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Special Recognition for Mammary Augmentation: Dr. Jervis was voted by his plastic surgery peers in 1999 to be the most expert surgeon for augmentation mammaplasty in the San Francisco Bay Area in the book

The Best Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Diplomate of National Board of Medical Examiners
1961
California Physician’s and Surgeon’s License #G8005
1961

Member, Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Society, California Medical Association and American Medical Association,

1966-1971
Diplomate of American Board of Plastic Surgery
1975
Member, California Society of Plastic Surgeons
1976
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1977

Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California

                          
1979-1992
Member, Icarus Society of Plastic Surgeons
1979
Fellow, International College of Surgeons
1980

Chairman, Section of Plastic Surgery, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA

1982 - 1985
and 1998 – 2000
Member, Lipoplasty Society
1983
Member, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
1984
Visiting scholar, Department of Plastic Surgery, Stanford University
November 1991
Chairman, Membership Committee, California Society of Plastic Surgeons
1990 – 1994
Fellow, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
1996
Member, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2001

Hospital Medical Staff Memberships

Plastic Surgery: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas,
John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus; Mt. Diablo Surgery Center

Education

Plastic Surgery: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
1974

General Surgery: Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California and Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland, California                         

1971

Internship: Los Angeles County General Hospital

1962
Medical School: McGill University, Montreal
1961
Military Service: Flight Surgeon, USAF
1963 – 1965
Volunteer Reconstructive Surgery:
1983 – 1990, 1993, 1998

La Familia Foundation, Nuevo Progresso, Guatemala; Operation Philplast                          

1986, mostly cleft lip and palate repair

Papers Presented

  1. “Experience with over 1500 Saline Inflatable Breast Implants”, Annual Meeting of American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, May 4, 1992
  2. “Current Status of Mammary Implants”, December 17, 1991, John Muir Medical Center Staff Meeting
  3. “Update on 119 Patients with Polyurethane Covered Mammary Implants”, September 1986, Advanced Symposium on Plastic Surgery of the Breast, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  4. “Experience with 232 Polyurethane Covered Mammary Prostheses Over a Two Year Period”, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, April 18, 1985. Re-presented at joint meeting of Philippine Society of Plastic Surgeons, January 18, 1986, Manila, Philippines
  5. “Closure of Meningomyelocele Defects”, 30th Annual Meeting of California Society of Plastic Surgeons, March 21, 1980, San Diego, CA
  6. “Theory and Use of Limberg and Dufourmentel Flaps”, William H. Jervis, M.D., Kenneth E. Salyer, M.D., M. Vargas Busquets, M.D., and Ronald Atkins, M.D. Presented at the Sixth International Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, August, 1975, Paris, France
  7. “Further Experience with Limberg and Dufourmentel Flaps”, William H. Jervis, M.D., Kenneth E. Salyer, M.D., presented at meeting of American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, October 23, 1974, Hollywood, Florida
  8. “Our Experience with Limberg and Dufourmentel Flaps”, William H. Jervis, M.D., Kenneth E.Salyer, M.D., presented at meeting of Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, May 4, 1973, Dallas, Texas
  9. “Air Evacuation of Maxillo-Facial Injuries”, International Committee of Military Medicine and Pharmacy, November 1964, Algiers
  10. “Technic Reversals in Selected Cases: Suction Lipectomy and lower lid
    Blepharoplasty”, Department of Plastic Surgery, Stanford University, August 22, 2001.

Publications

  1. “Further Applications of the Limberg and Dufourmentel Flaps”, William H.Jervis, M.D., Kenneth E. Salyer, M.D., Miguel A. Vargas Busquets, M.D. and Ronald W. Atkins, M.D.; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1974, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Vol. 54, No.3
  2. “Theory and Use of Limberg and Dufourmentel Flaps”, William H. Jervis, M.D.; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Transactions of the Sixth International Congress, 1975, Masson, Inc. 1976
  3. “Revisions in Breast Augmentation”, Neal Handel, M.D., Barbara B. Hayden, M.D., William H. Jervis, M.D. and Patrick G. Maxwell, M.D., Aesthetic Surgery Journal, March/April 2000, Vol. 20, No. 2

Media Events

Dr. Jervis has been featured on The Learning Channel in 2 different segments, “A Personal Story” on liposuction and “Bigger in Berkeley” on breast augmentation. He has also been featured on The Discovery Health Channel segment “Plastic Surgery Before and After” for facial rejuvenation. Interviews with him can be seen on “Heartbeat of America, Keeping America Strong” television magazine series and “The Wellness Hour,” featuring his views on Vaser™ *assisted liposelection. These can be viewed in our office.

*Thursdays 5:30 to 6:00pm on Comcast, channel 16 Ion Network TV until program is discontinued

List of Related Links

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Board of Medical Specialities
State of California Medical Board
Hospital de la Familia
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association

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