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CURRENT TITLES
Medical Director, Orange County Plastic Surgery Medical Associates, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita
EDUCATION
2004-present San Bernardino County Deputy, Special Services Bureau and Aero
Sheriff’s Department Squadron
SPECIAL AWARDS
2001 Feature Film, “F-Stops” - Silver Medal, Houston Film Festival, Houston TX
2006 Man of Character Award, Orange County Council, Boy Scouts of America
2004 – present Deputy, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Special Services Bureau
and Disaster Assistance Team
2006 Airplane, multi engine land, instrument rating
INVITED LECTURES
1981 What's New in Skin Grafting. Postgraduate Course in Trauma sponsored by the
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA
1981 Wound Care. City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health
Wound Healing Workshop. San Francisco, CA
1982 Genitourinary Reconstruction-Panel Discussion. Northern California Chapter,
American College of Surgeons' Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA
1982 Maxillofacial Trauma. San Francisco General Hospital Operating Room
Inservice. San Francisco, CA
1983 What's New in Plastic Surgery? Licensed Vocational Nurses' League of
California Annual Convention, San Jose, CA
1983 Degloving Injuries of the Lower Extremities. Western Podiatry Congress. Reno,
NV
1983 The Reconstructive Ladder Approach to Lower Extremity
Defects. Western Podiatry Congress, Reno, NV
1983 Vascular Disorders of the Hand. American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Regional Review Course. San Francisco, CA
1983 The Versatile Rectus Abdominis Flap. Southern Alameda Surgical Society Fall
Meeting. Hayward, CA
1983 Plastic Surgery and the Plastic Surgeon. Rotary International. Hayward, CA
1984 Management of the Burned Circumoral and Nasal Areas. New Concepts in Burn
Wound Care and Rehabilitation sponsored by the International Society for Burn
Injuries. San Francisco, CA
1984 Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. Stanford Plastic Surgery Board
Review Course. Stanford University Medical Center. Palo Alto, CA
1985 Head and Neck Surgery (discussant and panel chairman). Northern California
Chapter, American College of Surgeon's Spring Meeting. San Francisco, CA
1985 Guatemala - A Surgeon's Travelogue. San Leandro Vesper Memorial Hospital
Grand Rounds. San Leandro, CA, Children's Hospital Grand Rounds. Oakland,
CA
1985 Accents - The New Permanent Lashliner. UCSF Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds.
San Francisco, CA. University of Massachusetts Visiting Professorship.
Worcester, MA
1985 A Review of Breast Surgery. Stanford Board Review Course. Stanford
University Medical Center. Palo Alto, CA
1986 Body Sculpting Employing the Suction Assisted Lipectomy Technique. American
Society of Plastic and Reconstructive. Surgical Nurses. Coronado, CA
1986 Nuances in Secondary Rhinoplasty (panel chairman). Northern California
Chapter, American College of Surgeons' Spring Meeting. San Francisco, CA
1986 Wound Management - Simple to Complex. Laurel Grove Hospital Grand Rounds.
Castro Valley, CA
1986 Aesthetic Surgery Update. Laurel Grove Hospital Public Education
Program. Castro Valley, CA
1986 Rectus Abdominis Flap Update. St. Francis Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. San
Francisco, CA
1986 The Suction Lipectomy Procedure. Humana Hospital Grand
Rounds. SanLeandro, CA
1986 Aesthetic Considerations in Orthognathic Surgery. Orthognathic-Surgical
Correction of Dentofacial Deformities Symposium. San Leandro,
CA
1987 Aesthetic Surgery Update. Adult Education Program. Humana Hospital,
San Leandro, CA
1988 Management of Facial Soft Tissue Defects. Highland General Hospital
Oral Surgery Grand Rounds. Oakland, CA
1988 Plastic Surgery Update. Humana Hospital Community Education Program. San
Leandro, CA. Adult Education Program, Physician's Community Hospital, San
Leandro, CA
1991 Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About Cosmetic Surgery.
