About Dr. Wald

Dr. Robert M. Wald, Jr. attended Medical school at the University of Southern California where he achieved highest honors. Following graduation in1978, he spent two years at the University of Colorado performing general surgery. He then completed a four-year residency in Otolaryngology and a two year residency in Plastic Surgery, both at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

During his eight- year combined residency Dr. Wald published numerous scientific articles and completed several research projects. Since completing his residency at UCLA Dr. Wald has been in private practice in Fullerton. He is on the clinical faculty at harbor UCLA, teaching plastic surgery residents. He became certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1986, and the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1988, and he has been a Fellow of the America College of Surgeons since 1990.

Dr. Wald holds active privileges at St. Jude Medical Center and Placentia-Linda Hospital. At St. Jude Medical Center, he served as Director of Medical Education for eight years and chief of surgery in 1995 and 2004. He is active in both Orange County and National Plastic surgery societies and regularly volunteers his plastic surgery services to underprivileged residents of the Orange County. He has also been the past President of the Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Wald has also been honored, by his peers, for his excellence as one of the Top Docs in Orange Coast Magazine for the past seven years.

Undergraduate

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA B.S. 1970-1974

Medical School

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA M.D. 1974-1978

Internship

• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER
  Straight Surgical Internship 1978-1979

Residency

• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER
  Second Year of General Surgery 1979-1980
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
  Head and Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology 1980-1984
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
  Plastic Surgery 1984-1986

Board Certification

• Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1979
• The American Board of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery, 1985
• The American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1988 Fellow of American College of Surgeons, 1990

Academic Appointments

• Medical Staff appointment in the Research and Education Institute, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
• Assistant Clinical Professor, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center

Awards

• Resident Teaching Award UCLA Medical Center, 1985
• Orange County Doctors Doctor 2000, Orange Coast Magazine, January, 2000
• Orange County 2002, Orange Coast Magazine, January 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Medical Society and Associations

• Phi Delta Epsilon
• American Medical Association
• American Academy Otolaryngology /Head and Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Los Angeles County Medical Association Orange County Medical Association American College of Surgeons
• California Medical Association
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• UCLA Plastic Surgery Society California Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Professional Staff Association Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
• Lipoplasty Society of North America
• The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Committee Assignments

• Laser Committee, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1987-1991
• Surgery Committee, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1988-1996
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Young Plastic Surgeons Committee, 1992
• Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1995
• Vice President, 1995-1996
• President, 1997-1999

Hospital Staff Appointments

• Chief of Surgery, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1995 & 2004
• Chief of Surgery, Physician Care Surgical Center, Brea, CA, 1992
• Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1989-1997
• Secretary-Treasurer, Medical Executive Committee, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1988-1990
• Member at Large, Medical Executive Committee, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1993
• Chairman, OR Task Force Committee, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1989-1992
• Chairman of Plastic Surgery at St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, CA, 1998-2001

Presentations

• " Basal Cell Carcinoma in Children." A case report and review of the literature. Fourth International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck. Los Angeles, California, June, 1983
• " Bronchoscopic Lavage in Infants with Right Upper Lobe Pneumonia." Poster Presentation to the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1982
• " A Dynamic Analysis of the Bibbed Flap," Fourth International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck. Los Angeles, California, June, 1983
• " Cricoarytenoid Joint Fixation Secondary to Laryngeal Trauma: An Experimental Model." American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1984
• " Chest Wall Reconstruction using Pectorialis Major Muscle Flaps." Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Surgeons, San Diego, California, January, 1985
• " Treatment of Mandible Fractures using Noncompression Miniplates." "What's New in Plastic Surgery?" Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, February, 1986. California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Coronado, California, April, 1986. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1987
• " A Review of Subcutaneous Mastectomy." Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Surgeons, Palm Springs, California, January, 1986
• " Breast Reconstruction." Continuing Medical Education Meeting, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, California, February, 1987
• " Cosmetic Surgery." Women's Forum, Citrus College, Glendora, California, November, 1987.
• " What's New in Plastic Surgery," Yorba Linda Rotary Club, Yorba Linda, California, August, 1987
• " Update on the Treatment of Mandible Fractures." UCLA Plastic Surgery Society, Mazanillo, Mexico, February, 1988
• " Current Concepts in Plastic Surgery." Continuing Medical Education Meeting, Placentia Linda Hospital, Placentia, California, June 1988
• " An Analysis of the St. Clair Strange Procedure." UCLA Plastic Surgery Society, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, February, 1990
• " Breast Implant Update." Physician Care, Brea, California, 1992
• " Breast Reconstruction Update." Continuing Medical Education Meeting, Placentia Linda, Hospital, 1992.
• " Difficult Facial Wounds." CMA Western Scientific Assembly, Anaheim, California, 1993
• " Advances in Cosmetic Surgery." St. Jude Hospital, February,1996
• " New Techniques in Cosmetic Reconstructive Surgery." St. Jude Hospital, September, 1996

Abstracts

• The Effects of Vocal Cord Paralysis on the Cricoarytenoid joint. Abstracts of the Research Forum. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1980

Publications

• Wald, R.W., Calcaterra, T.C.: "Lower Alveolar Carcinoma-Segmental vs. Marginal Resection," Archives of Otolaryngology, January, 1984
• Wald, R.W., Dudley, J.P.: "Basal Cell Carcinoma in Children," Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Face and Neck, Proceedings from the Fourth International Symposium. C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1984
• Wald, R.W., Burstein, F.A., Bray, D.A.: "A Dynamic Analysis of the Bilobed Flap," Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck, Proceedings from the Fourth International Symposium. C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1984
• Wald, R.W., Lesavoy, M.A.: "The Transoral Treatment of Mandibular Fractures using Noncompression Miniplates: A Prospective Study" Annals of Plastic Surgery, April, 1988
• Wald, R.W., Lesavoy, M.A.:"Analysis of the St. Clair Strange Procedure," Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1988

Research

• Selective laryngeal reinnervation in mongrel dogs. 1981-1982
• Effects of trauma and infection on the cricoarytenoid joint using canine models. 1982-1984