Meet Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Vivian Ting MD, FACS

Dr. Ting graduated magna cum laude in biology from Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1988. She received her medical degree in 1993 from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and was elected to the national medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). After completing an internship in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, she decided to pursue a career in surgery. She completed a full general surgery residency at the University of Rochester in New York. During this time, she also completed a year-long fellowship in tissue engineering and microsurgery research with the prestigious Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University Medical Center where she created a technique to engineer ear and nose-shaped cartilages for potential surgical use.

She then decided to follow her true passion and returned to Boston to complete a full plastic surgery residency at the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Program in 2003. where she was Chief Resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

She completed a traveling fellowship to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a center of renowned international microsurgical excellence and Asian aesthetic surgery, and a visiting cosmetic surgery fellowship at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Institute under the tutelage of Drs. Sherell Aston, Daniel Baker and Alan Matarasso, all internationally recognized for excellence in cosmetic surgery. She has utilized her extensive training and experience to craft outstanding results in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Ting is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and a member of the following organizations:

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
• California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS, past member)
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS)
• California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)

Dr. Ting is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at UCSF Medical Center where she performed the first microsurgical anterolateral thigh flap ever performed at UCSF as well as the first deep inferior epigastric free flap performed at San Francisco General Hospital. She has frequently addressed the local community on breast reconstruction topics and is a panel member of the John Muir Breast Tumor Board. She is a past member of the Medical Executive Committee at Aspen Surgery Center.

Dr. Ting has been awarded Talk of the Town distinction for excellent patient review ratings, and is listed as one of America’s Top Plastic Surgeons. Her high patient satisfaction rate is reflected in the reviews left by actual patients on Google, Yelp, RealSelf, and Healthgrades.

College:

• Harvard University, 1988 – Magna cum laude, Biology

Medical School:

• University of Pennsylvania, 1993 [Ivy League] Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Licensure:

• Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery – New York and California – 2004, recertified 2014