BIOGRAPHY
About Dr. Amron
Thousands of patients have trusted in Dr. David Amron’s expertise as a liposuction surgeon. With more than 14 years of experience, Dr. Amron has been and continues to be highly respected for his special, individualized approach to liposculpture surgery. He is an artist and a perfectionist who prides himself on consistently achieving a properly proportioned and well balanced look for his patients.
Raised in Los Angeles, Dr. Amron attended both U.C.L.A. and U.C. San Diego where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. He was awarded his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The doctor then returned to Southern California to continue his residency at U.C.
San Diego and research fellowship at U.C.L.A. Dr. Amron is a board certified dermatological surgeon. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Society for Liposuction Surgery and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Amron has published numerous articles in the medical literature and has authored dermatologic surgery and medical textbook chapters.
Dr. Amron has a worldwide reputation as an expert in liposuction surgery. He is a specialist in revision liposuction surgery, and his patients travel from all over the world so that he can improve or perfect results from previous procedures done by cosmetic surgeons. He has meticulously sculpted thousands of patients and is highly respected for achieving consistent and outstanding results with pure tumescent liposuction. He has instructed other surgeons on his philosophy and techniques in fat reductions and removal.
Dr. Amron is also an outspoken advocate of mini liposuction, which is performed in less than one hour and focuses on one or two trouble spots.
As the host of the popular Los Angeles Radio Show, A Cut Above with co-host Kerri Kasem, Dr. Amron answers questions on the dos and don'ts of liposuction every Saturday from 4-5 pm on KFWB 980 AM, or listen live at: www.kfwb.com. Dr. Amron is also the specialist advisor on liposuction for national online patient chat rooms such as Make Me Heal and Real Self where he educates patients. (See Proper Liposuction Evaluation and
Technique: Whats New, Whats Old and What Works, An Expert Opinion.) Dr. Amron has been featured on the Discovery Channel, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, BBC, KCBS Channel 2 News, Fox Good Day L.A., Extra, Inside Edition, KCBS Women to Women, KCAL Channel 9 News, VHI and ABC News. He has also been featured in numerous articles on liposuction and cosmetic surgery, appearing in various magazines and newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Cosmopolitan magazine. Entertainment
Tonight calls Dr. Amron the Guru of Liposuction.
Dr. Amron's creativity extends outside of medicine with an interest in music. He is an accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter. He also enjoys skiing, fishing and playing tennis.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION |
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1983-1984,
1986-1988
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461
Degree: Doctor of Medicine, June 1988 |
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University of California at Los Angeles, 1978-1980
Los Angeles, California 90024 |
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University of California at San Diego, 1980 - 1982
La Jolla, California 92903
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Biology, December 1982 |
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Musicians Institute, 1985
Los Angeles, California 90028
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POST GRADUATE TRAINING |
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Resident, Division of Dermatology,
July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1995
U.C.S.D. Medical Center
San Diego, California 92103 |
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Postgraduate Research Fellow,
January 1, 1991 – June 1, 1991
U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Division of Dermatology
Los Angeles, California 90024 |
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Research Fellow,
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1990
Sponsored by Dermatology Foundation and Herbert Laboratories
Performed under Ronald L. Moy, M.D., Asst. Professor of Dermatology
Los Angeles, California 90024
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Staff Research Associate,
August 1, 1989 – December 31, 1989
U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Division of Dermatology
Los Angeles, California 90024 |
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Resident, Dept. of Medicine, June 1988 – June 1989
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90048
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BOARD CERTIFICATION |
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American Board of Dermatology, 1995 – Present |
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National Board of Medical Examiners |
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EMPLOYMENT |
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Spalding Drive Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology,
co-owner – 1999 – Present
Beverly Hills Doctors Surgery Center,
co-owner – 1999 – Present
120 So. Spalding Drive, Suite 315
Beverly Hills, California 90212
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Private Practice, 1995 – 1999
Mid Valley Dermatology
4836 Van Nuys Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, California 91403 |
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HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS |
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California |
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Century City Hospital
Los Angeles, California |
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HONORS & AWARDS |
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Dermatology Foundation Research Fellowship
Tumor-Stromal Interactions in Skin Cancer
Sponsored by Herbert Laboratories |
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U.C.L.A. Dean’s Honor List:
1979-1980 – Fall, Winter, Spring Quarters |
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U.C.S.D. Provost’s Honor List:
1980-1981 – Fall, Winter, Spring Quarters
1981-1982 – Fall and Winter Quarters
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SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS |
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American Academy of Dermatology, Fellow |
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American Society for Liposuction Surgery, Fellow |
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American Medical Association |
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American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Fellow |
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American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Fellow |
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Los Angeles County Medical Association |
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TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS |
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Amron DM, Moy RL, The Management of Malignant Melanoma. In: Wheeland R, editor.
