Gregory Evans, Department of Plastic Surgery Chair and Distinguished Professor

Welcome to the UC Irvine Department of Plastic Surgery.

Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art, high-quality plastic surgery care, education and research in an environment that promotes and nurtures the best academic, clinical and ethical growth for our trainees and students. 

Our faculty are highly skilled, both clinically and academically. They cover the full range of plastic surgery, from cancer and burns to pediatrics and craniofacial surgery to hand, trauma and aesthetic surgery. Faculty and staff are committed to serving patients and the community and advancing knowledge and treatments in the field of plastic surgery. Our residency education program is designed to train the plastic surgeons of tomorrow. Currently with 24 trainees and three fellows (Breast, Aesthetics and Microsurgery), we are the largest and only plastic surgery training program in Orange County. Our goal is to ensure that our trainees complete their certification with the American Board of Plastic Surgery, enabling them to practice independent, safe patient care. It is our desire for each of them to contribute back to the specialty that has provided so much for them.

The expansion of our new hospital system enables the department to expand our clinical footprint across a variety of locations in Orange County, so patients can see us in more convenient locations, avoiding long drives and traffic. The expansion also allows for committed health care professionals, new operating rooms and a new all-electric inpatient facility.

Our research continues to focus on scarring and how we might correct this overactive healing process using stem cells and fat. Our laboratory remains productive, receiving $29,000 in funding in 2025.

The department also recently celebrated another endowed chair, Zein and Samar Obagi Skin Health.

Come visit our website. You can learn more about the department's research, education and patient care activities.

Thank you for visiting.

Gregory R.D. Evans, MD, FACS
Bruce F. Connell Endowed Chair in Plastic Surgery & Distinguished Professor of Plastic Surgery, UC Irvine
Founding Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery, UC Irvine
Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
The Zein E. Obagi, MD, Endowed Chair in Skin Health, UC Irvine
Past President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons