The Iowa Clinic Plastic Surgery

Board Certified Plastic Surgeons

Drs. Mark Reece, Konstantinos Lekkas, Lester Yen and Timothy Schurman

5950 University Avenue - Suite 120 | West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 | 515-875-9744

Dr Lester Yen MD

5950 University Avenue
Suite 120
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
515-875-9744

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Dr. Lester Yen

Adjunct Assistant Professors of Plastic Surgery for Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Education

Doctor of Medicine
University of California, Davis - School of Medicine
1981-1985

Postbaccalaureate
California State University, Northridge
1979-1980

University of California, San Francisco
School of Pharmacy
1980-1981

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
1976-1978

Undergraduate
University of California, Davis
1974- 1976

Postgraduate Education

General Surgery Internship
University of California, Irvine
1985-1986

General Surgery Residency
University of California, Irvine
1986- 1988

Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Maricopa County Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
1988-1989

Plastic Surgery Residency
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Residency
1989 - 1991

Southern Illinois University
Springfield, Illinois
Microsurgery/Hand Fellow
1991 - 1992

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery, October, 1994
Certificate of Added Qualifications for Surgery of the Hand August, 1994
Recertified August, 2006
National Board of Medical Examiners July, 1986

Medical Licensure

State of Iowa

Professional Society Memberships

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
  • Member, Midwest Association of Plastic Surgery
  • Member, American Association for Hand Surgery

Hospital Affiliations

  • Iowa Lutheran Hospital
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center West
  • Lakeview Surgery Center
  • Madison County Memorial Hospital
  • Mercy Hospital Medical Center
  • Mercy West

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