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CERTIFIED:
American Board of Plastic Surgery – 1975
American Board of Surgery – 1970

MEDICAL LICENSURE:
California – 1968
Montana – 1967
New York – 1963

SPECIALTY:
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

EDUCATION:
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City, New York - 1962

Colgate University
Hamilton, New York
AB – 1958 Cum laude
Majors in Biology and Philosophy

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:
Residencies: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York City – Plastic Surgery
January 1972 – September 1973

Buffalo General Hospital and Roswell Park
Buffalo – ENT Head and Neck
July 1969 – June 1970

Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center
San Francisco – Surgery
March 1968 – June 1969

St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
New York City – Surgery
July 1963 – February 1966

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Cente
New York City – Pathology
July 1962 – June 1963

PRACTICE:

  • Plastic Surgery Center of Agoura Hills
    1981 – Present
    Agoura Hills, California
    Plastic Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery Center of Beverly Hills
    1991 – Present
    Beverly Hills, California
    Plastic Surgery
  • Robert A. Gutstein, M.D.
    1973 – 1981
    Butte, Montana
    Plastic Surgery, Surgery
  • Robert A. Gutstein, M.D.
    1970 – 1973
    Butte, Montana
    General Surgery, Head & Neck Surgey

MILITARY SERVICE:

  • U.S.A.F.
    1966 - 1968
  • Malmstrom AFB – Great Falls, Montana
    Captain; Associate Base Surgeon

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

  • Century City Hospital
    1991 – Present
    Los Angeles, California
  • Westlake Hospital
    1981 – 1996
    Westlake Village, California
    Attending Plastic Surgeon
  •  Ojai Valley Community Hospital
    1981 – 1986
    Ojai, California
    Attending Plastic Surgeon
  • Los Robles Regional Medical Center
    1981 – 1985
    Thousand Oaks, California
    Attending Plastic Surgeon
  • Shodair Children's Hospital
    1977 – 1981
    Helena, Montana
    Consulting Surgeon
  • St. James Community Hospital
    1970 – 1981
    Butte, Montana
    Attending Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon
  • Silver Bow General Hospital
    1970 – 1981
    Butte, Montana
    Attending Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

  • American Medical Association
    1969 – Present
  • American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
    1973 – Present
  • Rocky Mountain Association of  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons Director
    1973 – Present
  • American Academy of Phalloplastic Surgeons
    1993 – Present
  • American College of Surgeons
    1981 – Present

LITERATURE:

  • Body Contouring with Implants,
    Plastic Surgery Products, AAPS
    Large Volume Liposuction
    Rocky Mountain Association P.R. Surgeons
    1998
  • Lipolysis
    Los Angeles Health Care Magazine
    1985
  • Use of OR Table Water Mattress in Office Surgery
    Annals of Plastic Surgery
    1978
  • Arterio-Venous Malformations
    Radiology
    1970
  • Hindu Medicine
    New York State Journal of Medicine
    1963

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

  • Lower Leg Augmentation - A New Calf-Leg Implant
    2003 Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • Tissue Expander in Phalloplasty with Flap Reconstruction
    2003 Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • The Use of a Progressive Dynamic Tissue Expanding Spacer,
    2001 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Phalloplasty Surgeons
  • Segmental Face Lifts
    Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1999
  • The Vertical Flap and Coronal Augmentation
    Academy of Phalloplastic Surgeons, 1998
  • Flap Techniques in Penile Enhancement
    Academy of Phalloplastic Surgeons, 1997
  • Breast Reconstruction and Implant Salvage with Muscle Sling
    Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1985
  • Lipolysis: A New Technique in Body Contouring
    Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1982
  • Nape of the Neck Flaps
    Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1981

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Jerome Webster Award,  Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Best Resident – Plastic Surgery, 1972
  • Franklyn Harris Award, Mt. Zion Hospital, Best Resident – Surgery, 1969

AVOCATIONS:

  • Sculpture
  • Arabian Horses - breeding, training and showing, R. G. Arabians