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Dr. Elbert Cheng, MD

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Cheng Plastic Surgery

Saratoga, CA

Cosmetic Surgery

  • Brother and sister surgeons
  • In-house surgery center
  • Since 2002
  • Accredited by AAAHC
54 results3 procedures
  • 4.9TOP RATED293 Google reviews4.9 from 293 Google reviews: weighted by how many reviews it has, in the top quarter of practices on Afters.

Dr. Elbert Cheng is a double-board certified facial plastic surgeon at Cheng Plastic Surgery in Saratoga, where he practices with his sister, Dr. Jacqueline Cheng. He is board-certified in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery.

He earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in biology at Stanford University, studied at Oxford University, and received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1996. He completed a general surgery internship and a head and neck surgery residency at Stanford, where he was chief resident, then a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Meridian Plastic Surgery Center in Indianapolis under Dr. Stephen Perkins, finishing in 2002.

His published research covers facelift analysis, laser resurfacing and nerve repair. He has been an Advanced Allergan trainer and instructor for more than 15 years and has lectured at Stanford, including Surgery Grand Rounds. He is a member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the Santa Clara County Medical Society, and holds privileges at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View and Los Gatos.

Credentials & affiliations

  • American Board of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
  • Board-certified facial plastic surgeon
  • Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
  • Member, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Publications & press

  • Rhytidectomy analysis: twenty years of experience

    Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America · 2005
  • Effect of blended carbon dioxide and erbium:YAG laser energy on preauricular and ear lobule keloid fibroblast secretion of growth factors: a serum-free study

    Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery · 2001
  • Quantification of skin elasticity changes associated with pulsed carbon dioxide laser skin resurfacing

    Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery · 1999
  • Effect of blended CO2 and erbium:YAG laser irradiation on normal and keloid fibroblasts: a serum-free study

    Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery · 2003

Facial plastic surgeon

  • Dr. Jacqueline Cheng

    MD · 26+ years

    Board certified

    Dr. Jacqueline Cheng is a double-board certified facial plastic surgeon at Cheng Plastic Surgery in Saratoga. She is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and has been in private practice since 2002.

Care team

  • Aesthetic Nurse · RN

  • Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner · MSN, NP · 5+ years

  • Aesthetic Nurse · RN