Based on commitment, dedication, and excellence, Dr. T. Y. Steven Ip comes from a large family with 6 siblings who are also outstanding doctors all committed to the care of patients. His father is a retired mechanical engineer who was educated at Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His oldest brother is a Johns Hopkins and Stanford trained cardiologist specializing in heart failure and his wife is a Stanford trained physician, practicing psychiatry. The caring for other people have always been integral part of Dr. Ip's background. His siblings are all in either care-taking fields or professions where they engineer and develop.

Dr. T. Y. Steven Ip has experience which is directly revealed on his CV. He received a Chancellor's scholarship to attend UCLA, where he graduated with an Engineering degree along with finishing his pre-medical studies. During that time he spent many hours volunteering at the UCLA hospital along with working in a research lab. It is with this experience that Dr. Ip decided to pursue a career in medicine. After undergraduate studies, Dr. Ip receiving an academic scholarship to the University of Texas. Dr. Ip then completed his medical school at the University of Texas and pursued a path toward surgery. Excelling in medical school, Dr. T. Y. Steven Ip began his surgical career in the largest Metropolitan area in the country, New York City. He spent 5 years of training in general surgery at the renowned Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. He later served as chief resident in general surgery.

To further his surgical expertise Dr. T. Y. Steven Ipspecialized his surgery to aesthetic, plastic, and reconstructive Surgery by spending 3 years at prestigious Duke University, where he also served as chief resident. During his last year at Duke University, Dr. Ip presented his original research at the Senior Residents Conference and was awarded 'The Best Aesthetic Paper for the Year 1999'. Dr. T. Y. Steven Ip's before-and-after results have been shown in national magazines from Maxim to Glamour.

A member of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Plastic Surgeon, he is double-board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Outside of medicine, Dr. T. Y. Steven Ip lives in the Newport Coast and enjoys being an active part of his community and charitable foundations. He is also enjoys sports and is an avid runner, cyclist, surfer, tennis, and basketball player.

Certifications and Professional Memberships

M.D.
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery
American Society of Plastic Surgeons