"When I was in medical school, I attended a lecture that ended with the opportunity to watch plastic surgeons repair a child’s cleft lip and palate. I was deeply inspired by this experience. I not only saw what plastic surgery can achieve, but I also felt a preview of the personal satisfaction I might enjoy by helping to change someone’s life. That experience stayed with me through my residency at Stanford, where I would take my first of what would be 35 trips with Interplast, an organization that provides free reconstructive surgery for indigent children in third-world, underdeveloped countries. What struck me at first was the similarity between this reconstructive work and my aesthetic work. The different techniques used can be applied to each surgical practice; both enhance people’s lives, giving the great satisfaction I had hoped for as a beginning medical student."

- Dr. John P. Zimmermann, M.D.

DR. ZIMMERMANN CV

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Hospital Affiliation:

• Queen of the Valley Hospital, Napa, California
• Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California

Education:

Residency:

• Chief Residency, 1978-79, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals, 1976-79
• General Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals, 1971, 1974-76

Fellowship:

• Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, New York, 1977

Internship:

• Straight Surgical Internship, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 1970-71

Medical School:

• Medical College of Wisconsin (previously Marquette School of Medicine), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Doctor of Medicine, Honors graduate, 1966-70.

University:

• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bachelor of Science - Biology and Chemistry, Graduated with honors, 1963-66

Certification:

American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1981

Military Service:

U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeon: Azores, Portugal; Dover, Delaware; San Antonio, Texas, November 1971-December 1973

Publications:

Frederick Finseth, M.D., John P. Zimmermann, M.D. and Donald Liggins, F.R.A.C.S., “Prevention of Muscle Necrosis in an Experimental Neurovascular Island Flap by a Vasodilator Drug -Isoxsupine”, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, Volume 63, Number 6, Pages 774-780, June 1979.

Frederick Finseth, M.D., John P. Zimmermann, M.D., “Prevention of Necrosis in Island Myocutaneous Flaps in the Pig by Treatment with Isoxsupine”, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, Volume 64, Number 4, Pages 536-539, October 1979.

International Practice:

INTERPLAST, Inc., Mountain View, California
President and Chairman of the Board, 1991-95
Board of Directors, 1983-2005
Mission: providing free reconstructive surgery to indigent populations around the world.
Brazil - 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Dominican Republic - 1989, 1990
Fiji, Tonga - 1985, 1986
Honduras - 1976, 1978, 1980
Jamaica - 1986, 1987, 1998
Philippines - 1981, 1982
Mexico - 1974, 1976
Papua, New Guinea - 1984, 1986
Peru - 1988
Thailand - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
West Samoa - 1979

Memberships:

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
California Society of Plastic Surgeons:
(Board of Directors, 1993-1996)
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society
Liposuction Society (Charter Member)
Napa County Medical Society
California Medical Association
American Society of Office Based Surgery
Zedplast (Stanford University School of Medicine Plastic Surgery Alumni Association)

Recent Presentations:

California Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
May 2007 San Francisco, CA
The Latest in Mini-Lifts (Moderator)
What’s New in Fillers/Injectables/Fat Transfer (Panelist)

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting
April 2007 New York, NY
New Facial Rejuvenation Technique and Tools

California Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
May 2005 Sonoma, CA
Periorbital and Midface Rejuvenation
May 2006 Las Vegas, NV
Periorbital and Midface Rejuvenation- The Midface Lift

American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
September 2005 Chicago, IL
“Face and Brow Rejuvenation”
October 2006 San Francisco, CA
“New Techniques in Facial Aesthetic Surgery”

Stanford University Medical Center
March 2006 Palo Alto, CA
Director and Panelist: Symposium on “Breast Augmentation: What We Do and Why We Do It”

Multiple Journal Clubs/Resident Lectures