Dr. Stephanides earned his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, in Palo Alto, California.  He continued his training in general surgery and plastic surgery at Stanford.  In 1997 he joined the faculty in the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, where he maintained a busy clinical practice, and trained other plastic surgeons.  In January of 2001, Dr. Stephanides joined The Orcutt Group practice in Nashville.  After 8 years with the group, Dr. Stephanides started his solo practice at our new location.

Dr. Stephanides is a board certified plastic surgeon, certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc. A board certified plastic surgeon is a doctor who has graduated from an accredited medical school and has completed at least five years of additional training as a resident surgeon in an accredited program, including two years entirely devoted to plastic surgery. It is completely voluntary to become board certified, and the doctor must pass comprehensive written and oral exams. 

His practice currently concentrates on facial surgery, breast surgery, liposuction and body contouring procedures.  Achieving good aesthetic, natural looking results is a high priority, and patient satisfaction is of utmost importance.  A large number of patients from around the world have followed Dr. Stephanides to Nashville for their surgeries.

He is interested in the application of cutting edge technology to improve plastic surgery outcomes. Careful and objective evaluation of new technology is very important, and safety plays a major role in the decision-making process before anything new is adopted. At Stanford, he was the Medical Director and one of the founders of the Stanford-Nasa National Biocomputation Center. Some of the projects Dr. Stephanides has been involved with, include the following:

NASA RESEARCH

ROBOTIC SURGERY

Dr. Stephanides believes in giving back and helping others in need. He has worked with Interplast for several years and has participated in 18 international surgical mission trips. When not operating he enjoys all water sports, especially scuba diving, diving, and waterskiing.  He has played tennis since age 4, and enjoys hiking, climbing, running, music and spending time with his family.