’s relation to other features. This led to comments such as, ’Oh, you’ve been to see Dr. X.’"

According to Dr. Calvert, "Beginning around the late ’80s, we saw a constructive approach to rhinoplasty, and this [was] pioneered in part by Dr. Jack Sheen, a prominent surgeon in Santa Barbara. Here, an analysis of the nose is done pre-operatively. In short, the ’smash [the] nose and make it smaller’ philosophy was gone, and most surgeons began taking a much more balanced approach to creating noses that fit an individual’s face in the most balanced possible way."

To refashion noses, Dr. Calvert uses diced cartilage in fascia (a supple material that lines every muscle in the human body), usually taking the needed tissue from the patient’s right ear. In this way, he is able to re-craft a nose a with natural appearance, avoiding the problems associated with earlier techniques, when too much cartilage was excised.

Taking between 2½ and 3½ hours, this delicate reconstructive surgery typically costs between $10,000 and $35,000, depending upon its complexity.