Blackhawk Medical Center, Danville, CA
1992 Building a Dream. UCSF Plastic Surgery Lecture Series. San Francisco, CA
1992 Care for the Aesthetic Patient. Postgraduate Course, sponsored by the
EMCO Privatklinik. Bad Durrnberg, Austria
1992 Running an Outpatient Aesthetic Surgery Center. Charles University Hospital.
Prague, Czechoslovakia
1992 Forehead Lifts. Panel on Avoiding Complications in Cosmetic Surgery, Plastic
Surgery Educational Foundation International Committee.
Prague, Czechoslovakia
1992 Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About Cosmetic
Surgery. Blackhawk Medical Center. Danville, CA
1993 Cosmetic Surgery Update. Blackhawk Surgery Center. Danville, CA
1994 Surgery in the Rain Forest. Tracy Community Memorial Hospital Medical Staff
Conference. Tracy, CA
1995 Aesthetic Surgery for the 90's. Blackhawk Surgery Center. Danville, CA
1997 Lasers and Cosmetic Surgery. Tracy Community Memorial Hospital. Tracy, CA
1997 Breast Surgery and Body Contouring. Blackhawk Surgery Center, Danville, CA
2000 Plastic Surgery 2000. San Leandro Education Center. San Leandro, CA
2001 The New Cohesive Gel Implant Study. Blackhawk Medical Center. Danville, CA
2001 Plastic Surgery in the New Millenium. Tangles Salon and Spa. Tracy, CA
2001 Everything you wanted to know about Cosmetic Surgery. Crow Canyon Country
Club. San Ramon, CA
2002 Introduction to Plastic Surgery. Coto de Caza Womens’ Group, Coto de Caza
Country Club. Coto de Caza, CA
2002 An Evening with Botox. Empresa Corporate Plaza. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
2002 Be Fit & Look Fabulous. Empresa Corporate Plaza. Rancho Santa Margarita,
CA
2003 Plastic Surgery for Seniors, Ayres Hotel, Laguna Woods, CA
2003 Minimal Pain Aesthetic Surgery with the On-Q System. Empresa Corporate
Plaza. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
2004 Plastic Surgery Update, Ayres Hotel, Laguna Woods, CA
2004 Extreme Makeover and Aesthetic Surgery. Holiday Inn. Laguna Nigel, CA
2004 What’s New in Aesthetic Surgery. Bellagio Spa and Salon, Newport Beach, CA
2004 Cosmetic Surgery & Dentisty. Reniu Laser Day Spa. Dana Point, CA
2005 What Can Plastic Surgery do for You? Empresa Corporate Plaza. Rancho Santa
Margarita, CA
2005 Aesthetic Surgery Update. Bellagio Spa and Salon, Newport Beach, CA
2006 Look as Good as You Feel. Bell Tower Seminar. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
2006 Plastic Surgery in the 3rd World and in OC. Bell Tower Seminar. Rancho Santa
Margarita, CA
2007 The Complete Makeover. Fairmont Hotel. Newport Beach, CA
2007 What’s New and Wonderful in Plastic Surgery. El Niguel Country Club, Laguna
Niguel, CA
2007 What’s New in Skin Care. Empresa Corporate Plaza.Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
2008 Plastic Surgery and the New You! Ilona by Dezign. Foothill Ranch, CA
2008 The Latest in Skin Care. Tomas Professional Center. Rancho Santa Margarita,
CA
2008 Plastic Surgery – Look As Good As You Feel. Fairmont Hotel. Newport Beach,
CA
2008 Minimally invasive Plastic Surgery Procedures. Ayers Hotel. Laguna Woods, CA
2005 Starting a Practice – the Second Time Around. The Foundation for Facial Plastic
Surgery. Squaw Valley, CA
2005 Starting a Practice – What Worked for Me The Second Time Around. The Art of
Business Building, Cosmetic Surgery 2005 Seminar. Los Angeles, CA
2005 My Experience with Medical Scheduling Software Programs. The Art of
Business Building 2. Cosmetic Surgery 2005 Seminar. Newport Beach, CA.
2005 Starting a Practice The 2nd Time Around. The Art of Business Building 2.
Cosmetic Surgery 2005 Seminar. Newport Beach, CA.
2005 The Creation of a Successful Seminar. The Art of Business Building 2. Cosmetic
Surgery 2005 Seminar. Newport Beach, CA.
1984-2000 Examiner, Mock Oral Examinations at the Annual Plastic Surgery Board Review
Course.
