Rebecca Small, MD is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Director of Medical Aesthetic Training at Natividad Medical Center. Dr. Small also has a private practice in northern California where she personally supervises all treatments and trains physicians from all over the U.S. She is a co-author of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Procedures in Office Practice.
Dr. Small is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and Cambridge University in England. She completed her advanced aesthetic training with Dr. Gregory Chernoff at the Chernoff Plastic Surgery and Laser Center, which sets national standards for the latest aesthetic techniques and advanced laser technologies in use today. Dr. Small is a board certified physician specializing in advanced skin rejuvenation techniques and wellness medicine
As director for the UCSF Medical Aesthetic Training Program, Dr. Small trains family medicine residents in Botox®, dermal fillers, and laser procedures. She also lectures and trains physicians nationally with the MedSpa Training Institute and the American Academy of Family Physicians. As medical director for Monterey Bay Laser Aesthetics in Capitola, California, Dr. Small focuses on wellness and aesthetic enhancement. Since 2003, she has successfully incorporated medical aesthetic procedures in her own practice in addition to bringing these procedures into spa facilities in the Monterey Bay area in California.
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