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Dr. Boyd was born in Northern Ireland but grew up in Manchester, England and won a W.H. Rhodes Scholarship to Canada prior to attending Liverpool Medical School. After graduating with distinction at the age of 23, he taught Anatomy at the University and later trained in General Surgery, attaining his F.R.C.S. in London in 1976. He went on to complete a postgraduate degree in Embryology where his interest in developmental abnormalities led to his perusing a career in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Boyd completed a Plastic Surgery residency at the University of Toronto followed by a fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery. He spent a year at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia as a Microsurgery Fellow, returning the University of Toronto in 1983. Dr. Boyd practiced at the Toronto General Hospital as part of the full-time teaching faculty in the Department of Plastic Surgery until 1994 when he was recruited by the Cleveland Clinic Florida to become Chairman of Plastic Surgery. His time at the Cleveland Clinic culminated is his developing a brand new residency in Plastic Surgery recognized by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the first new Plastic Surgery residency in Florida for over 20 years.
Dr. Boyd joined the full-time faculty at U.C.L.A. in 2005. He is currently Professor of Clinical Surgery with the David Geffen School of Medicine at U.C.L.A., and Chief of Plastic Surgery at Harbor-U.C.L.A. Medical Center. He has a private office in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Dr. Boyd has published over 100 articles and chapters in the medical literature, he is a member of over 20 national and international medical societies and he is an associate editor for two major U.S. plastic surgery journals.
Dr. Boyd specializes in breast reconstruction and aesthetic surgery. His microsurgery skills, honed over 22 years, allow him to employ the latest techniques of muscle-sparing free flap breast reconstruction, and permit a more precise approach to the maintenance of form and function, as well as the surgical enhancement of beauty.
Postdoctoral Education
| Institution |
Level (Intern,
Resident, Fellow) |
Department |
Year |
| Royal Melbourne HospitalMelbourne, Australia |
Fellow |
Microvascular |
1982-1983 |
| Sunnybrook Medical CenterToronto, Canada |
Fellow |
Craniofacial |
1981 |
| University of TorontoToronto, Canada |
Resident |
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery |
1978-1981 |
| Alder Hey Childrens Hospital Liverpool, UK |
Senior Research Associate |
Child Health |
1976-1978 |
| University of LiverpoolLiverpool, UK |
Resident |
General Surgery |
1972-1976 |
Research Interests
Clinical Interests
- Breast reconstruction
- Aesthetic surgery
- Microvascular surgery
Hospital Staff Appointments
- Chief of Plastic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
- Attending Plastic Surgeon, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Attending Plastic Surgeon, Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, CA
- Attending Plastic Surgeon, Little Company of Mary Hospital, San Pedro, CA
- Attending Plastic Surgeon, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, CA
- Attending Plastic Surgeon, Long Beach Memorial Hospital, CA
Academic/Teaching Appointments
- Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
Memberships in Scholarly or Professional Societies
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- British Association of Plastic Surgeons
- Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Association of Academic Chairmen in Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American College of Surgeons
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
- Associate Editor, Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Associate Editor, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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