Hospital
TEACHING
1981-83 Surgery 110 - 3 formal one-hour lectures every six weeks to third year medical
students plus 3 hours per week as preceptor to two students for personalized, in-
depth surgical teaching
Informal Teaching
1981-83 Daily ward rounds with house staff (average one hour daily) to see all patients
and discuss difficult cases
1981-83 Operating Room Teaching - each patient at the University discussed with the
intern or resident preoperatively as well as postoperatively and the house officer
supervised during the operative procedure.
1984-85 Operating Room and Clinical Teaching - sessions with UCSF residents at San
Francisco General Hospital
1985-present Operating Room and Clinical Teaching - two weeks of intensive teaching
(approx. 60 hours weekly) of plastic surgery residents in the care of patients with
major defects, particularly congenital anomalies, at the Hospital de la Familia,
Neuvo Progreso, Guatemala
1992 Operating Room and Clinical Teaching, at the EMCO clinic in Salzburg, Austria;
and at the University of Riga in Latvia and Charles University in Czechoslovakia
Research
Long term study of saline filled breast implants, clinical investigator for McGhan
1995-2001
Corporation
Long term studies of gel filled implants, clinical investigator for Mentor
1997-present
Corporation and McGhan Corporation
Long term study of saline filled breast implants, clinical investigator for PIP
1999-2001
Corporation
Long term study of cohesive gel breast implants, clinical investigator for McGhan
2001-present
Corporation
present Investigator, “A randomized, double-blind, multi-center comparison of
2008-present the safety and efficacy of gel and gel plus versus Restylane for the correction of
nasolabial folds for Coapt Systems, Inc. Protocol 0230
Original articles
1980 Bunkis, J., Mehrhof, A.I. and Stayman, J.W. Metastatic lesions of the hand and
foot. Orthopedic Review 9:97
1981 Bunkis, J. and Mehrhof, A.I. Synovial osteochondromatosis. Surgical Rounds
3:63
1981 Bunkis, J., Mehrhof, A.I. and Stayman, J.W. Radiation induced carcinoma of the
hand. Journal of Hand Surgery 6:384
1981 Bunkis, J. and Wolfort, F.G. Vulvar lymphatic malformation. Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery 68:784
1982 Bunkis, J., Mulliken, J.B., Upton, J. and Murray, J.E. The evolution of techniques
for reconstruction of full thickness cheek defects. Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery 70:319
1982 Bunkis, J and Carter, R.D. Peripheral metastasis from genitourinary tumors.
Urology 19:304
1982 Stackhouse, C. and Bunkis, J. Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae. Surgical
Rounds 5:87
1982 Cole, A.R., Walton, R.L. and Bunkis, J. Von Recklinghausen's disease. Surgical
Rounds 5:93
1983 Williams, K., Walton, R.L. and Bunkis, J. Aspergillus colonization associated
with bilateral silicone mammary implants. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
71:261
1983 Walton, R.L and Bunkis, J. A free occipital hair bearing flap for reconstruction of
the upper lip. British Journal of Plastic Surgery 36:168
1983 Rude, T., Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. Hypertensive leg ulcers. Journal of Foot
Surgery 22:134
1983 Stackhouse, C.L., Bunkis, J. and Alpern, H.D. Extraosseous osteogenic
sarcoma. New York State Medical Journal 83:990
1983 Bunkis, J., Walton, R.L. and Mathes, S.J. The rectus abdominis free flap for
lower extremity reconstruction. Annals of Plastic Surgery 11:373
1983 Bunkis, J., Walton, R.L., Mathes, S.J., Krizek, T.J. and Vasconez, L.O.
Experience with the transverse lower rectus operation for breast reconstruction.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 72:819
1984 Bunkis, J. and Sladek, S. Hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgical Rounds 9:121
1984 Walton, R.L. and Bunkis, J. The posterior calf fasciocutaneous free flap. Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery 74:76
