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Meet Matthew Tamplen, MD,
Double Board-Certified Facial Plastic surgeon
Meet Matthew
Tamplen MD

The Jack R. Anderson Award Winner
#1 Score in the nation, 2018 Winner
Dr. Tamplen has come back home to help all Bay Area patients with their Cosmetic needs. Double Board Certified Dr. Tamplen is an expert in Facial Plastic Surgery. After graduating from De La Salle Dr. Tamplen attend UC Davis on a full-tuition scholarship. He graduated early, ranking #1 in the College of Biological Sciences with a 4.0 GPA, and was awarded The College Medal: the highest honor offered by the University to 1 graduating senior per year. Dr. Tamplen was recruited to UCLA Medical School with a Full Tuition Merit Scholarship and at UCLA achieved one of the highest scores in the nation on the medical licensing exam and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors society. He then attended top ranked, five-year surgical training program in Head and Neck Surgery in his hometown of San Francisco at the UCSF.
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After residency, Dr. Tamplen completed a prestigious Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with the former president of The Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, Dr. Edward H. Farrior. He was awarded the Jack R. Anderson Award for Scholastic Excellence in 2018. This prize is awarded annually to the U.S. or Canadian surgeon who achieves the highest combined score on the written and oral portions of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery examination. This is the most prestigious award given by the ABFPRS to only one graduating fellow per year.
In addition to his aesthetic work, philanthropy is a pillar of his practice. He is committed to helping children throughout the world with limited medical and financial resources receive surgeries, including cleft lip and palate reconstruction.
Dr. Matthew Tamplen, a well-known Facial Plastic Surgeon with Kaiser Permanente, is thrilled to have just opened a private practice in Downtown Orinda and Scottsdale. Having grown up in Lafayette, Dr. Tamplen is looking forward to helping Bay Area patients with all their Facial cosmetic and reconstructive needs including; Cosmetic and Functional Rhinoplasty (Nose job), Face and Neck Lifting, Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), Brow lifting, Non-invasive Mini-Facelift (Lunchtime Facelift), Botox and Fillers.
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