Dr. Rohit Jaiswal, MD

I grew up in Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, and California.

I completed an undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. I then graduated medical school with honors at The Ohio State University in addition to obtaining a master’s in public health. I trained in plastic and reconstructive surgery for 7 years at The University of California, Davis Medical Center and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

I perform both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. I do mostly cosmetic surgery—anything from head to toe. My most common procedure is eyelid lifts.

I operate using many principles. The safety and dignity of the patient are number one. I only do procedures if I think there is a good chance of a reasonable improvement. Perfection is not possible, though improvement is.

I liked the challenge of having to use both sides of my brain to accomplish a task. I get to be a surgeon, artist, doctor, businessman, psychologist, and philosopher every day.

I get to change lives by changing someone’s appearance or reconstructing their body. I can take something abnormal and make it normal or take something normal and make it optimal.

Focus, dedication, fairness, compassion, determination, and humility—never being arrogant to believe I am always right and always believing I can learn from those better than me, instead of envying them.

Eating, sleeping, and cheering on the Cal Bears!

This is the only area of medicine where I could use artistic skills to treat a patient. While other areas have become algorithm-based, plastic surgery requires the surgeon to have an artistic eye, much like an interior designer.

Plastic surgery is the hardest specialty for a doctor to match into. This meant nearly a decade of school and then another decade of training up to 80 hours a week. There was little sleep and lots of failures. The thought of quitting was easy. Picking myself off the floor and pushing myself to get better were the hardest things I’ve had to do.

Fair, compassionate, and determined.

I’ve learned something from every surgeon I trained under—whether they were plastic surgeons or not. Every day I use a lesson I’ve learned during my training and early years of practice.

I understood the human psyche much better. I learned we are unnecessarily hard on ourselves, and no one else sees us the way we look at ourselves. I also learned the importance of understanding probability, risk, and unpredictability in medicine and life.

Most patients tell me they chose me because of word of mouth, which is the highest compliment. Every surgeon is different and unique in his or her own way. I focus on the simplest way to get the best outcome and focus on making every result appear as natural as possible to produce elegant, beautiful results.