1985 Bradner, M., Bunkis, J. and Trengove-Jones, G. Meat grinder injuries to the upper
extremity. Annals of Plastic Surgery 14:454
1985 Bunkis, J., Gherini, S. and Walton, R.L. Maggot therapy revisited. The Western
Journal of Medicine 142:554
1985 Colen, L., Bunkis, J., Gordon, L. and Walton, R.L. Functional analysis of
metacarpal transfer for central digital loss. Journal of Hand Surgery 10A:232
1985 Bunkis, J., Ryu, R., Walton, R.L., Epstein, L.I. and Vasconez, L.O.
Fasciocutaneous flap coverage of periolecranon defects. Annals of Plastic
Surgery 14:361
1986 Bradner, M.D. and Bunkis, J. Pilomatrixoma presenting as a parotid mass. Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery 78:518
1986 Goodpasture, J. and Bunkis, J. Quantitative analysis of blood and fat in suction
lipectomy aspirates. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 78:765
1987 Bradner, M.D. and Bunkis, J. Shotgun blast injuries to the groin: rectus
abdominis flap reconstruction. Annals of Plastic Surgery 18:541
1987 Grotting, J.D., Bunkis, J. and Vasconez, L.O. Pressure sore carcinoma. Annals of
Plastic Surgery 18:527
1989 Bunkis, J. and Fudem, G.M. Rectus abdominis flap closure of ischiosacral
pressure sore. Annals of Plastic Surgery 23:447
1990 Stompro, B.E. and Bunkis, J. Surgical treatment of nasal obstruction secondary to
craniofacial fibrous dysplasia. Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
85:197
1990 Logan, S.E., Bunkis, J and Walton, R.L. Optimum management of hand blast
injuries. International Surgery 75:`109-114
1992 Bunkis, J. A personal perspective on planning a surgery center. Perspectives in
Plastic Surgery Vol 6, No 2, pgs 131-139
2004 Bunkis, J. and Haworth, T. How to present a seminar. Plastic Surgery
Products April issue
Abstracts
1980 Bunkis, J., Mulliken, J.B. and Murray, J.E. The evolution of techniques for
reconstruction of full thickness cheek defects. Plastic Surgical Forum 3:231
1982 Bunkis, J., Walton, R.L. and Mathes, S.J. The versatile rectus abdominis flap.
Plastic Surgical Forum 5:218
1983 Bunkis, J., Epstein, L.I., and Walton, R.L. Proplast implants for augmentation of
facial defects. Transactions of the VIII International Congress of Plastic Surgery.
Montreal, Canada, p. 360
1983 Replogle, S., Bunkis, J. and Vasconez, L.O. Fasciocutaneous flaps. Transactions
of the VIII International congress of Plastic Surgery. Montreal, Canada, p. 252
1983 Bunkis, J., Logan, S.E. and Walton, R.L. Full thickness cheek reconstruction
employing simultaneous deltopectoral and pectoralis major musculocutaneous
flaps. Plastic Surgical Forum 6:8
1983 Walton, R.L., Logan, S.E., Bunkis, J and Asko, S. Experience with two
fasciocutaneous flap models. Plastic Surgical Forum 6:158
1987 Logan, S.E., Bunkis, J. and Weeks, P.M. Current concepts in the management of
devastating hand injuries. Transactions of the IX International Congress of Plastic
Surgery, p. 532. Delhi, India
1992 Bunkis, J., Kemerer, W. and Jungwirth, J. Aesthetic breast surgery as an
outpatient procedure. Osterreichisce Gesellschaft fur Plastische, Asthetische und
Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, p. 27. Vienna, Austria
1997 Bunkis, J. and Luccioli, G.M. Present status of day surgery in Lumbardy and
Tuscany versus the United States of America. Societa' di Chirurgia Estetica
Italiana, X Corso Internazionale di Aggiornamento in Chirurgia Estetica, p. 101.
Milan, Italy
1997 Bedford, T. and Bunkis, J. Preoperative and postoperative care of same day
surgery patients. Societa' di Chirurgia Estetica Italiana, X Corso Internazionale di
Aggiornamento in Chirurgia Estetica, p. 103. Milan, Italy
Book reviews
1984 Bunkis, J. Book review of Barrett, B.M., Jr. (ed): Manual of Patient Care in
Plastic Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery 12:395
1984 Bunkis, J. Book review of McCoy, F.J., Bauer, R.O., Haynes, B.W., Hoen, R.J.,
Miller, S.H. and Whitaker, L.A. (ed). 1983 Year Book of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery 13:90
Book chapters
1983 Galante, J., Vasconez, L.O., Walton, R.L. and Bunkis, J. Tumors of the Head and
Neck. In Way, L.W. (ed). Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 6th ed., Los
Alto, CA. Lange Medical Publications
1984 Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. Wound Management. In Trunkey, D.D. and Lewis,
F.R. (ed). Current Therapy of Trauma, 1984-85. Toronto, Canada. B.C. Decker,
Inc.