Cutaneous Surgery. WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA 1994: 803-815 |
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Amron DM. Kaposi’s Sarcoma. In: Rakel RE, editor. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice.
WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1995: 944-946 |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Stratospheric ozone depletion and its relationship to skin cancer. Amron DM, Moy RL.J.
Dermatol. Surg. Oncol. 17: 370-372, April 1991. |
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Maffucci’s syndrome: Tow case reports with a literature review. Kaplan RP, Wang JT,
Amron DM, Kaplan L.J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 29 (no. 5, Pt 2): 894-899, November, 1993. |
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Alopecia muscinosa associated with HIV infection: First reported case, Amron DM, Kaplan L.
(submitted to J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.) |
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ABSTRACTS |
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Co-incubation of basal cell carcinoma and fibroblasts yields enhanced basal cell proliferation
By a soluble factor released from fibroblasts, Amron DM, Eriksen E, Moy RL. Clin. Res.
38:584A, 1990 |
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Presence of myofibroblasts in sclerosing basal cell carcinoma. Amron DM, Rivlin D, Chalet
M., Wen DR, Moy RL. Clin. Res. 39(1):140A, 1991 |
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Il-1 increases adhesion of nodular basal cell carcinoma and normal keratinocytes to
Fibroblasts, Lee P, Amron DM, Ashjian AA, Moy RL. Clin. Res. 39(1):82A, 1991. |
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Co-incubation of basal cell carcinoma and fibroblasts yields enhanced basal cell carcinoma
Proliferation by a soluble factor released from fibroblasts. Moy RL, Eriksen E, Amron DM,
Waldburger K, Berenson J. Clin. Res. 38:584A, 1990. |
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The effect of PDGF and TGF-beta on GAGsynthesis by human basal cell carcinoma
Fibroblasts. Potter TS, Amron DM, Hu LM, Moy RL. Clin. Res. 39(1):46A, 1991. |
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Contractility in myofibroblasts from tumors and granulation tissue. Yamamoto R, Moy LD,
Amron DM, Lask GP, Wen DR, Keine K, Barsky SH, Moy RL. Clin. Res. 39(1):140A, 1991. |
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LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS |
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35th Annual Advanced Seminars in Dermatology. Lake Tahoe, NV, August 30, 1994.
Alopecia Mucinosa in an HIV infected patient. |
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Grand Rounds, U.C.S.D. Div. Of Dermatology, June 16, 1994, Alternative Dermatology |
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Grand Rounds, U.C.S.D. Div. Of Dermatology, August 12, 1993. Ozone depletion,
Ultraviolet carcinogenesis and skin cancer. |
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Residents-Fellow symposium, American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting, Atlanta,
GA, December, 1990. Co-incubation of basal cell carcinoma and fibroblasts yields enhanced
BCC proliferation by a soluble factor released from fibroblasts. |
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Pacific Dermatologic Association annual meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, October 1990.
Microcystic adnexal carcinoma. |
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Los Angeles Metro-Derm Society, U.C.L.A. Medical Center, March, 1990. Maffucci’s
Syndrome. |
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Residents-Fellows symposium, Western Regional Society for Investigative Dermatology,
Carmel, CA, February, 1990. Co-incubation of basal cell carcinoma and fibroblasts yields
Enhanced BCC proliferation by a soluble factor released from fibroblasts. |
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Basic Science symposium, American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December, 1989. Current research advances in skin cancer. |
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Stimulation of collagen production in fibroblasts by a cytokine derived from basal cell
carcinomas. Amron DM, Moy RL. American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.
Atlanta, GA, December 1990 (poster presentation). |
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The effect of activated macrophages on the morphology and contractility of co-cultured
fibroblasts. Amron DM, Kiene K, Moy RL. American Academy of Dermatology annual
meeting, Atlanta, GA, December, 1990 (poster presentation). |
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ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS |
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American Heart Association C.P.R. Instructor |
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La Jolla Little League, Baseball Coach 1980-present |
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Guitarist/Singer in several performing Jazz/Blues groups 1980-present |
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Professional guitar instruction, 1985-1988 |
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Tennis, skiing, bicycling, photography, fishing, music composition, theatre, travel, camping. |
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Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon |
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