Curriculum Vitae

Name: Norma Kassardjian, MD
Office Address: Capistrano Surgicenter Building 30280 Rancho Viejo Road San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Office Telephone: (949) 248-1632
FAX: (949) 248-9339
Birth Date: August 20, 1962
Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Married
Husband: Vasken Kassardjian
Maiden Name: Norma Fakjian
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Armenian, Arabic

Education

School

Degree

Specialty

Dates

University of California, Irvine

BS

1979-83

Northwest University

MD

1983-87

University of California, Irvine Medical Center

Internal Medicine

1987-88

University of California, Irvine Medical Center

Internal Medicine

1988-90

Loma Linda University Medical Center

Dermatology

1990-93

Loma Linda University Medical Center

Fellowship - Mohs

1993-94

Honors

University of California, Irvine

Cum Laude

Member of Phi-Beta-Kappa

"Excellence in Research"

1982-1983

Northwestern University

AOA Award for Outstanding Student Research

Special Training

Jeffrey Alan Klein, MD

Tumescent Liposuction

1994-1995

Lasers: Ultra Pulse CO2

1995-1996

Beckman Laser Institute

Flashlamp Pulse Dye Laser

1994-1995

ND: Yag Laser

1994-1995

Q-Switched Luby Laser

KTP Laser

1994-1995

Botox Training

1996

Board Certification

American Board of Dermatology

1993

Licensure

State of California

1993

Specialty

Dermatology

Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Dermatologic Cosmetic Surgery

Teaching Affiliation

University of California, Irvine

Associate Professor

Hospital Affiliation

Mission Hospital

Mission Viejo, CA

Hoag Hospital

Newport Beach, CA

South Coast Hospital

Mission Viejo, CA

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA

Present Activity

Associate of Jeffrey Alan Klein, MD

Professional Societies

American Academy of Dermatology

American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology

American Society for Dermatologic Surgery

American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

Orange County Medical Association

Orange County Dermatologic Society

Scientific Publications

• Fakjian, N., Hunter, RJ., Cole, G., Miller, F. An argument for neonatal circumcision: The prevention of balanitis in the adult. The Archives of Dermatology August 1990.
• Fakjian, N., Buckpitt, AR. Metabolism of bromobenzene to glutathione adducts in lung slices from mice treated with pneumotoxicants, Biochemical Pharmacology 33:1479-1486, 1984.
• Fakjian, N., Buckpitt, AR. Effect of treatment with bronchiolar and alveolar cytotoxicants in the formation of bromobenzene-glutathione adducts in lung slices, Toxicologist 3: Abst. 421, 1983.
• Fakjian, N., Bahnson, L., Buckpitt, AR. Species differences in the pulmonary metabolism and toxicity of bromobenzene, Federation Proceedings 44: Abst. 4124, 1985.
• Fakjian, N., Torres, A., Hoffmann, T. Update of OSHA and CLIA regulations for the dermatologic surgeon. Surgical Dermatopathology, Ed. Abel Torres, M.D., and Thomas Hoffmann, M.D., Submitted for publications.
• Kassardjian, N., Klein, JA. Lidocaine Toxicity with Tumescent Liposuction, a case of probable drug interactions. Dermatologic Surgery Journal 24:1169-1174, 1997

• Gross & Microscopic - American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), 1990. The use of the CO2 laser in the ablation of metastatic prostate cancer to the penis.
• Gross & Microscopic - AAD, 1991. B-cell lymphoma presenting as spongiotic dermatitis.
• Gross & Microscopic - AAD, 1992. Mycosis fungoides occurring in a patient previously treated for a large cell (histiocytic) lymphoma.
• Gross & Microscopic - AAD, 1992. Porokeratosis of mibelli resolving with moist gauze occlusion.
• Gross & Microscopic - AAD, 1992. The elusive histopathologic diagnosis of angiosarcoma of the face and scalp.
• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery - 1995. Post-operative care for tumescent liposuction.