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Dr. Tahiri is a Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with a subspecialty in Craniofacial Surgery. After graduating from McGill Medical School, in Montreal, Canada, he completed his Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at McGill University and became certified by the prestigious Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as well as the American Board of Plastic Surgery. During his residency, he demonstrated his commitment to research and academia by pursuing a Masters Degree in Experimental Surgery, which he obtained with Honors.

Following his training at McGill, Dr. Tahiri completed an ACGME accredited Pediatric and Adult Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship at the No.1 ranked Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and at the prestigious Ivy League University of Pennsylvania.

After completing his Craniofacial Surgery training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania’s Hospitals, Dr. Tahiri joined the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Indiana University. He routinely performed complex reconstructive, aesthetic and complex craniofacial procedures at the Riley Hospital for Children as well as Methodist Hospital and Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis.

After spending few years at Indiana University, Dr. Tahiri moved to Los Angeles to join Dr. Reinisch at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Dr. Youssef Tahiri is a highly respected pediatric craniofacial surgeon who was hand selected by Dr. John Reinisch to partner and continue his practice of Microtia reconstruction. Dr. John Reinisch is the founder of the Medpore ear reconstruction technique and is considered the worldwide leader in Medpore ear reconstruction.

Dr. Tahiri embraces the most innovative, cutting-edge technique available in craniofacial and microtia surgery.

Dr. Youssef Tahiri has published a very large number of peer-review articles and presented his work at numerous regional, national and international scientific meetings. His research interests include outcomes evidence based clinical studies and translational research to enhance patients’ care and safety through improved techniques and technology.

Dr. Tahiri specializes in Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery as well as Adult Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.

Dr. Turek is Director of The Turek Clinic (www.TheTurekClinic.com), a men’s health clinic in Beverly Hills and San Francisco. He is a former Professor of Urology, Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of California San Francisco and held the Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair in Urology. He is recognized as a master microsurgeon in the field of reproductive urology.

Dr. Turek attended Yale College, followed by Stanford University Medical School. Following a urology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Turek was fellowship trained at Baylor College of Medicine. His 200+ publications include clinical inventions and techniques in urologic microsurgery (varicocele repair, sperm retrieval, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal), discoveries in germ and stem cell genetics, and epidemiologic studies of men’s health issues. He is on the Advisory Board of the national Men’s Health Care Network and the NIH Reproductive Medicine Network and he is the Editor of the Reproductive Volume of Netter’s Images, 2^nd Edition, published in 2012. He also maintains an active blog at www.TurekonMensHealth.com

Dr. Turek is Past-President of the American Society of Andrology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Société Internationale d’Urologie and the Royal Society of Medicine (London). He is President of the Society of Male Reproduction and Urology. He is consistently listed as a “best doctor” in 7 national accrediting organizations including: US News and World Report Top Doctors, Marquis Who’s Who, Best Doctors, Patient’s Choice.org, Top MD-Consumer’s Checkbook, SuperDoctors and Castle-Connolly, Inc. He also recently founded a volunteer medical clinic powered by retired physicians for the working uninsured (www.ClinicByTheBay.org). His hobbies include vintage cars and longboard surfing.

Dr. Yashar has become a preeminent Neurosurgeon in the Los Angeles, San Fernando, and Santa Clarita areas since completing his fellowship and residency in 2012. With his broad experience, interest, and accomplishments in Spine, Brain, and Neuro-Interventional procedures, Dr. Yashar is a highly-skilled and exceptional Neurosurgeon, focusing on all aspects within the field of Neurosurgery, along with a special emphasis on both Spinal Surgery and Interventional Neurosurgical Procedures.

The son of an engineer and an LAUSD-based educator, Dr. Yashar attended the University of California, Los Angeles after graduating from the Medical Magnet program at Van Nuys High School. He completed his studies within the Department of Computer Sciences, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) with both High Honors and Departmental Distinction in Cybernetics, while simultaneously completing a Minor degree in Education Studies.

After graduating Summa Cum Laude from UCLA in 2000, Dr. Yashar moved to the Windy City, where he attended The Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and received his Doctorate of Medicine degree (M.D.). In 2005, Dr. Yashar, subsequently, completed his Surgery Internship at Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and then returned to his home city of Los Angeles, to complete his residency in Neurological Surgery at LAC+USC Medical Center/Keck School of Medicine. During his residency, he pursued and completed an internationally-recognized Endovascular Fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. L. Nelson Hopkins and Dr. Elad I. Levy, at the University at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo) in Upstate New York.

With his commitment to providing compassionate care and empathy to all of his patients, Dr. Yashar treats each patient individually, providing them with the necessary tools to direct their own care, and guiding them through each step of the treatment process, whether that includes non-surgical options, as well as both before and after any surgical procedure.