From a high school operating room to Rodeo Drive
Dr. Cat's first exposure to surgery came in high school, volunteering at her local hospital and stepping into the operating room. She knew then that it was her calling and that she could do nothing else.
The road from there was a record of academic excellence that balanced a rebellious, unapologetically individual style: a perfect SAT score, a place among the nation's top 25 high school students, a Presidential Scholar and a science winner invited to the White House twice, then Harvard, where she graduated with honors in Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Her ambition took her from Harvard to UCLA for medical school, and then into two of the most competitive surgical training programs in the country: head and neck surgery, including microvascular and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and then plastic surgery. Along the way she researched anti-aging and skin care, spoke at national conferences and published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Today her passion for plastic surgery, and for the transformations she sees in women, is shared through social media with a loyal following of 1.7 million across her platforms, women who watch her live surgeries and her meticulous technique. She is an unapologetic perfectionist who demands the best possible result for every patient and an unparalleled patient experience: she cares, she listens, she is transparent, and she delivers results. That is why her patients fly into Beverly Hills from all over the world.
