Meet Dr. Strawn
“As surgeons, we can do better for our breast reconstructive and revision patients. We can provide a more pleasant experience and deliver better outcomes. Combining fat grafting, en bloc, muscle repairs, and new surgical techniques gives our patients the best, most spectacular results.”
Founder of Scultura, Dr. Jon Bradley Strawn is a board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive experience and expertise.
Plastic Surgery
Patient-centered Care, Meticulous Attention to Detail, and Unwavering Support
Dr. Strawn established Scultura Plastic Surgery with a distinct mission: to specialize in the care of patients facing breast reconstruction challenges. This mission has guided him as he has expanded his expertise to assist patients requiring breast revisions and reconstruction following implant removal.
Dr. Strawn strongly believes a positive patient experience with emotional support, education, and understanding is essential to help patients through the surgical process. He has created and redesigned a variety of surgical techniques that almost guarantee exceptional surgical outcomes. As his practice has grown, he and his team have adjusted to the needs of his patients, establishing himself as the top explantation specialist on the West Coast.
Dr. Strawn established Scultura Plastic Surgery with a distinct mission: to specialize in the care of patients facing breast reconstruction challenges. Over time, he has expanded his expertise to assist patients requiring breast revisions and reconstruction following implant removal.
Education and Experience
Skills and Specialties – Explantation Super Specialist
Dr. Strawn is a pioneer in the field of explantation, continuously striving to perfect a procedure that was previously regarded as the simple removal of breast implants. In 2003, under the tutelage of Dr. Scott Spear, President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Strawn performed his first autologous fat grafting and en bloc capsulectomy procedures. “It was at this moment that I realized fat grafting was such an amazing alternative to breast implants,” said Dr. Strawn. Over the last twenty years, this conviction has only strengthened.
Unsatisfied with the conversation surrounding breast implant removal, Dr. Strawn set out to create a compassionate space at Scultura Plastic Surgery for women who are unhappy with their breast implants. His empathetic approach ensures that his patients—previously met with disbelief by other physicians or incomplete surgical results—feel understood and cared for. He says, “Unfortunately, I am performing more and more revisions for patients who went to inexperienced explant surgeons. I often need to go back into the space and remove the left capsule, re-do mastopexies so that breasts match, repair muscles to correct ‘jumping breasts,’ and perform fat grafting to fill in unsightly creases and indentations.”
Dr. Stawn’s signature explantation procedure—the Total Correction Surgery—is a multi-step procedure designed to remove breast implants and restore the integrity of the breast tissue, providing a stronger structure for the longevity of the breasts. This innovatively inclusive procedure, combined with advanced autologous fat grafting techniques, enhances the appearance of explanted breasts in a natural augmentation. His total correction explantation is the work of decades of experience in breast revision procedures combined with compassionate treatment of the needs and concerns of his patients.
Education
Doctor of Medicine – cum laude
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C.
May 2005
Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
December 2001
Master of Business Administration in Small Business Management
The University of Utah David Eccles School of Business
Salt Lake City, UT
August 2000
Bachelor of Science in Biology, minor in Chemistry
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
June 1995
Postgraduate Training
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency
University of California San Francisco
2009–2011
Research Fellowship
University of California San Francisco
2008–2009
Surgical Residency
University of California San Francisco
2005–2008
Publications and Presentations
- Gruber, RP, ET Melkum, JB Strawn. External Valve Deformity: Correction by Composite Flap Elevation and Mattress Sutures. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2011
- Strawn, JB, Hoffman, WY, Young, D. Is Wound Care Profitable for Academic Medical Centers. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 123: Abstract Supplement, June 2009.
- Strawn, JB. “A Call for Surgical Resident Leadership and Management Training.”
- Plastics 101 Presentations: Wounds, Orthognathics, Mandible, Lasers, Grafts, Flaps, Facelifts, Breast Augmentation, Breast Reduction, Breast Reconstruction, Craniofacial.
Memberships and Certifications
- Physician and Surgeon, the Medical Board of California
- Resident Member, American College of Surgeons
- Resident Member, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Resident Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Interests and Conferences
- Fat Grafting for Breast Reconstruction
- Perfecting the Mastopexy
- Total Correction after Explant with one surgery.
- Body shaping as an adjunct to Explant Surgery.
Research
- Wound Care Program Analysis / Financial Analysis of Wounds at UCSF. Determined financial impact of wounds at a single academic medical center. Used information to support a business plan presented to the Medical Center for approval and eventual implementation of a new wound care center at the University of California San Francisco.
- Plastic Surgery 101. Created a curriculum to teach introductory plastic surgery material to junior residents and to provide in-service-specific preparation for senior residents.
- Resident Leadership Training. Created a leadership and management training program for PGY3
- General Surgery residents at the University of California San Francisco.
Personal and Extracurricular
Hobbies and Interests
Raised in an adventurous family with a passion for outdoor activities, he became an avid climber as a young man and has scaled some of the highest mountains in North and South America. He enjoys planning outdoor adventures with his family and friends.
Dr. Strawn is the proud father of his son and two daughters. He enjoys riding his new electric mountain bikes with his son, kiteboarding, and skiing each winter with his whole family.
