Ziv M. Peled, MD

Ziv M. Peled, MD

San Francisco, California

Ziv M. Peled, MD is a Board-Certified plastic surgeon trained to perform the full spectrum of
aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgical procedures. He completed his medical school
training at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where he earned honors in multiple surgical disciplines. He subsequently completed four years of general surgical training at the University of Connecticut during which he also completed an additional two-year, post-doctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship at Stanford University under the tutelage of Dr. Michael T. Longaker, a pioneer in the field of scarless wound healing. During that time, Dr. Peled not only helped establish Dr. Longaker’s laboratory at Stanford, but was also awarded a 5-year NIH grant for his work in keloid biology and scarless wound repair. Ziv then completed a prestigious and highly sought-after plastic surgical residency at Harvard University. While there, he was awarded an “Excellence in Teaching” award from the Harvard medical students. Dr. Peled continued to hone his specialty skills with an additional year of training in peripheral nerve surgery at the Dellon Institute for Peripheral Nerve and Plastic Surgery. He is Board-Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, which means that he graduated from an accredited medical school, completed numerous years of residency training, and successfully passed a series of comprehensive written and oral examinations. The American Board of Plastic Surgery is one of a select few specialty boards recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and is the only ABMS board which certifies candidates in the specialty of plastic surgery of the entire body. Dr. Peled is also a member of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons.

In 2007, Dr. Peled helped found a peripheral nerve surgery institute here in San Francisco where he served as Director and Chief Plastic & Peripheral Nerve Surgeon. His specific training enables him to perform a unique set of surgical procedures designed specifically to
minimize/eliminate pain in patients suffering from neuralgia and chronic headaches such as
migraines. Working with his wife Anne, a talented oncoplastic surgeon, they have pioneered a
novel operation that is able to restore/preserve sensation in women undergoing mastectomy and implant-based breast reconstruction. Dr. Peled has now applied these same surgical techniques and principles to the transgender population to restore/preserve sensation in those patients undergoing gender-affirming top surgery. He has significant experience with operations designed to reduce pain/restore sensation in patients suffering from neuropathy due to diabetes, chemotherapy, and thyroid disorders. Ziv has also treated many patients with various forms of nerve trauma as well as many other types of nerve disorders.

Dr. Peled has authored and co-authored over 50 manuscripts and book chapters on all aspects of plastic surgery and recently co-edited a book entirely dedicated to the surgical treatment of chronic headaches. He has presented his work as well as taught other surgeons at numerous national/international meetings. Dr. Peled is the current Past-President of the Migraine Surgery Society and an Active Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is a member of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve for whom he has served on several committees. This latter honor recognizes and highlights Dr. Peled's breadth of work with peripheral nerve patients suffering from chronic headaches, post-mastectomy numbness/pain and diabetes as well as his published work on these subjects.  Dr. Peled also reviews manuscript submissions for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the world’s most-respected and read plastic surgery journal and is an Associate Editor for its open access counterpart, PRS-Global Open. He has volunteered for the International Rescue Committee and the American Diabetes Association and has traveled to South America to provide reconstructive surgery to underprivileged children. In his spare time, he actively competes in both Half-Ironman and Ironman-distance triathlons