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Dr. Susan Stuart, MD

Richard Chaffoo, MD, FACS, FICS logo

Richard Chaffoo, MD, FACS, FICS

San Diego, CA

Cosmetic Surgery

  • Plastic surgeon and dermatologist
  • On-site hair surgery center
  • Accredited by AAAASF
  • Financing available
17 results6 procedures

Dr. Susan Stuart is a board-certified dermatologist and the director of the cosmetic dermatology center at La Jolla Plastic Surgery & Dermatology. Her aesthetic work includes Botox and filler injections, Fraxel laser treatments and CoolSculpting. She began practicing in 1994 and divided her time between medical and cosmetic dermatology for about 20 years before focusing on aesthetic skin treatments.

She earned her medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine in 1989, completed a dermatology residency at Emory University from 1991 to 1994 and a pediatric dermatology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Dermatology, holds a voluntary clinical faculty appointment in dermatology at UC San Diego, and has served as chief of the division of dermatology at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla and as president of the San Diego Dermatology Society.

She has spoken at the American Academy of Dermatology and Society for Investigative Dermatology annual meetings and has appeared on ABC News and 20/20 and in local television segments. Castle Connolly has listed her as a Top Doctor since 2015.

Credentials & affiliations

  • American Board of Dermatology

Publications & press

Plastic surgeon

  • MD, FACS, FICS · 30+ years

    Board certified

    Dr. Richard Chaffoo is a plastic surgeon at La Jolla Plastic Surgery & Dermatology who operates on the face, breast and body and counts rhinoplasty and hair restoration among his specialties. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the American Board of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and has more than 30 years of experience.