Dr. Daniel JaffursMD, PhD

personExpertise & Background

Dr. Daniel C. Jaffurs is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the UCI Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute. He serves as medical director of plastic surgery and craniofacial services at CHOC Hospital in Orange, California, where he also serves as chair of the plastic surgery department and vice chair of surgery. He earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of New Hampshire, then obtained both his M.D. and Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed general surgery training at the Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, PA, followed by plastic surgery training at the University of Oklahoma and an additional craniofacial surgery fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He is the only surgical resident to have received three Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards.