Shayan Izaddoost, MD, PhD, FACS

Dr. Shayan Izaddoost is a board-certified plastic surgeon. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994 where he graduated cum laude. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy and Medical Doctorate degrees from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 2003. He completed his Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency in 2009 at Baylor College of Medicine.

In addition to patient care, Dr. Izaddoost has held numerous administrative and academic appointments, including chief of the plastic surgery service line at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and at Kelsey-Seybold.

Dr. Izaddoost is a past president of the Houston Society of Plastic Surgery and is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery and the Texas Society of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Izaddoost enjoys running and triathlons.

Fun Facts

The best advice Dr. Izaddoost has ever received is “Happiness is not getting what you want, but knowing when you have enough.”

Not everyone knows this about Dr. Izaddoost, but he used to weigh 310 pounds, lost weight, and completed a full Iron Man triathlon in 2018.

As a child, he dreamed of becoming a fireman.

Awards

• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 2010, 2019
• Power of Professionalism Award, Baylor College of Medicine, 2014
• Best Young Plastic Surgeon Presentation at Texas Society of Plastic Surgery, 2012
• Resident of the Year Award in the Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 2007

Publications

• Bhat M, Izaddoost S, Lu Y, Cho K-O, Choi K-W, and Bellen H (1999). Discs Lost, a novel multi-PDZ domain protein, establishes and maintains epithelial polarity. Cell. 1999; 96(6):833-45. Erratum in: Cell. 2003; 115(6):765-6.
• Cho, K.-O., Chern, J, Izaddoost, S, and Choi K-W (2000). Novel Signaling from the Peripodial Membrane is Essential for Eye Disc Patterning in Drosophila. Cell. 2000; 103(2):331-42.
• Izaddoost, S., Nam, S-C, Bhat, M, Bellen, H, and Choi, K-W. Drosophila Crumbs is a positional cue in photoreceptor adherens junctions and rhabdomeres. Nature. 2002; 416(6877):178-83. Epub 2002 Feb 17.
• Izaddoost S, Boughey JC, Williams SA, Gilcrease M, Ames F. An unusual presentation of locally recurrent breast cancer: a case report. Breast J. 2007; 13(3):294-6.
• Spiegel AJ, Salazar-Reyes H, Izaddoost S, Khan FN. A novel method for neurotization of deep inferior epigastric perforator and superficial inferior epigastric artery flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Jan;123(1):29e-30e.
• Cole P, Kaufmann Y, Izaddoost S, Hatef DA and Hollier LH. Principle of Pediatric Mandibular Fracture Management. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Mar; 123 (3): 1022-24.
• Sharabi SE, Hatef DA, Hollier LH Jr, Izaddoost S. Opening eyes to the frost suture. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Jun;68(6):1430-1431.
• Fulkerson DH, Agim NG, Al-Shamy G, Metry DW, Izaddoost SA, Jea A. Emergent medical and surgical management of mediastinal infantile hemangioma with symptomatic spinal cord compression: case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst. Dec;26(12):1799-805; 2010 Apr 20.
• Brown RH, Izaddoost S, Bullocks JM. Preventing the "Bottoming Out" and "Star-gazing" Phenomena in Inferior Pedicle Breast Reduction with an Acellular Dermal Matrix Internal Brassiere. Aesthetic Plast Surg. Dec;34(6):760-67; 2010 Jul 3.
• Hatef DA, Koshy JC, Sandoval SE, Echo AP, Izaddoost SA, Hollier LH. The submental fat compartment of the neck. Semin Plast Surg. 2009 Nov;23(4):288-91.

Research

• Graduate Student and Post Doctorate Training, Kwang-Wook Choi, PhD. Baylor College of Medicine. Function of Crumbs and Discs-lost in the Drosophila Eye, 1995 – 2001
• Research Assistant, Li-yuan Yu-Lee, PhD. Baylor College of Medicine. Sequencing Signal Transducer, STAT 91 Mutants, 1994
• Research Assistant, Daniel Ziegler, PhD. University of Texas at Austin. Perfected an Assay for the Separation of Tamoxifen Metabolites on Thin Layer Chromatography Plates, 1993 –1994
• Research Assistant, James R. Brown, PhD. University of Texas at Austin. Characterization of the Binding Sites of Albumin, 1991 –1993
• Summer Research Program, Glen Mott, PhD. UT Health Science Center in San Antonio. Differential Acyl Co-Enzyme A: Cholesterol Acyl Transferase (ACAT) Activity Between Adult and Infant Baboon Liver, 1989