Dr. Lepore's Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
VINCENT D. LEPORE, JR., M.D.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
President, CEO & Founder: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Associates, Inc. (PRSA) Since establishing PRSA in 1987, Dr. Lepore has been performing Cosmetic, Reconstructive, and Microvascular Surgery.
Active Clinical Staff: Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose, CA)
Clinical Faculty Appointment: Stanford University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.(Voluntary Clinical Faculty; 1987 to 2009)
Director of Replantation & Microvascular Surgery Center: San Jose Medical Center. 1987 to 2005.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery - American Board of Medical Specialties, 1989.
Received Added Qualification in Hand Surgery Certificate, 1991-2001
EDUCATION:
Residency: Stanford University Department of Plastic Surgery. Stanford, CA, 1982 to 1987. Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery - 1986-1987
Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Department of Plastic Surgery. Hanover, New Hampshire, 1985 to 1986.
Internship: Stanford University Department of General Surgery. Stanford, CA, 1981 to 1982.
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Cincinnati, OH, 1977 to 1981. Elected Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
Received Honors in Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Anatomy, Neurology, Physiology, Biochemistry, & Microbiology.
College: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1973 to 1977. Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Biology Major. Rufus Choate Scholar.
POST-DOCTORATE COURSES:
Smartlipo MPX Laser Lipolysis System - Cynosure - San Jose, CA, 2009.
Mentor Memory Gel Breast Implant Device Access Education Course, 2008.
Allergan Physician Certification Program for Access to INAMED Silicone-filled Breast Implants, 2008.
Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty - Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation – San Francisco, CA, 1997.
Coherent Ultrapulse CO2 Laser - Coherent - La Jolla, CA, 1996.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support - HeartShare Training Services - San Jose, CA,
ORGANIZATIONS:
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons - The Aesthetic Society (American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) - California Society of Plastic Surgeons - American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. - California Medical Association - Santa Clara County Medical Society - Elected to: Interplast (now ReSurge International) Board of Directors in 1986 (Interplast (ReSurge) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing reconstructive surgical services, free of charge, to children in underdeveloped countries throughout the world.) Founding Medical Advisory Committee Member: Community Breast Health Project (now Breast Cancer Connections) - Palo Alto, CA.
AWARDS:
Top Three Rated.com: Top three Plastic Surgeons in San Jose, awarded 2020 Named Outstanding Physician Specialist in Plastic Surgery by Bay Area Checkbook, Vol. 6, No.3. Realself: Hall of Fame – Superior Inductee Named RealSelf Top 100 Doctors; 2012, 2013, 2015 - Realself Top 500; 2016, 2017
RESEARCH:
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California. Nerve Regeneration in Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields. 1985 to 1987.
PUBLICATIONS:
Pearl RM, Lepore V, Hentz VR, Saring A “An Approach to Mandibular Reconstruction” Annals of Plastic Surgery 1988: 21:5: 401-17.
PRESENTATIONS:
- Post-Bariatric–Revision Surgery: Body Contouring following weight loss; Good Samaritan Hospital; San Jose, CA. – 2020.
- Advances in Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction: Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, California. (Medical Staff Continuing Medical Education) October, 2011
- Advances in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery (KMVT- Television (Northern California).
- Musculocutaneous Leg Island Flap for Repair of Complex Pressure Ulcers. 37th annual meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. Tucson, Arizona 1987.