Jeffrey Alan Klein M.D., is an American

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from Southern California, who described the

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for

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surgery in 1987, which according to Jayashree Venkataram "revolutionized liposuction surgery" by "permit

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liposuction totally by local

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and with minimal blood loss." He is the author of ''Tumescent Technique: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction'', a textbook on liposuction safety and effectiveness.

Education and training

Klein studied mathematics and physics as an undergraduate at the

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(BA in mathematics). As a graduate student, he studied mathematics at the

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and

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(MA in mathematics, 1971). He graduated from the School of Medicine,

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in 1976 and spent eight additional years in advanced postgraduate training, with a master's degree in public health (biostatistics and epidemiology) from

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; three years at

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as a resident in internal medicine (certification by the

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, 1980; two years as a National Institute of Health research fellow in clinical pharmacology; and three years at

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as a resident in dermatology (certification by the

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, 1984). Klein is currently associate clinical professor of dermatology at

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. He lives in

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References

External links

20/20 Interview with Jeffrey A. Klein, MD
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