Richard Chaffoo

Dr. Chaffoo is a triple board certified plastic surgeon and hair restoration specialist based in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Chaffoo and his wife, Susan Stuart, M.D., F.A.A.D., who is a board certified dermatologist, co-direct La Jolla Hair MD. La Jolla Hair MD is the only hair restoration practice in Southern California under the direction of both a board certified dermatologist and plastic surgeon and one of only a handful of such practices nationwide. Dr. Chaffoo is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, and the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. He is the past President of the San Diego Plastic Surgery Society and former Chief of Plastic Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, Ca. Dr. Chaffoo completed 9 years of postgraduate training in surgery at such prestigious universities as Stanford University School of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, and Oregon Health & Sciences University. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He has lectured both nationally and internationally at numerous plastic surgery society meetings and holds a clinical faculty appointment at UCSD Department of Surgery. Dr. Chaffoo is the author of numerous articles on plastic surgery which have been published in peer reviewed scientific journals.