Meet Dr. C

Dr. Chaudhari’s mission is to use his advanced technical skill to provide the highest quality of medical care to his patients in a warm and comforting environment. Dr. Chaudhari feels strongly about patient education and utilizes diagrams and photos when outlining surgical procedures so that patients understand their surgical options and are better able to make informed choices.

Dr. Chaudhari works closely with his patients, guided by the patient’s individual goals — to create beautiful and natural-looking results to enhance appearance and improve self-confidence.

Education

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Maryland Baltimore County
• Doctor of Medicine degree from the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA
• General Surgery (5 years) training at the Southern Illinois School of Medicine in Springfield, IL
• Burn Surgery Fellowship (1 year) at Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN
• Plastic Surgery (3 years) training at the University of Texas
• Medical Branch in Galveston, TX

Additional Surgical Training

• Plastic Surgery at University of California Los Angeles
• Plastic Surgery at University of Southern California
• Plastic Surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL
• Plastic Surgery at Harvard University in Boston, MA
• Cosmetic surgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Houston, TX
• Burn reconstruction at the Shriner’s Hospital in Galveston, TX
• Cosmetic surgery and Hand surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX
• Microsurgery at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX

As a medical student, he spent an entire year doing research in the Division of Plastic Surgery at UCLA, where he investigated the potential of fat stem cells to regenerate many other human tissues, including bone, muscle, fat, and cartilage. His research has been integral to understanding how fat stem cells can be used to heal other tissues all over the body. Over the last few years, injecting fat has become increasingly popular and is often called fat recycling. Dr. Chaudhari was involved in the development of this technique, and has spent many years refining his own technique of injecting a patient’s own fat stem cells to augment, reshape, or heal different regions of the human body.

During this time, he also traveled across the country to learn from plastic surgeons at several reputable institutions, including Northwestern University in Chicago, USC School of Medicine in Los Angeles, and the Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center at the Harvard School of Medicine in Boston. Visiting such prestigious institutions, Dr. Chaudhari acquired a broad knowledge of various techniques and learned first-hand from some of the most well-respected plastic surgeons in the country.

Following medical school, Dr. Chaudharu completed, a full five-year General Surgery residency training at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. As a general surgeon, Dr. Chaudhari studied the management of all surgically treatable diseases, including diseases of the gallbladder, appendix, spleen, colon, and stomach, as well as trauma and critical care. While at SIU, he further pursued his interest in plastic surgery and developed a strong interest in burn surgery as well.

Dedicated to furthering his training in burn surgery, Dr. Chaudhari completed a Burn Fellowship at Indiana University Medical Center, where he worked in the state-of-the-art Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center as the only burn fellow in the state of Indiana. At Indiana University, he learned how to treat acute burn patients, along with complex methods of burn reconstruction using well-established as well as novel techniques. In addition to treating burn patients, he managed to pursue burn research, specifically using skin substitutes in burn reconstruction, which he presented at the national meeting of the American Burn Association (ABA) in San Diego, CA.

To all of the Journal Readers that Voted for me to become the BEST PLASTIC SURGEON in Friendswood and Pearland, my sincerest THANK YOU!! It has been a pleasure serving the community and I look forward to many years to come!! …Click for more