James Wethe MD

Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

3440 Lomita Blvd., Suite 220 • Torrance, California 90505 • P: (310) 784-8389 • F: (310) 784-8399

Meet Dr. Wethe

James Wethe, MD

Dr. James Wethe is a board-certified plastic surgeon, practicing in the city of Torrance in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of Southern California.

Dr. Wethe passed his board examination in general surgery in 1986, and became board-certified in the specialty of plastic surgery in 1990.

Education:

University of California at Los Angeles
University of California at San Diego, graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Biology in 1976
University of Southern California, graduated from the School of Medicine in 1980

Dr. Wethe completed his internship in general surgery at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, in 1981. He completed his residency in general surgery at the same hospital from 1981 until 1985. He began his plastic surgery residency at University of California at Irvine in 1985 and finished in 1987. He was then invited to study in a fellowship in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery under Richard Ellenbogen, M.D., in Los Angeles, CA from July 1987 to December 1987. He was the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Little Company of Mary Hospital from 1997 - 1999 and at Torrance Memorial Medical Center from 1996 - 2001.

He is a current Diplomat of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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