Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian is a world renowned expert in plastic surgery and has undergone extensive training to provide his patients with caring, compassionate, and effective cosmetic results. He is a celebrity plastic surgeon with offices in Beirut Lebanon and the United States. His areas of expertise include rhinoplasty surgery, facelifts, breast implants, tummy tucks, and corrective body sculpting with lipsosculpture, laser liposuction, and VASER lipo.



Education:
UCLA Honors Department College of Letters and Science
UCLA School of Medicine
UC San Diego School of Medicine; General Surgery Internship
UC San Diego School of Medicine; General Surgery
UC Irvine School of Medicine; Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Faculty Appointments: 
UC Irvine School of Medicine
USC School of Medicine
Central Republican Hospital; Republic of Artsakh

He is the world authority on corrective scar revision and is a go-to person for botched plastic surgery by other doctors. With his well rounded understanding of modern cosmetic surgery, he strives to provide the least invasive treatment possible while still maintaining beautiful and natural results. 

Dr. Karamanoukian is currently the only surgeon in the United States who is double board-certified in both plastic surgery andvein surgery. Because of this, he is able to deliver comprehensive plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures such as breastaugmentation, tummy tucks and rhinoplasty alongside body contouring and body sculpting.

He is devoted to advancing the current field of cosmetic plastic surgery and regularly lectures and authors papers in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He has authored numerous papers detailing advancements in scar management, cosmetic body sculpting, liposuction, and body contouring. Dr. Karamanoukian has a broad patient base that seeks his expertise throughout the world. 

International Clinical Fellowship Training: 
Montreal, Canada
Hong Kong, China
Buffalo, NY
Oslo, Norway
Shanghai, China
Yerevan, Armenia
Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Beirut, Lebanon
Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Bangkok, Thailand
Paris, France