1984 Walton, R.L. and Bunkis, J. Maxillofacial Trauma. In Trunkey, D.D. and Lewis,
F.R. (ed). Current Therapy of Trauma, 1984-85. Toronto, Canada. B.C. Decker,
Inc.
1984 Bunkis, J, and Walton, R.L. Burns. In Trunkey, D.D. and Lewis, F.R. (ed).
Current Therapy of Trauma, 1984-85. Toronto, Canada. B.C. Decker, Inc.
1986 Mathes, S.J. and Bunkis, J. Innervated and Myocutaneous Flaps for Decubiti. In
Jackson, I.T. and Sommerlad, B. (ed). Recent Advances in Plastic Surgery-3.
Edinburgh, Scotland. Churchill Livingstone
1986 Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. Wound Management. In Trunkey, D.D. and Lewis,
F.R. (ed). Current Therapy of Trauma-2. Toronto, Canada. B.C. Decker, Inc.
1986 Walton, R.L., Bunkis, J. and Borah, G.L. Maxillofacial Trauma. In Trunkey, D.D.
and Lewis, F.R. (ed). Current Therapy of Trauma-2. Toronto, Canada. B.C.
Decker, Inc.
1986 Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. Burns. In Trunkey, D.D. and Lewis, F.R. (ed).
Current Therapy of Trauma-2. Toronto, Canada. B.C. Decker, Inc.
1987 Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. Wound Management. In Callaham, M. (ed). Current
Therapy in Emergency Medicine. Toronto, Canada. B.C. Decker, Inc.
1990 Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. The Rectus Abdominis Flap for Groin Defects. In
Strauch, B., Vasconez, L.O. and Hall-Findlay, E.J. (ed). Grabb's Encyclopedia of
Flaps. Boston, MA. Little, Brown and Company
1990 Walton, R.L., Bunkis, J. and Hurwitz, D.J. The Gluteal Thigh Flap for
Reconstruction of Perineal Defects. In Strauch, B., Vasconez, L.O., and Hall-
Findlay, E.J (ed). Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps. Boston, MA. Little, Brown, and
Company
1990 Bunkis, J., Walton, R.L. and Hurwitz, D.J. The Gluteal Thigh Flap for
Reconstruction of Trochanteric Defects. In Strauch, B., Vasconez, L.O. and Hall-
Findlay, E.J. (ed). The Encyclopedia of Flaps. Boston, MA. Little, Brown, and
Company
1991 Walton, R.W., Chick, L.R. and Bunkis, J. Wounds. In Trunkey, D.D. and Lewis,
F.R., Jr. (ed). Current Therapy of Trauma. Philadelphia, PA. B.C. Decker
1991 Bunkis, J., Walton, R.L. and Pirlo, A. Wound Management. In Callaham, M.
(ed). Current Practice of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, PA. B.C. Decker,
Inc.
1998 Bunkis, J. and Walton, R.L. Rectus Abdominis Flap for Groin Defects. In
Strauch, B., Vasconez, L.O. and Hall-Findlay, E.J. (ed). Grabb's Encyclopedia of
Flaps, Second Edition. New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott-Raven
Publishers
1998 Walton, R.L., Hurwitz, D.J., and Bunkis, J. Gluteal Thigh Flap for Reconstruction
of Perineal Defects. In Strauch, B., Vasconez, L.O., and Hall-Findlay, E.J (ed).
Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps, Second Edition. New York, NY and Philadelphia,
PA. Lippincott-Raven Publishers
1998 Bunkis, J., Walton, R.L. and Hurwitz, D.J. Gluteal Thigh Flap for Reconstruction
of Lateral Thigh Defects. In Strauch, B., Vasconez, L.O. and Hall-Findlay, E.J.
(ed). The Encyclopedia of Flaps, Second Edition. New York, NY and
Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott-Raven Publishers
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