Dr. Reza Tirgari, MD

Dr. Reza Tirgari is the founder of Avalon Lipo & Aesthetics and performs liposuction at its Carlsbad and San Diego offices, including tumescent liposuction, SmartLipo and ThermaLipo. He is also founder and medical director of Avalon Laser, a medical spa with offices in San Diego, Carlsbad and Encinitas.

He earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996 and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis in 1999. He also held a research fellowship at the Lombardi Cancer Center of Georgetown University, where he worked with breast cancer patients, and trained in tumescent liposuction under the physician credited with founding the technique.

Dr. Tirgari has taught at the University of Tennessee, Emory University and George Washington University, and he founded the Avalon Aesthetic Training Academy. He is associated with the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, the American Society of Liposuction Surgery, the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery and the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine, and he holds certifications in aesthetic medicine, laser hair removal, dermal fillers and BOTOX.