Our Doctors
Christopher Crisera, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA Department
of Surgery.
 Education
- A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (1990)
- M.D., UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA (1994)
- General Surgery Residency, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (1994-7, 2001-2)
- Research Fellowship, Laboratory of Developmental & Repair, NYU Medical Center, New
York, NY (1997-2000)
- Plastic Surgery Residency, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (2002-4)
- Microvascular Surgery Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (2004-5)
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery
About Christopher A. Crisera
Dr. Crisera is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who specializes in microvascular surgery
and state of the art breast reconstruction, oncologic reconstruction, and aesthetic surgery
of the breast, body and face.
Dr. Crisera joined the UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as an Assistant
Professor in 2005 after completing his plastic surgery residency and microsurgery fellowship
at UCLA. He was raised in San Francisco. He graduated from Harvard with honors in 1990 with
a degree in English and American Literature and Language. He attended medical school at the
University of California, San Diego and subsequently completed his general surgery residency
at the University of California, San Francisco in 2002. As a component of his general surgery
residency, he completed a three-year basic science research fellowship at New York University
Medical Center, studying mammalian foregut development and cleft palatogenesis.
Dr. Crisera's current research focuses on the vascular biology of perforator flaps, pharmacologic
conditioning of free flaps to improve outcomes in breast reconstruction, and bone tissue
engineering. He has authored numerous papers. He continues to publish scientific and clinical
research articles and book chapters, and to present at national and international plastic
surgery meetings.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Crisera, contact his assistant Marine: (310) 206-2451
Ask about Dr. Crisera's Manhattan Beach location and hours.
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