Blepharoplasty in San Diego, CA: 32 eyelid surgeons
Every listed eyelid surgeon with a practice in San Diego, in score order. The name opens the practice's eyelid page, where the surgeon shows the work.
Each marker carries the surgeon's rank on this list and sits at the centre of the practice's ZIP code. Markers that would cover each other spread into a ring and move back as you zoom in. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The San Diego list
Sorted by score. The number is the rank among San Diego surgeons; each row carries the office, the Medicare eyelid work and the practice's eyelid pages.
- 1
Dr. Salvatore Pacella, MD
Office: 12395 El Camino Real Ste 112, San Diego, CA 92130. Billed Medicare for 35 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024. 9 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Lower Lid Tightening Procedures: How and When (Clin Plast Surg, 2025).
- 2
Dr. Asa Morton, MD
Office: 3939 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA 92103. Billed Medicare for 83 upper blepharoplasties, 52 ptosis repairs, 113 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024.
- 3
Dr. Steven Cohen, MD
Office: 4510 Executive Dr Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92121. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there. 7 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Orbitomalar suspension during high SMAS facelift (Aesthet Surg J, 2010).
Eyelid surgery page on facesplus.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 4
Dr. Abhay Gupta, MD
Office: 10672 Wexford Street Suite 275, San Diego, CA 92131. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there. 3 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Interest in Cosmetic Facial Plastic Surgery? A Google Trends Analysis (Facial Plast Surg, 2022).
Eyelid surgery page on guptaplasticsurgery.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 5
Dr. Kimberly Cockerham, MD
Office: 3636 Camino Del Rio N Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92108. Billed Medicare for 111 upper blepharoplasties, 50 ptosis repairs, 46 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024.
- 6
Dr. Kellie Satterfield, MD
Office: 3399 1st Ave, San Diego, CA 92103. Billed Medicare for 28 upper blepharoplasties, 15 lid position repairs, 11 eyelid reconstructions from 2022 to 2024.
- 7
Dr. Jason Hess, MD
Office: 4060 4Th Street Suite 120, San Diego, CA 92103. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
Eyelid surgery page on evolveaestheticsurgery.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 8
Dr. John Hilinski, MD
Office: 3720 4Th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
Eyelid surgery page on drhilinski.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 9
Dr. Jose Rodriguez, MD
Office: 3023 Bunker Hill St Ste 204, San Diego, CA 92109. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
Eyelid surgery page on sandiegoplasticsurgerycenter.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 10
Dr. Riley Dean, MD
Office: 200 W. Arbor Drive M/C 8890 92013-8890, San Diego, CA 92013. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
Eyelid surgery page on plasticsurgerybr.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 11
Dr. Tiffany Pham, MD
Office: 11199 Sorrento Valley Rd Ste 202, San Diego, CA 92121. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
Eyelid surgery page on drtiffanypham.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 12
Dr. Paul Huynh, MD
Office: 10737 Camino Ruiz Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92126. Billed Medicare for 44 upper blepharoplasties from 2022 to 2024.
- 13
Dr. Benjamin Massenburg, MD
Office: 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 14
Dr. Charlie Chen, MD
Office: 3399 1St Ave, San Diego, CA 92103. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 15
Dr. Deniz Gocken, MD
Office: 11589 Wannacut Pl, San Diego, CA 92131. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 16
Dr. Farid Mozaffari, MD
Office: 4520 Executive Dr Ste 105, San Diego, CA 92121. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 17
Dr. John Alexander, MD
Office: 9339 Genesee Ave Ste P39, San Diego, CA 92121. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 18
Dr. Katerina Gallus, MD
Office: 8899 University Center Ln Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92122. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 19
Dr. Katharine Hinchcliff, MD
Office: 7920 Frost St Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92123. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 20
Dr. Kian Samimi, MD
Office: 711 4Th Ave Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92101. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 21
Dr. Larry Pollack, MD
Office: 7930 Frost St Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92123. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 22
Dr. Melissa Kanack, MD
Office: 7920 Frost St Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92123. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 23
Dr. Munish Batra, MD
Office: 12264 El Camino Real Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92130. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 24
Dr. Priya Lewis, MD
Office: 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 25
Dr. Ronald Edelson, MD
Office: 9339 Genesee Ave Ste P39, San Diego, CA 92121. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 26
Dr. Victor Chung, MD
Office: 4765 Carmel Mountain Rd Ste 103, San Diego, CA 92130. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 27
Dr. Barry Katzman, MD
Office: 6945 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115. Billed Medicare for 18 upper blepharoplasties from 2022 to 2024.
- 28
Dr. Carolyn Montes, MD
Office: 5090 Shoreham Pl Ste 210, San Diego, CA 92122. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 29
Dr. Jennifer Dolmajian, MD
Office: 4647 Zion Ave, San Diego, CA 92120. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 30
Dr. Manish Champaneria, MD
Office: 12395 El Camino Real Ste 112, San Diego, CA 92130. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.
- 31
Dr. Cagri Cakmakoglu, MD
Office: 12264 El Camino Real Ste 101, San Diego, CA 92130. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there. 3 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Extended Gliding Brow Lift: An Effective Solution for Brow and Periorbital Rejuvenation (Plast Reconstr Surg, 2026).
- 32
Dr. Gilbert Lee, MD
Office: 11515 El Camino Real Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92130. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there. 4 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Google Trends as a Tool for Evaluating Public Interest in Facial Cosmetic Procedures (Aesthet Surg J, 2019).
Eyelid surgery in San Diego
San Diego surgeons on this page billed 606 eyelid operations to Medicare from 2022 to 2024, 4% of the listed California total. 29 of the 32 practices publish an eyelid surgery page, 7 an eyelid before-and-after gallery, and the surgeons have 26 eyelid papers in PubMed between them.
| Specialty | Surgeons |
|---|---|
| Plastic surgeon | 23 |
| Ophthalmologist | 4 |
| Facial plastic surgeon | 4 |
| Oculofacial plastic surgeon | 1 |
Medicare claims from San Diego go to Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC; its coverage rule is L34194. Upper eyelid surgery and ptosis repair are covered when a visual field test and photographs show the lid blocks vision; see insurance.
A city page lists surgeons whose Medicare or NPI address is in San Diego; a city has a page at 10 or more listed surgeons. The methodology explains the score.