We hope that you will join us for our Orange County Plastic Surgery Soirée this Thursday evening at 5:00 pm. The event will be held in our medical building at 4501 Birch St in Newport Beach, in the lobby of the new Distinction Surgery Center (Suite A). Come and meet with Dr. John Compoginis, Dr. Staci Compoginis and Dr. Deborah Ekstrom. This will be a social and educational event. Of course, we will have our “wheel” which you will be able to spin for some fabulous prizes.

Our first introduction to AI (Artificial Intelligence) probably occurred when we first asked Alexa to play us a song or asked a few simple questions about the weather or the drive to work.

You know me best as office manager at Orange County Plastic Surgery. All of us at OCPS are encouraged to give back to our communities.

The injection of liquid silicone for cosmetic augmentation has a history of both legal as well as illicit practice in the United States and worldwide.

This is a holy time of year in which followers of the Muslin, Jewish and Christian religions celebrate a major event. Our Muslim brethren are celebrating Ramadan, a period of fasting and spiritual growth, which is one of the “five pillars of Islam”.

I feel like we get so much bad news in the media, that we start to believe that the world is falling apart. I, however, firmly believe that the world is evolving in a positive direction, regardless of the stories the media are describing.

What is medical tourism? Simply put it is the travel to a foreign country for the purpose of obtaining medical care. With the rising costs of both cosmetic, non-cosmetic and dental health care procedures in the US many Americans look to other markets for better prices.

Last week, Dr. Ekstrom and I had the pleasure of seeing one of the current hot shows in New York City, A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical.

This past week we were honored to spend time at the United Nations in New York City. We began our day with a visit to the Latvia’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

It was a great privilege and honor to be on the Senate floor, (in the capacity as Honorary Consul for the Republic of Latvia in Southern California) in Sacramento this past week for the unanimous passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution #22, introduced by Senator Josh Newman.