Jeffrey A. Klein
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Jeffrey Alan Klein, is an American dermatologist from Southern California, known for describing the tumescent technique for liposuction surgery. He is the author of Tumescent Technique: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction, a text in liposuction safety and effectiveness.
(BA in mathematics). As a graduate student, he studied mathematics at the Université de Paris and University of California, San Diego
(MA in mathematics, 1971). He graduated from the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
in 1976 and spent eight additional years in advanced postgraduate training, with a masters degree in public health (biostatistics and epidemiology) from University of California, Berkeley
; three years at University of California, Los Angeles
as a resident in internal medicine (certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine
, 1980; two years as a National Institute of Health research fellow in clinical pharmacology; and three years at University of California, Irvine
as a resident in Dermatology (certification by the American Board of Dermatology, 1984)
Klein is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at University of California, Irvine
College of Medicine and in private practice in San Juan Capistrano, California
. He lives in Newport Beach, California
.
is a combination of highly diluted lidocaine and epinephrine
. The subcutaneous infiltration of a large volume of this fluid causes the targeted tissue to become swollen and firm, or tumescent, and permits procedures to be performed on patients without general anesthesia while minimizing blood loss due to the vasoconstrictive effect of epinephrine."
Education and training
Klein studied mathematics and physics as an undergraduate at the University of California, RiversideUniversity of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
(BA in mathematics). As a graduate student, he studied mathematics at the Université de Paris and University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
(MA in mathematics, 1971). He graduated from the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
in 1976 and spent eight additional years in advanced postgraduate training, with a masters degree in public health (biostatistics and epidemiology) from University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
; three years at University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
as a resident in internal medicine (certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
The American Board of Internal Medicine is a non-profit, independent physician evaluation organization committed to continuously improving the profession for the public good by certifying physicians who practice internal medicine and its sub-specialties...
, 1980; two years as a National Institute of Health research fellow in clinical pharmacology; and three years at University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
as a resident in Dermatology (certification by the American Board of Dermatology, 1984)
Klein is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
College of Medicine and in private practice in San Juan Capistrano, California
San Juan Capistrano, California
San Juan Capistrano is a city in southern Orange County, California, located approximately southeast of Downtown Santa Ana. The current OMB metropolitan designation for San Juan Capistrano and the Orange County Area is “Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA.” The population was 34,593 at the 2010 census,...
. He lives in Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
.
Tumescent Anesthesia
Tumescent anesthesiaTumescent anesthesia
Tumescent anesthesia is technique for delivery of local anesthesia that maximizes safety by using pharmacokinetic principles to achieve extensive regional anesthesia of skin and subcutaneous tissue...
is a combination of highly diluted lidocaine and epinephrine
Epinephrine
Epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter. It increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels, dilates air passages and participates in the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system. In chemical terms, adrenaline is one of a group of monoamines called the catecholamines...
. The subcutaneous infiltration of a large volume of this fluid causes the targeted tissue to become swollen and firm, or tumescent, and permits procedures to be performed on patients without general anesthesia while minimizing blood loss due to the vasoconstrictive effect of epinephrine."
Reviews of the book
- Lawrence, N. Archives of Dermatology Vol. 138 No. 3, March 2002. Book and New Media Reviews. Review of Tumescent Technique: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction. Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:416-417.
- Anesthesia & Analgesia. Book and Multimedia Reviews. Tumescent Technique: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction. Jeffrey A. Klein. Anesth Analg 2002;94:1046-1047
Journal articles
- Klein JA. Post-tumescent liposuction care. Open drainage and bimodal compression. Dermatol Clin. 1999 Oct;17(4):881-9, viii.
- Klein JA. Deaths related to liposuction. N Engl J Med. 1999 Sep 23;341(13):1001; author reply 1002-3.