Profile of R. James Koch, Dr

R. James Koch, MD, is a Stanford-trained, Fellowship-trained, Double Board-Certified facial surgeon with over 25 years of experience. He is the founder of Koch Facial Plastic Surgery, located in San Mateo, California.

Dr. Koch completed his specialty training with a fellowship in Advanced Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery at Stanford University, where his achievements earned him an appointment to the full-time faculty. At Stanford University School of Medicine, he held the positions of Associate Professor, Director of the Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Director of the Fellowship for Advanced Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and Director of the Wound Healing Laboratory.

Dr. Koch is a renowned expert in minimally invasive procedures such as the in-office facelift, eyelift, and laser procedures. He has trained the most physicians in the in-office facelift in the country. He also has special expertise in necklift, browlift, neck liposuction with skin tightening, scar revision, rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), and rhinoplasty revisions.

Dr. Koch’s combined background in university hospital teaching and physician training, and in the private practice setting allow him to deliver the most up-to-date and quality patient care. His background truly offers prospective patients the best of both worlds!

Procedures of R. James Koch, Dr ⁽¹⁴⁾

Procedure	Rank in San Mateo	Rank in CA	Rank in US
Neck Lift A procedure that improves the look of the neck by redraping sagging, wrinkled skin. In addition, it tightens the skin by removing excess skin.	Ranked in San Mateo: 2	Ranked in CA: 150	Ranked in US: 694
Brow Lift A surgical procedure that removes wrinkled, drooping skin around and above the eyebrows. This lifts the eyebrows and restores them to their appropriate placement.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 147	Ranked in US: 799
Facial Fillers Facial fillers are synthetic or naturally occurring substances injected into the lines, folds, and tissues of the face to decrease the appearance of wrinkles and restore the facial fullness that decreases with age.	Ranked in San Mateo:	Ranked in CA:	Ranked in US:
Chin Augmentation A chin augmentation refers to refinement/improvement of the bone contour of the chin area.	Ranked in San Mateo: 2	Ranked in CA: 123	Ranked in US: 464
Acne Scars Treatment Might improve the appearance of your skin, depending on your scar type, your skin type and the severity of the scarring.	Ranked in San Mateo:	Ranked in CA:	Ranked in US:
Eyelid Rejuvenation Eyelid rejuvenation surgery lifts and tightens the sagging upper eyelid skin.	Ranked in San Mateo:	Ranked in CA:	Ranked in US:
Eye Lift An eye lift is a surgical procedure that reduces bagginess from lower eyelids and removes excess skin from the upper eyelids.	Ranked in San Mateo: 2	Ranked in CA: 86	Ranked in US: 274
Double Eyelid Surgery Double eyelid surgery is a procedure to create a crease in the upper eyelid of someone who doesn’t have one or has one that’s poorly defined.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 103	Ranked in US: 144
Asian Rhinoplasty An asian rhinoplasty is a variation of rhinoplasty surgery that’s performed on someone of Asian descent, to change the appearance of their nose.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 33	Ranked in US: 66
Mini Facelift A mini facelift is an anti-aging surgery that focuses on sagging skin.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 94	Ranked in US: 282
Laser Resurfacing Laser resurfacing is a nonsurgical, in-office procedure that heats up the skin’s superficial and/or lower layers, causing microdamage and triggering the body’s healing response.	Ranked in San Mateo:	Ranked in CA:	Ranked in US:
Neck Liposuction Neck liposuction removes excess fat to sculpt a more refined jawline.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 4	Ranked in US: 5
Revision Rhinoplasty A rhinoplasty revision is a surgical procedure that aims to correct undesired results or complications that arise after an initial rhinoplasty.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 86	Ranked in US: 217
Flap Reconstruction A tissue flap reconstruction procedure is one way to rebuild the shape of your breast after surgery to remove the cancer.	Ranked in San Mateo: 1	Ranked in CA: 14	Ranked in US: 75